Henry Ward Beecher: An American PortraitPickle Partners Publishing, 2017 M01 12 - 413 pages First published in 1927, this is the acclaimed biography of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), the American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer and speaker best known for his support of the abolition of slavery. It was written by former American diplomat, journalist, author and humanitarian Paxton Hibben (1880-1928). “Mr. Hibben has written a great biography, and one of lasting value. It is not merely interesting; it is profound. But its historical scholarship does not lie like a leaden weight on the book; for Hibben’s style is graceful and delicate, sometimes almost gay. He is so saturated with Beecher knowledge that he writes without effort. In reading it one feels that Paxton Hibben understands Beecher better than anybody has ever understood him, and that this book is a permanent contribution to American history.”—W. E. Woodward |
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... Christ.”{35} A pious resolve. But Lyman Beecher had no thought of keeping it. Lyman Beecher had been the son of a blacksmith. The power that came to him as a minister of God had gone to his head. He conceived himself influential when he ...
... Christ.”{35} A pious resolve. But Lyman Beecher had no thought of keeping it. Lyman Beecher had been the son of a blacksmith. The power that came to him as a minister of God had gone to his head. He conceived himself influential when he ...
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... Christ.”{60} To one in such a frame of mind, Lyman Beecher was a guide to heaven without peer. So Harriet Porter married him, and came to live in the rambling, rat-infested, overcrowded parsonage at Litchfield. “A lady of great personal ...
... Christ.”{60} To one in such a frame of mind, Lyman Beecher was a guide to heaven without peer. So Harriet Porter married him, and came to live in the rambling, rat-infested, overcrowded parsonage at Litchfield. “A lady of great personal ...
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... Christ, they are not so in God's light, but are young vipers, and infinitely more hateful than vipers.”{68} His eldest daughter Catherine, no mean disciplinarian herself, describes Lyman Beecher's method of handling his vipers: “With ...
... Christ, they are not so in God's light, but are young vipers, and infinitely more hateful than vipers.”{68} His eldest daughter Catherine, no mean disciplinarian herself, describes Lyman Beecher's method of handling his vipers: “With ...
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... of his father that “every one of my dear children are without God in the world, and without Christ, and without hope. I have no child prepared to die...their whole eternal existence is every moment liable to become an existence of.
... of his father that “every one of my dear children are without God in the world, and without Christ, and without hope. I have no child prepared to die...their whole eternal existence is every moment liable to become an existence of.
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... Christ....I was about to call on them to kneel down, while we presented them to God in prayer; when Dr. Beecher said: 'You need not be afraid to give up all to Christ, your property and all, for He will give it right back to you.'”{108} ...
... Christ....I was about to call on them to kneel down, while we presented them to God in prayer; when Dr. Beecher said: 'You need not be afraid to give up all to Christ, your property and all, for He will give it right back to you.'”{108} ...
Contents
PART IVSPRING TIDE 135 | |
CHAPTER XVI1860 136 | |
CHAPTER XVIIENGLAND 146 | |
CHAPTER XVIIIFORT SUMTER 158 | |
CHAPTER XIXLIVINGSTON STREET 172 | |
CHAPTER XXFALTER 186 | |
PART VCLIMAX 201 | |
CHAPTER XXVFALL 240 | |
PART VINEW LIFE 251 | |
CHAPTER XXVI1874 252 | |
CHAPTER XXVIICITY COURT 263 | |
CHAPTER XXVIIIHELL 278 | |
CHAPTER XXIXDELMONICOS 286 | |
CHAPTER XXXREDEMPTION 297 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 311 | |
CHAPTER XXI1870 202 | |
CHAPTER XXIITHE UPPER ROOM 212 | |
CHAPTER XXIIIREMSEN STREET 222 | |
CHAPTER XXIVYALE 229 | |
SOURCES CITED 312 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 326 | |
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