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A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

Chapter 1: A BIOGRAPHY OF REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
By William Constantine Beecher
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The biography traces family origins and early childhood in a religious household, following schooling, formative spiritual experiences, and the subject's development as a preacher and public lecturer. It chronicles pastoral appointments, the founding and expansion of a prominent urban congregation, editorial and lecture activities, and involvement in social and political causes. Drawing on letters, journals, and reminiscences, the narrative addresses public controversies, pastoral methods, domestic life, and personal relationships, and closes with reflections on later years and the editors' effort to condense an autobiographical record.

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Title: A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

Author: William Constantine Beecher

Mrs. H. W. Beecher

Samuel Scoville

Release date: August 10, 2017 [eBook #55330]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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BIOGRAPHY
OF
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.

A BIOGRAPHY
OF
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.

BY
Wm. C. Beecher and Rev. Samuel Scoville,
ASSISTED BY
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
New York:
CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.
1888.
Copyrighted by
CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY,
1888
(All rights reserved.)
JENKINS & McCOWAN, PRINTERS,
224, 226 and 228 Centre St, N. Y.
To Our Mother,
WHOSE FAITHFUL LOVE AND PATIENT SELF-DEVOTION COMFORTED
AND STRENGTHENED OUR BELOVED FATHER
DURING TROUBLES, BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED
HIM IN PROSPERITY,
A TRUE COMPANION AND DEVOTED HELPMEET,
WE DEDICATE THIS STORY OF HIS LIFE.