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	The Beecher Tradition : Lyman Beecher
		Lyman Beecher, a pious freshman was repelled by the behavior of his compatriots and by his sophmore year had found his ideal in Timothy Dwight, the new President of Yale.
		Lyman Beecher was, by the age of fifty, one of the best known preachers in the country, but he felt that he was underpaid and had already preached enough sermons to Litchfield's congregates.
		Lyman Beecher remained in Cincinnati until 1851 and during the intervening years was faced with the controversy over the issue of slavery at Lane Seminary, which caused some students to rebel and seek asylum in the newly formed Oberlin Collegiate Institute.
	newman.baruch.cuny.edu /digital/2001/beecher/lyman.htm (1173 words)

	Lyman Beecher Summary
		Lyman Beecher was born on Oct. 12, 1775, at New Haven, Conn. Son of a flsmith, he was raised on a farm.
		Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 - January 10, 1865) was a Presbyterian clergyman, abolitionist, and father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, and Catharine Beecher.
		The Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati, Ohio is the former home of her father Lyman Beecher on the former campus of the Lane Seminary.
	www.bookrags.com /Lyman_Beecher (914 words)

	Lyman Beecher - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LYMAN BEECHER (1775-1863), American clergyman, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, on the 12th of October 1775.
		His son, Edward Beecher (1803-1895), was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on the 27th of August 1803, graduated at Yale in 1822, studied theology at Andover, and in 1826 became pastor of the Park Street church in Boston.
		Thomas Kinnicutt Beecher (1824-1900), another son, born at Litchfield, Connecticut, on the 10th of February 1824, was pastor of the Independent Congregational church (now the Park church), at Elmira, New York, one of the first institutional churches in the country, from 1854 until his death at Elmira on the 14th of March 1900.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lyman_Beecher (833 words)

	Lyman Beecher
		Beecher (now a doctor of divinity) and his wife undertook to supervise the training of several young women, who were received into their family.
		Beecher had completed the second and concluding volume of his "Life of Christ," which is to be published this year (1887), with a re-publication of the first volume.
		Beecher was buried in Greenwood cemetery, and a movement was immediately begun for a monument, to be paid for by popular subscription.*Eunice White, wife of Henry Ward, born in West Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 26 August 1812, was educated at Hadley, Massachusetts.
	www.famousamericans.net /lymanbeecher (4519 words)

	Harriet Beecher Stowe - Literature Vault - Classic Authors and Literature Online!
		Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 - July 1, 1896) was an abolitionist, and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Tom's Cabin which describes life in slavery, and which was first published in serial form from 1851 to 1852 in an abolitionist organ, the National Era, edited by Gamaliel Bailey.
		Born in Litchfield, Connecticut and raised primarily in Hartford, she was the daughter of Lyman Beecher, an abolitionist Congregationalist preacher from Boston, and the sister of renowned minister, Henry Ward Beecher.
		In 1836 Harriet Beecher married Calvin E. Stowe, a clegyman and widoer.
	www.literaturevault.com /author/Harriet-Beecher-Stowe (202 words)

	Lyman Beecher and the Problem of Religious Pluralism in the Early American Republic by Matthew Backes
		Beecher's position had what I am calling a specifically pluralist dimension because he believed that, though groups should collaborate in evangelizing the world, differences of practice and belief should be maintained and in some cases even sharpened.
		Beecher fervently hoped that he was witnessing the beginnings of this "evangelical concurrence." His was a vision of homogeneity and consensus to be sure.
		Beecher's relationship with Finney was of course a complicated and often adversarial one, especially after Beecher assumed the presidency of Lane Theological Seminary in Ohio.
	are.as.wvu.edu /backes.htm (3760 words)

	Henry Ward Beecher
		Henry War Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of Lyman Beecher, a prominent Congregationalist minister and educator.
		Beecher graduated from Amherst College in 1834 and studied at Lane Theological Seminary where his father was serving as president.
		In 1854 Beecher and his congregation were strongly opposed to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and launched a fund-raising drive to purchase rifles to arm the antislavery forces in the territories.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h729.html (559 words)

	Pages in the History of Elmira \| Thomas Beecher: Elmira's Outspoken Minister
		Lyman Beecher was worried about the fate of his children's eternal souls and encouraged all his sons and daughters to serve God.
		The Beechers also had a close family relationship with the Langdons, which is indicated by the fact that Thomas had a key to their house (across from the church) so he could go over and take naps instead of going home.
		Although his sister was Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Beecher was not opposed to the institution of slavery and continued to preach on the subject in church.
	www.ci.elmira.ny.us /history/thomas_beecher.html (1808 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Beecher, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Litchfield, Conn.; son of Lyman Beecher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
		Beecher, Lyman BEECHER, LYMAN [Beecher, Lyman] 1775-1863, American Presbyterian clergyman, b.
		Beecher's the first to hit the beach ; A recent Scarborough High graduate beats the defending champion to win the Peaks to Portland.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Beecher, (655 words)

	MATHEW BRADY GALLERY, NY - Lyman Beecher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Congregational minister, educator, and vocal leader of American Protestants, Lyman Beecher embodied the shift from the harsh, demanding Puritan faith of the Second Great Awakening to a religion that found its expression in larger society.
		Beecher first received wide public recognition in 1806, with a sermon he gave against dueling after the death of Alexander Hamilton in a duel with Aaron Burr.
		Beecher's ability to carry religious principles into daily life deeply influenced his children, especially Catharine Beecher, who became a national voice for practical domestic management, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the best-selling author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/brady/gallery/07gal.html (207 words)

	Welcome to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
		Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, where her father, the Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), was a prominent and influential Congregational minister.
		In 1820 Lyman preached anti-slavery sermons in response to the issue of whether Missouri should be admitted to the union as a slave or a free state.
		Catharine Beecher (1800-1878) founded many schools for young women throughout the country and was a prolific author while her youngest sister, Isabella (1822-1907), became active in the women's suffrage movement.
	www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org /life (2717 words)

	Henry Ward Beecher
		Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote, the descendants of these two pioneers, were married September 19th, 1799, and moved to East Hampton, L. I., and subsequently to Litchfield, Connecticut, where, as already stated, Henry Ward was born.
		Beecher's discourses produced a strong impression upon his audience, and at a subsequent meeting in June, 1847, at which the name of Plymouth Church was adopted, he was elected unanimously by the society to the pastorate, and an immediate invitation was given him to assume the position.
		Beecher's unwisdom in the selection of some confidential friends at this trying period of his life, prior to the first publication of the scandal, and by his evident endeavor to keep it from becoming public, an endeavor not only not strange but abundantly justified by the injurious effects of its publication.
	www.quinnipiac.edu /other/abl/etext/beecher/beechercomplete.html (18472 words)

	Harriet Beecher Stowe: Chronology (1811-1896)
		Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, seventh child of prominent and controversial Calvinist theologian Lyman Beecher, D.D. (1775-1863) and Roxana Ward Foote (ca.1780-1816), is born in Litchfield, Connecticut.
		Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote, “a refined and cultivated lady,” were married in 1799.
		Dr. Beecher (Yale College 1798) removes family to Boston, where he becomes minister of the Hanover Street Church and works to stem the “rising tide of Unitarianism.”; The Deity was a constant presence in Harriet’s life: seven brothers, a husband, and a son all entered the ministry.
	specialcollections.vassar.edu /exhibits/stowe/essay1.html (1207 words)

	Lyman Beecher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1832, Beecher became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati (today, this congregation is Covenant-First Presbyterian Church), and the first president of Lane Theological Seminary where his mission was to train ministers to win the West for Protestantism.
		When Beecher opposed their "radical" position and refused to offer classes to African-Americans, a group of about 50 students (who became known as the "Lane Rebels") left the Seminary for Oberlin College.
		Beecher stoked controversy by advocating "new measures" of evangelism that ran counter to traditional Calvinism understanding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lyman_Beecher (515 words)

	Beecher, Lyman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lyman Beecher was born in 1775, in New Haven, Connecticut.
		Beecher took this as a personal affront, considering the exhorting sermons he delivered in the church's sanctuary against the evils of liquor.
		Beecher's years at Lane Theological Seminary were filled with controversy.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=53 (495 words)

	Beecher family. Finding Aid
		Lyman Beecher was born on October 12, 1775 in New Haven, Connecticut to David Beecher, a flsmith, and Esther Hawley Lyman.
		Mary Beecher was born in 1805 in East Hampton, New York She assisted her sister Catharine at her school in Hartford and married Thomas Clapp Perkins (1798-1870) in 1827.
		Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 24, 1813.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /lits/library/arch/col/msrg/mancol/ms0509r.htm (1026 words)

	ASA September 1999 Newsletter
		By adopting Beecher, he had a name that associated him with the great 19th century American abolitionist and preacher, Lyman Beecher, his preacher son Henry Ward Beecher and his daughter, author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
		That Beecher ascended to this position without ever receiving formal training in anesthesia is ironic, given the extent to which he had already shaped anesthesiology as a medical discipline rooted in applied basic sciences.
		However, Beecher's papers at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard reveal that adopting the brain death definition was linked from the outset to increasing organ availability as far back as 1968.
	www.asahq.org /Newsletters/1999/09_99/beecher0999.html (1996 words)

	Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the early 1800s, Presbyterian divine Lyman Beecher faced a culture in crisis: Alcoholism, poverty, illiteracy, and other social ills were on the rise, and church attendance was in decline.
		Lyman Beecher is remembered today primarily through the accomplishments of his children, among whom was abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher, and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe.
		But in his day, Lyman Beecher, a prominent pastor and latter president of Lane Seminary, was a powerful proponent of moral reform and chief architect of what has been called America's “voluntary establishment” of religion.
	www.acton.org /publicat/randl/liberal.php?id=236 (409 words)

	NSU - Norfolk State University
		Lyman Beecher Brooks was born on May 27,1910 to John Robert and Mary Anna Burrell Brooks in the Blakes Community of Mathews County, Virginia.
		Lyman along with his brother, John Murray Brooks, enrolled at Virginia Union University and compiled a distinguished academic record.
		This three-story structure was named the Lyman Beecher Brook Library in honor of Dr. Brooks.
	www.nsu.edu /library/biography.html (533 words)

	Beecher family papers, 1822-1903 (bulk 1822-1865) Finding Aid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lyman Beecher and children: Catharine E. (1800-1878), William (1802-1889), Edward (1803-1895), Mary (1805-1900), George (1809-1843), Henry Ward (1813-1887), Charles (1815-1900), and Thomas Kinnicut (1824-1900); daughter-in-law, Katherine Edes Beecher (d.
		The Lyman Beecher material consists of correspondence written to his son Edward Beecher from Jan.-Dec. 1826 while Edward was at Yale College.
		The Catharine E. Beecher material dates from 1822-1878 and consists of correspondence by her and a manuscript sketch of her life by an unknown author.
	asteria.fivecolleges.edu /findaids/mountholyoke/mshm010.html (2220 words)

	Lyman Beecher Lecture Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching at Yale Divinity School was established April 12, 1871 by a gift of ten thousand dollars from Henry W. Sage, esq.
		A study of the Lyman Beecher Lectures from the perspective of homiletics is available in The Heart of the Yale Lectures by Batsell B. Baxter (N.Y., Macmillan, 1947, WQ4/B333h).
		In the Divinity School Library collection, many of the Lyman Beecher Lectures published before 1970 have call numbers beginning with WQ4 and a second line consisting of the year in which the lectures were given.
	www.library.yale.edu /div/beecher.htm (1600 words)

	SparkNotes: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Star Pupil
		When she was born on June 14, 1811 to Lyman Beecher and his wife Roxana, no one could have guessed that Harriet Beecher Stowe would, in many ways, affect the course of U.S. history during its most troubled period.
		Born in the parsonage of her father's Litchfield, Connecticut church, Harriet was the sixth child born to Lyman Beecher and his first wife.
		Reverend Beecher was a strict teetotaler and a conscientious Presbyterian, unwavering in his social and religious beliefs.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/stowe/section1.html (830 words)

	Celebrated preacher with a flamboyant personal life - Books - The Washington Times, America's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this wild, wistful and tragic era, Beecher was considered by many as "the most famous man in America." Like his more famous sister Harriet, he also was strongly opposed slavery and, like her, he advocated universal women's suffrage.
		He departed from the stern Calvinist teachings of his famous theologian father, Lyman Beecher, and embraced a more uplifting view of the human situation, but was quite capable of compromise when hard facts intruded.
		Beecher was the senior minister of the famous Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, a national center of antislavery ferment.
	www.washtimes.com /books/20060729-104351-1036r.htm (456 words)

	Harriet Beecher Stowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811 in into one of America's most notable religious families.
		The Beecher family was at the forefront of numerous reform movements of the 19th century.
		Within the Beecher family, private conversion was intertwined with a public calling, and this decision to follow Christ would shape the rest of Harriet's life.
	www.momscape.com /articles/stowe.htm (1367 words)

	Harriet Beecher Stowe - People of Connecticut
		Her father, Reverend Lyman Beecher, was a Congregationalist preacher, and he was well known as a persuasive speaker who championed high moral standards.
		Harriet was one of Lyman Beecher's thirteen children.
		Harriet Beecher Stowe died in 1896 at Hartford, Connecticut.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ct_hbs.htm (749 words)

	Lyman - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Trumbull, Lyman (1813-96), American jurist and legislator, born in Colchester, Connecticut.
		Beecher, Lyman (1775-1863), American Presbyterian clergyman, born in New Haven, Connecticut, and educated at Yale College (now Yale University).
		Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922), American clergyman and editor who contributed significantly to the development of Protestant Modernism in the United...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/SRPage.aspx?search=Lyman (93 words)

	Beecher, Lyman - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		BEECHER, LYMAN [Beecher, Lyman] 1775-1863, American Presbyterian clergyman, b.
		Beecher helped to found (1816) the American Bible Society.
		Of his 13 children, Henry, Charles, Edward, Thomas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Catharine Esther Beecher won wide recognition.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-beecherl1.html (325 words)

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