LYMAN See also:

• BEECHER, CHARLES EMERSON (1856-1904)
• BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887)
• LYMAN BEECHER (1775—1863)

BEECHER (1775—1863)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American clergyman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at New Haven, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1775 . He was a descendant of one of the founders of the New Haven See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, worked as a boy in an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle's blacksmith See also:

• SHOP

shop and on his See also:

• FARM

farm, and in 1797 graduated from Yale, having studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology under See also:

• TIMOTHY
• TIMOTHY, FIRST EPISTLE TO
• TIMOTHY, SECOND EPISTLE TO

Timothy See also:

• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703)
• DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1813-1893)
• DWIGHT, THEODORE WILLIAM (1822-1892)
• DWIGHT, TIMOTHY (1752-1817)

Dwight . He preached in the Presbyterian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island (1798—181o, being ordained in 1799); in the Congregational church at See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield, Connecticut (1810—1826),. in the See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street church of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston (1826—1832), and in the Second Presbyterian church of See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio (1833—1843); was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the newly established See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane Theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary at See also:

• WALNUT (Juglans)

Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, and was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of didactic and polemic theology there (1832—1850), being professor See also:

• EMERITUS (Lat. from emereri, to serve out one's time, to earn thoroughly)

emeritus until his See also:

• DEATH

death . At Litchfield and in Boston he was a prominent opponent of the growing " See also:

• HERESY

heresy " of See also:

• UNITARIANISM

Unitarianism, though as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1836 he was accused of being a " moderate Calvinist " and was tried for heresy, but was acquitted . Upon his resignation from Lane Theological Seminary he lived in Boston for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, devoting himself to literature; but he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down, and the last ten years of his See also:

• LIFE

life were spent at the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of his son, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward See also:

• BEECHER, CHARLES EMERSON (1856-1904)
• BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887)
• BEECHER, LYMAN (1775—1863)

Beecher, in See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, where he died on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1863 . Magnetic in See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality, incisive and powerful in manner of expression, he was in his See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime one of the most eloquent of American See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit orators . In 18o6 he preached a widely circulated See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon on duelling, and about 1814 a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of six sermons on intemperance, which were reprinted frequently and greatly aided See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance reform . Thrice married, he had a large See also:

• FAMILY

family, his seven sons becoming Congregational clergymen, and his daughters, Harriet Beecher See also:

• STOWE, HARRIET ELIZABETH [BEECHER] (1811-1896)

Stowe (q.v.) and See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• ESTHER

Esther Beecher, attaining See also:

• LITERARY

literary distinction . Lyman Beecher's published See also:

• WORKS

works include: A Plea for the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West (1835), Views in Theology (1836), and various sermons; his Collected Works were published at Boston in 1852 in 3 vols . Consult his Autobiography and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence (2 vols., New York, 1863-1864), edited by his son See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles; D . H . See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

Alien, Life and Services of Lyman Beecher (Cincinnati, 1863) ; and See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James C .

See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White, See also:

• PERSONAL

Personal Reminiscences of Lyman Beecher (New York, 1882) . His daughter, CATHERINE ESTHER (1800-1878), was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on the 6th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1800 . She was educated at Litchfield Seminary, and from 1822 to 1832 conducted a school for girls at See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, Connecticut, with her See also:

• SISTER

sister Harriet's assistance, and from 1832 to 1834 conducted a similar school in Cincinnati . She wrote and lectured on See also:

• WOMEN

women's See also:

• EDUCATION

education and in behalf of better See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and radically opposed woman See also:

• SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage and See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college education for women, holding woman's See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere to be domestic . The See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Popular Education, a charitable society which she founded, sent hundreds of women as teachers into the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South and West . She died on the 12th of May 1878 in See also:

• ELMIRA

Elmira, New York . She published An See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on See also:

• SLAVERY

Slavery and Abolition with Reference to the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

Duty of American See also:

• FEMALES

Females (1837), A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Domestic See also:

• ECONOMY

Economy (1842), The True Remedy for the Wrongs of Women (1851), Letters to the See also:

• PEOPLE

People on See also:

• HEALTH

Health and Happiness (1855), The Religious Training of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (1864), and Woman's Profession as See also:

• MOTHER

Mother and Educator (1871) . His son, See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD BEECHER (1803-1895), was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on the 27th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1803, graduated at Yale in 1822, studied theology at See also:

• ANDOVER

Andover, and in 1826 became pastor of the See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park Street church in Boston . From 183o to 1844 he was president of See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois College, See also:

• JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville, Illinois, and subsequently filled pastorates at the See also:

• SALEM

Salem Street church, Boston (1844—1855), and the Congregational church at See also:

• GALESBURG

Galesburg, Illinois (1855--1871) . He was See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior editor of the Congregationalist (1849—1855), and an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate editor of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union from 187o . In 1872 he settled in Brooklyn, New York, where in 1885—1889 he was pastor of the Parkville church and where he died on the 28th of See also:

• JULY

July 1895 . He wrote Addresses on the See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom of See also:

• GOD

God (1827), See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• ALTON

Alton Riots (1837), .statement of See also:

• AUT

Aut:-5'avery Principles (1837), See also:

• BAPTISM

Baptism, its Importand Modes (185o), The Conflict of Ages (1853), The Papal See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

Conspiracy Exposed (1855), The See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord of Ages (186o), and History of Opinions on the Scriptural See also:

• DOCTRINE

Doctrine of Future Retvibution(1878) .