INDEX.
- Abolitionists, feeling against, H. W. Beecher on, 268, 420;
- ostracized socially, 185;
- Webster, Daniel, on, 239.
- Advance, the, organization of, 491.
- Advisory Council (1874), assembling of, 526;
- call for, 523;
- deliverance of, 527;
- Plymouth invited at, declines, 527;
- protest against, a, 524.
- Advisory Council (1876), assembling of, 543;
- Beecher, H. W., cautions on, to church, 539,
- statements at, 544–549,
- declared innocent by, 550,
- address to, at close, 552;
- call for, 537;
- committee on charges, advises an, 550, 558;
- composition of, 538;
- officers of, 543, 544;
- Plymouth sustained by, 549;
- principle of selection of, 538;
- questions submitted to, 538;
- Sturtevant’s, Dr., opinion of Mr. Beecher, 551;
- Wellman’s, Dr., opinion of Mr. Beecher, 550.
- Allen, Ethan, remark of, on British cruelty, 35.
- America, a “better England,” 25.
- Amherst, Mass., in 1827, 93;
- Beecher’s, H. W., garden plot in, 96.
- Amherst College in 1830, 112;
- Beecher’s, H. W., course at, 109-135;
- offers title of D.D. to Mr. Beecher, 391.
- Anderson, Gen. Robert, tribute to, by Mr. Beecher, 452.
- Anecdotes:
- Boston woman, the cross, 118;
- calf and bees, 637;
- cannon-ball, the, 87;
- cat in the organ, 382;
- cow, chase of the, 141;
- “Dinah, Crazy,” 243;
- dog Noble, 290;
- English beggar, 670;
- “follow-your-leader,” 85;
- Fulton omnibuses, 248;
- grammar, lesson in, 75, 76;
- Grant, Gen., and Mr. Beecher’s titles, 663;
- kite, the, 203;
- liquor-seller, the, 195;
- lions, two monstrous, 51;
- ruffian, the, 194;
- slaves, teaching of, 253;
- sleeper in church, 186;
- Stowe, Prof., outwitted, 141;
- tides, explanation of, 76;
- truant, the, 184;
- tub-raft, the, 208;
- “Tutor’s Delight,” 116.
- Arthur, Chester A., opinion on, of Mr. Beecher, 575;
- Articles, H. W. Beecher’s, sources and characteristics of, 325, 326;
- Cause and Cure of Agitation (1850), 242;
- Christian’s Duty to Liberty (1854), 276;
- Church and Steamboat (1850), 350, 351;
- Contrast, The (1862), 335;
- Controversy, Harsh (1850), 244;
- Convictions, Various, and Sin (1852), 353;
- Country’s Need (1862), 328;
- Courage and Enterprise (1862), 324;
- Crisis, The (1854), 273;
- Defence of Kansas, 283;
- Degraded into Liberty (1852), 263;
- Different Ways of Giving (1850), 352;
- Disbanding of Bowdoin St. Church (1862), 98;
- Dog Noble and Empty Hole (1856), 290;
- Dull Meetings, One Cause of (1852), 353;
- Duty, The Great (1862), 327;
- Duty of the Hour (1862), 323;
- Duty of To-day (1862), 330;
- Flowers in Church (1802), 392;
- Fugitive Slave Bill (1850), 240;
- Ground, The Only (1862), 333;
- Hearts and No Hearts (1856), 287;
- Hours of Exaltation (1857), 373;
- Hymns, Church (1855), 366;
- Ice in the Church (1852), 353;
- Infidel Toast, The (1859), 389;
- Law and Conscience (1850), 240, 241;
- Leader for the People (1862) 332;
- Lind, Jenny (1850), 351;
- Litchfield Revisited (1856), 35;
- Liturgy, Church, 370;
- Men, not Slaves (1862), 323;
- Mountain and the Closet (1857), 373;
- Naval Discipline (1852), 355;
- Newspaper Report, on a (1852), 356;
- Our Help from Above (1862), 323;
- Patriotism of the People (1862), 329;
- Proclamation of Emancipation, on (1862), 336;
- Queer Pulpit, A (1862), 334;
- Reconstruction (1862), 333;
- Remember the Poor (1850), 352;
- Root of the Matter (1862), 331;
- Salutatory (1861), 321;
- Shall we Compromise? (1850), 237;
- Silence must be Nationalized (1856), 287;
- Time, The, has Come (1862), 332;
- Trumpet, The (1862), 335;
- Use of the Beautiful by Christians, 393;
- War with England (1861), 322;
- Word from the People to Congress (1862), 323;
- Working with Errorists (1859), 380.
- Atchison, David R., in Kansas war, 277.
- Bacon, Rev. Leonard, letters of, against Tilton, 527;
- letter of, on reconciliation, 559.
- Barnes, Hiram (Litchfield), reminiscence of, 37.
- Beach, Hon. W. A., convinced of H. W. Beecher’s innocence, 533.
- Beecher, Rev. Charles, anecdotes by, of H. W. Beecher, 50;
- music, early work in, 92, 138, 139;
- recollections by, of boyhood, 57, 58,
- Beecher, David, character of, 17;
- Beecher, Rev. Edward, promotes Advance, 491.
- Beecher, Esther, influence of, on H. W. Beecher, 68, 69;
- in Brooklyn, 352;
- Mr. Beecher’s tribute to, 38.
- Beecher, George (son of Lyman), death of, 204.
- Beecher, Hannah, reminiscence of, 19.
- Beecher, Harriet (daughter of Lyman)—see Stowe, Harriet B.
- Beecher, Harriet (wife of Lyman), arrival of, at Litchfield, 54;
- Beecher’s, H. W., opinion of, 65,
- religious instruction by, 77,
- tribute to, 143;
- death of, 143;
- home training, methods of, 65;
- impressions of Beecher family, 54, 55;
- marriage of, to Lyman Beecher, 53;
- reminiscence of, by Mrs. Stowe, 54.
- Beecher, Henry (1570), notice of, 19.
- Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward,
- Administration, strictures on, in 1862, 328–331, 335;
- distrusted by, in 1863, 397, 443,
- Advisory Council (1876), on, 538;
- cautions his people as to, 538;
- statements at, 544;
- challenge at, 545;
- demands production of letters, 549;
- declared innocent by, 550;
- address to, at close, 552.
- Agriculture, articles on, 182;
- studies in, 198;
- work in, 199.
- See under Farm, p. 698, and Peekskill, p. 701.
- Aid sought from, some samples of, 656.
- Ambition of, for enterprise, 89;
- personal, devoid of, 593,
- advice to a relative on, 593, 594.
- American, a typical, 25.
- Amherst College, enters, 109;
- course at, choice of, 112;
- studies at, 113;
- reminiscences by Dr. Field, 113, 115,
- by Dr. Haven, 113,
- by L. Tappan, 114, 117,
- by S. H. Emery, 114,
- by Rev. S. Hanks, 114;
- debate, a victory in, 114;
- “Tutor’s Delight,” 116;
- sports at, 117;
- financial difficulties, 117;
- plans to earn money, 118;
- in anti-slavery debate, 119;
- record at, 135.
- Ancestry of, 20, 21;
- its legacy of loyalty and truth, 24.
- Anderson, Gen. Robert, tribute to, 452.
- Art, effect of works of, 346–348;
- high, versus decorative, on, 645;
- his collection of prints, 646.
- Arthur, Chester A., praise of, 575;
- renomination of, reasons for desiring, 575, 576.
- Aspirations, on youthful, 89.
- Attainments of, at ten, 70, 71.
- Atonement, on doctrine of, 607.
- Auction-sale, slave, imitation of, 292.
- Audiences of, on early, 594.
- Autobiography of, preparations for, 673.
- Bacon’s, Dr. L., letter to, on reconciliation, 559;
- Bashfulness of, youthful, 70.
- Battle of, a youthful, 36.
- Beautiful, on Christian enjoyment of the, 393;
- in nature, his love for, 394.
- Beecher, Esther, tribute to, 38;
- Beecher’s, Harriet, impressions of, 55;
- instructed in religion by, 77;
- his tribute to, 143.
- Beecher, Lyman, estimate of, 17;
- effect on, of conduct of, 68, 69;
- indignant at persecution of, 151.
- Beecher, Roxana, tribute to, 24;
- recollections of, 47;
- influenced by memory of, 67, 554;
- opinion of, from her letters, 128.
- Beecher, Rev. T. K., reminiscence by, 90, 138.
- Belgian court, experiences at, 404.
- Bible, early analysis of, 137, 192;
- on method of reading, 642.
- Birth of, 37, 41.
- Birds, love for, 615, 616.
- Blaine, J. G., opinion of, 576;
- refuses to support, 577,
- threatened for refusal, 579;
- election of, on probable result of, 579.
- Books, on buying, 648.
- Boston, bells of, amazed at, 83;
- ships and Navy-Yard in, enthusiasm over, 84;
- on juvenile feuds of, 85;
- chief in, of “follow your-leader,” 85;
- cannon-ball, purloins a, 87;
- life at, in boyhood, 90–92;
- moral influence of, bad, 92;
- joins Bowdoin St. Church, 98;
- receives call to, 216;
- defence at, on scandal rumors, 535.
- Bowen, Henry C., hostility of, 490, 492;
- action of, in Tilton’s charge against Mr. Beecher, 511,
- on renewed charges of, 542, 543.
- Brattleboro, Vt., lecture at, 130–132.
- Brice, Pomona, help for, 293.
- Brooklyn, declines reception by Common Council of, 672.
- Brown, John, sermon on, 301.
- Brussels, visit to, in 1863, 403.
- Buchanan, Pres., on administration of, 305;
- Budington, Rev. W., church of, seeks to heal dissension in, 524;
- letter to, on its protest, 526.
- Callers, daily, description of, 657.
- Calvinism, early teaching in, 70, 77.
- Camp, life in, on dangers of, 319.
- Catechism, a failure at, 65.
- Character, moulding of, 44, 81;
- Charity, on, 352;
- Charleston, S. C., invited to deliver address at (1865), 449;
- Stanton’s despatch concerning, 450;
- address at, 451–454;
- purpose of, in going to, 460.
- Children, love for, 639;
- a method of whipping, 640;
- his own, on newspaper report as to, 356;
- training of, 640;
- justice tempered by love, 641;
- advice to, on self-helpfulness, 641,
- on religion, on Bible-reading, 642,
- on study, 642, 643,
- on health and on duty, 643,
- on choosing profession, 643,
- on literary style, 644.
- Chimes, church, first experience with, 83.
- “Choosing good parents,” on, 17.
- Christianity, on power of, to crush slavery, 268.
- Christian Union, in control of, 491.
- Church, going to, when a boy, 59,
-
- promises made, 60,
- experiences at, 61;
- on growth of a, 227, 483;
- on proper work of a, 540.
- Church-bell, adventure with a, 60.
- Church-membership, on, 362.
- Cincinnati, O., family life at, 140;
- drives off his father’s cow, 141;
- constable at, a, 142;
- “family meeting” at, 142;
- Journal of, editor of, 141.
- Cleveland, Pres., remarks on slanders against, 577;
- support of, reasons for, 577–580;
- on administration of, 587.
- Cleveland letters: invited as chaplain to convention, 461;
- reply to invitation, 465,
- public clamor against, 462,
- remarks on, 474, 475;
- Tyng’s, Dr., letter on, 469,
- Storrs’s, Dr., letter on, 471;
- Mr. Beecher’s second letter, 472,
- effect of, 477,
- Storrs, Dr., on, 477;
- assailed by Independent for, 501.
- Coffee, effect of, 652.
- Colors, how affected by, 649–651.
- Compromise measures, article on, 236–238;
- Missouri Compromise, on repeal of, 273–277;
- appeal to ministers as to, 275, 276;
- on offer of, in 1860, 306;
- in general, on, 421;
- on proposal for, in 1864, 446.
- Congress, on proposed nomination to, 360.
- Congregational Association, resigns from, 567, 568;
- statement to, 568;
- remarks on criticisms of his action, 569.
- Congregational Church, estimate of, 610.
- Conspiracy against, beginning of, 494;
- statement on, 495–520,
- effect of publication of, 531;
- investigating committee, calls for an, 499, 528,
- publicity of, motives for avoiding, 504, 519, 531, 544;
- Eagle, card in, as to Woodhull letters, 522;
- demands production of any letters, 529;
- letter to, of Pres. Porter, 532;
- on malignity of conspirators, 546, 553;
- on prompt demands for investigation, 547;
- on publishing of, 548;
- cost of, 549, 565;
- Shearman’s, T., part in, 549;
- reflections on, 557;
- hostility of press in, 558;
- nervous strain from, 558;
- English sympathy during, 668.
- Conscientiousness of, how developed, 65.
- Controversy, harsh, advice against, 244.
- Conversion of, 98;
- Correspondence of, how conducted, 658.
- Courage of, physical, in killing mad dog, 664.
- Country, intense love for, 416, 460.
- Courtship of, 121–127,
- on false reports as to effects of, 129;
- Saxon, description of, 127.
- Cowper, William, on style of, 644.
- Creditors, on duty to, 354.
- Cunard steamers, on bigotry upon, 350;
- falsehood as to, charged with, 351.
- D.D., declination of title of, 391.
- Daniel, Samuel, poem of, 134.
- Darkness, early spiritual, 78–81, 119–121, 604;
- Davis, Jefferson, on proposed hanging of, 458.
- Death, impending, feelings of, 507, 508, 516, 556;
- of his brother George, 204;
- of his son George, 205;
- of his daughter “Caty,” 224;
- of his twin sons, 357;
- of three nephews 372;
- no fear of, 681, 682;
- remarks on, 682;
- his death, 676,
- wishes concerning, 681,
- private service at, 677,
- service in Plymouth, 678;
- burial of, 680;
- grave of, 680.
- Debate, early power in, 113, 114.
- Denominationalism, on, 611.
- “Depravity, total,” hatred of phrase, 380.
- Divine, the, early strivings for, 77, 78, 100.
- Doctrine, early knowledge of, 163, 165, 604;
- Douglass, Fred, invitation to, to Plymouth, 248.
- Dramatic power of, early, 96.
- Ecclesiastical machinery, dislike of, 152, 153, 606.
- Edinburgh, Scotland, speech at, in 1863, 419–422.
- Editor, on power of an, 321;
- editorial articles, sources of, 325,
- characteristic features of, 325, 326.
- Edmonson sisters, in purchase of, 292.
- Elections of 1884,
- distrusts Mr. Blaine, 576;
- endorses Mr. Cleveland, 577, 578,
- remarks on, 578,
- answer to remonstrance on, 579, 580,
- answer to threat, 580;
- active work in, 580;
- review of, 584–586;
- excitement in, on calm after, 586.
- Ellsworth, Col., on death of, 313.
- Elocution, how acquired, 95, 96;
- gesture in, a favorite, 186.
- Emancipation, demands, 331, 332, 333, 335;
- Proclamation of, article on, 336;
- God’s will, resigned now to, 337, 338.
- England, on war with, 322, 412;
- departure for, in 1850, 339;
- impressions of Warwick Castle, Kenilworth, 340,
- of Cæsar’s Tower, Guy’s Tower, 341,
- of Stratford-on-Avon, 342, 344,
- of Oxford, Bodleian Library, 344, 345;
- Episcopal services in description of, 342–344;
- return from, 349.
- Departure for, in 1863, 396;
- on sympathy in, for South, 399, 400;
- arrival in, declines to speak, 400;
- Congregational clergy of, strictures on, 401;
- London, first speech in, 401, 402,
- United States, on English dread of, 402, 403;
- consents to speak in, 406;
- requests for speeches in, 407;
- Manchester, speech at, 408–414;
- offensive utterances against, denies, 416;
- Liverpool, speech in, 422–432,
- placarded in, enmity of press of, 422;
- speeches in, effect of, 436, 441;
- Storrs, Dr., on the work in, 437;
- impressions from the visit, 438–441;
- New York papers on his work in, 441;
- welcomes delegates from, to Boston Council, 613.
- Departure for, in 1886, 665;
- friends’ enthusiastic farewell, 666;
- retrospect on landing, 666, 668;
- likened in, to Gladstone, 669;
- preaching in London, 669;
- Westminster Abbey, visit to, 669;
- his work in, 670, 671;
- public meetings in, on customs at, 670;
- address in City Temple, 671;
- return from, 672.
- English-speaking peoples, claimed by all, 26.
- English classics, love for, 113, 114, 133;
- Episcopal Church, impressed by service of, 343;
- on liturgy of, 370;
- charged with disrespect towards, 371;
- vision of sermon in a, 377;
- tribute to, 610.
- Evil, method of combating, 194, 195, 217, 218, 219, 355.
- Evolution, sermons on, 567;
- Exhortation in social meetings, on, 353.
- Extemporaneous speech, early aptitude for, 113, 173.
- Farm, work on, beginning of, 57, 617;
- knowledge of farm-work, 199;
- on one use of a, 360;
- at Peekskill, 383, 619–638;
- work on, as a recreation, 617.
- Fishing, first experience at, 31;
- Flowers, love for, 96, 616, 626;
- brings him a rebuke, 96;
- on abundance of, 392;
- pulpit, on use in, 393;
- at Boscobel, 626, 627;
- how influenced by, 627.
- Freedom of speech, on, 243, 245;
- on stifling of, in Kansas, 284.
- Fremont, on marriage of, 290.
- Fugitive Slave Law, articles on, 236–238, 240–244.
- Future punishment, on doctrine of, 608.
- Gaelic blood in, source of, 18.
- Garrison, William L., estimate of, 267.
- Glasgow, Scotland, speech in, in 1863, 414–419.
- Gospel, must preach it as revealed to him, 154.
- Gospels, an analysis of, 192;
- Government, divine, views on, 326;
- Graduates, advice to, 173.
- Grammar, youthful definition in, 75.
- Hall, Rev. Chas. H., deep friendship for, 677.
- Hammers, on animation of, 389.
- Harrington, Moody, helped by, 120.
- Health of, how founded, 31;
- impaired in 1849, 339,
- management of, 652;
- on duty as to, 651.
- Heaven, digging to find, 49.
- “Homeward Bound,” liking for, 379.
- Home-life of, 639.
- Honors, worldly, compared with ministry, 592.
- Hopkinton, Mass., teaching at, 129, 130.
- Horseback-riding, early attempt at, 55.
- Horticulture, love for, 96;
- Humorousness, early, 115;
- Hymns: see Music, p. 700.
- Imposed upon, remarks on being, 659.
- Independent, contributor to, 328, 488;
- editor of, 321, 488;
- Salutatory, 321;
- editorials in, in 1862, 322–336;
- assailed by, for Cleveland letters, 469, 491;
- resigns editorship, 490;
- severs connection with, 491.
- Indiana Farmer, editor of, 182, 185, 197.
- Indianapolis, called to, 179,
-
- recollections of parishioners, 181–187;
- his churches at, 181, 183, 207;
- his residences at, 182, 202;
- personal appearance at, 183;
- a refractory brother, 184;
- popularity at, 186, 203;
- an imitative tailor, 187;
- revivals at, sermon before Presbytery, 189;
- work in other towns, 190, 193;
- labors in, against crime, 194, 195;
- sermons at, on slavery, 195–197;
- painting his own house, 202;
- his class of girls at, 203;
- helps at kite-making, 204;
- recollections of, 206–209;
- tub, adventure with, 208;
- departure from, 216;
- success at, charged to plagiarism, 218;
- garden work at, 617.
- Infidelity, early victory over, 74.
- Infidels at Cincinnati, on the toast of, 381.
- Influences on, early, 65, 66;
- of Charles Smith, 66;
- of Esther Beecher, 68;
- of his father, 68, 69;
- in Boston, 83, 84.
- Information, early desire for, 108.
- Instruction, catechetical, soon forgotten, 69.
- Investigation, habit of, how acquired, 32.
- Johnson, Pres., letter to, on reconstruction, 460;
- stricture on, 470, 471;
- accepts policy of, 473.
- Journal of Commerce, criticism on, 334.
- Journals of, object in keeping, 144, 145;
- Judiciary, corrupt (1867–71), thunders against, 572, 573.
- Kansas, on emigration to, 284;
- sends arms to, 283, 286;
- on the contest in, 283, 301;
- strictures on Administration, 302.
- Knowledge, art of retaining, 647.
- Kossuth, Louis, on the visit of, 256;
- gift of Hungarian bracelet, 352.
- Labor, physical, views on, 199;
- in the North and the South contrasted, 418.
- Lane Seminary, influence of, 137;
- life at, 154;
- graduates from, 157.
- Latin, result of studies in, 88.
- Law, on obedience to, 241, 242.
- Lawrenceburg, called to, 157;
- removes to, plans, 158;
- church duties at, 159, 172;
- success and salary at, 173;
- housekeeping at, 174, 175;
- Thomas’s, Rev. J. H., reminiscences, 176;
- influence at, 177;
- on a gift of clothing, 178, 179;
- farewell sermon at, 180.
- Laws lacking public sentiment, on, 459.
- Leader, as a popular, 325.
- Lectures of, his first, 130–132;
- at Cincinnati in 1861, 309;
- during Rebellion, 319;
- politics and religion in, 390;
- purpose of, 564;
- field of, 564;
- proceeds of, how spent, 564;
- omitted during Conspiracy, 564;
- resumption of, reasons for, 564, 565;
- demonstrations at, 565,
- in Boston, reception at, 565;
- West, reception in, 566;
- Louisville, reception at, 566;
- first before Yale students, how prepared, 598;
- expenses in lecture-tours, 653.
- “Lectures to Young Men,” purpose of, 200;
- Left to himself in boyhood, 59.
- Lenox, Mass., farm at, 359, 618;
- work on, 360;
- relinquished, 372.
- Leopold, King, presented to, 403, 404;
- advice to, as to Mexico, 405.
- Letter of, an early, 50.
- Levée, adventures at a, 111.
- Library of, how founded, 131, 133;
- contents of, in 1835, 150,
- a working library, 647;
- remark on, 647.
- License, obtains a, 157.
- “Life of Christ,” first volume of, completed, 480, 674;
- second volume of, work on, 673, 674;
- prophetic remark concerning, 674.
- Lincoln, Pres., estimate of, work for, 304, 305;
- on call of, for troops, 327, 328;
- on vacillation of, in 1862, 329, 332, 333;
- on duty of, 331;
- on Emancipation Proclamation of, 336;
- on Southern commission of, in 1864, 446;
- tribute to, 447, 456;
- death of, 454,
- Lind, Jenny, defence of, 351;
- Liquor, on selling of, by Christians, 354;
- use of, 652, 653;
- on need of, except as medicine, 653.
- Litchfield, Conn., early life in, 31–33;
- visit to, in 1856, 35–38;
- reminiscences by people of, 36, 37;
- winter at, 62, 63;
- North Pole situated in, 63;
- visit to, in 1857, 373.
- Liturgy, on church, 370, 371.
- Liverpool, Eng., arrival in, in 1863, 400;
- talk in, a, 401;
- speech in, 422–432;
- placarded in, 422, 426;
- threatened with violence in, 423;
- risk in speaking in, 423;
- subject of speech, 423;
- reception at the hall, 424, 425.
- London, Eng., first speech in, in 1863, 401;
- second speech in, 432–436;
- voice in, threatened failure of, 432, 433;
- success in, 436;
- preaches in, in 1886, 669.
- Love, to enemies, on, 311–313;
- Christian, better than logic, 380;
- for friends, 658,
- “slopping over,” remarks on, 658, 659.
- McClellan, on defeat of, 328;
- Manchester, Eng., reception in, in 1863, 408, 409;
- subject of speech in, 409;
- speech in, 410–414;
- victory in, 410;
- effect of speech, 414.
- Manliness and power, source of, 21.
- Marriage of, 170, 171;
- Mathematics, backwardness in, 94;
- Matteawan, N. Y., residence at, 372, 618.
- Medical schools, views on, 353, 354.
- Memory of, where defective, 647.
- Militia, on need of moral influence on, 661;
- Ministers, classification of, 149;
- should be joyous, 150;
- on duty of, as to slavery, 248–252,
- as to war-tax, 324,
- in public affairs, 360,
- as to preaching against evil practices, 361;
- spiritual office of, 370.
- See Preacher, p. 701.
- Mitchel, John, prophecy on, 266.
- Monarchies, excitements in, contrasted with United States, 585.
- Moral principles, sacrifices for, 312.
- Moulton, Frank, confidence in, 496, 497;
- letter to, June, 1873, 515;
- on letter from, 518;
- wife of, opposition to, 560.
- Mount Pleasant Institute, enters, 93;
- mathematics at, 94, 100;
- elocution at, 95;
- recollections of W. P. Fitzgerald and J. W. Lovell, 94, 95;
- chaplain of, rebukes H. W. Beecher, 96;
- life at, 97;
- studies at, 97, 100, 101;
- religious experiences at, 97–102;
- Bible work at, 99, 100;
- troubles at, 102;
- on card-playing at, 102;
- visit to, in 1849, 107;
- his character while at Institute, 108.
- Mourning, on outward symbols of, 676;
- Prussian queen, on tomb of a, 677.
- Music, early work in, 92, 124, 138, 139, 144;
- church music, on old methods of, 363;
- “Plymouth Collection,” compilation of, 363–366;
- hymns, views on, 366, 368;
- music-writers, acquaintance with, 368, 369;
- at prayer-meeting, 378;
- organ, on value of, 600.
- Name of, its source, 41;
- names bestowed upon, 613.
- Nation above party, 577.
- Nature, love for, 32, 33, 59, 74, 96,
-
- religious impressions connected with, 77;
- study of, for preaching, 596, 614, 615.
- Navy, American, on moral defect in, 355.
- Negroes, feeling toward, how influenced, 66;
- fugitive, on help to, 240, 241, 323,
- on ostracism of, 247;
- on treatment of, by omnibuses, 247, 248;
- on freedom being given to eight, 263;
- treatment of, at North, 303;
- on slaves liberated by army, 323;
- on benefits to, of restoration of South, 463, 467, 473.
- Newell, Constantine, affection for, 104–106.
- New England stock, a product of, 25, 26.
- “Noble,” anecdote of, 290.
- Northbridge, Mass., teaching at, 130.
- Northern merchants, on boycott of, 247.
- Norwich, N. Y., impressions of, 389.
- “Norwood,” quoted, 88;
- Observation, habit of, how gained, 32.
- Optimism, definition of, 585.
- Oratorical powers, imperceptible in youth, 70.
- Ordinances, church, view of, 609.
- Ordination, examination for, 161, 165, 166;
- Original sin, on doctrine of, 607.
- Orthodoxy, definition of, 606;
- Paris, visit to, in 1850, 346;
- art-galleries of, how affected by, 346–348, 349;
- Vicksburg, hears of fall of, while visiting, 405,
- effect on Southerners in, 406.
- Parker controversy, peacemaker in, 259;
- Parker, Theodore, condemned for associating with, 380;
- Party, political, on blind subservience to, 577;
- Pastorates, short, opposed to, 180.
- Patriotism of, where nurtured, 35;
- Paul, St., compared with, 588, 589.
- Peace (1861), denounces terms of, 310, 311.
- Peekskill, N. Y., farm at, 383;
- description of, 619, 620;
- cottage at, 620;
- improvements made, old apple-tree, 621, 622;
- products of, 623;
- early crops at, rivalry over, 623, 624;
- Turner, T. J., outwitted by Mr. Beecher, 624,
- flowers at, 626;
- his “work” at, 627, 628;
- new house at, 628–630,
- chimney of, as a look-out, 629,
- decoration of, 630;
- trees and shrubs at, 630, 632;
- benefits derived from, 632;
- insects at, gratitude to, 632, 634;
- fowls at, 634, 635,
- cattle at, 636;
- bees at, 636, 637;
- dogs at, 637,
- Perseverance, thoughts on, 147.
- Personal attack, averse to, 354.
- Pessimism, definition of, 585.
- Phillips, Wendell, in Brooklyn, work for, 246.
- Phrenology, acceptance of, 130;
- “Pinky,” buying freedom of, 294–297.
- Plurality of wives of ancestors, remark on, 20.
- Plymouth Church, invited to come to, his answer, 210–213;
- called to, 214;
- accepts call, reasons, 214, 215;
- failure at, predicted, 217;
- first sermon at, 218;
- slavery, labors at, against, 219–221;
- installed, 221;
- success at, 222, 225;
- revivals at, work in, 222, 375, 391;
- prayer at, sample of a, 228;
- prayer-meeting, lecture, sociable at, 229-231;
- policy towards, 232;
- retrospect, a (1863), 337;
- prayer-meetings at, daily, 376,
- on income of, 379;
- organ at, on a new, 382;
- on flowers in, 393;
- on Silver Wedding of, remarks at, 481–484;
- generosity of, in Conspiracy, 565;
- tribute to, 578;
- result of work in, 601;
- welcome at, in 1886, 672;
- funeral services at, 678;
- memorial service at, 680.
- “Plymouth Collection,” history of, 363–366;
- terms of publication of, 364;
- on alleged omission of Watts’s hymns from, 368.
- Political secret societies, on, 362.
- Politics, in the army, indignant at, 444;
- on honesty and morality in, 583.
- Prayer, early love for, 97, 100;
- sample of, 228;
- on extemporaneous, 371;
- at prayer-meeting, 378;
- reply to request for copy of a, 656.
- Prayer-meetings, method of conducting, 376, 377;
- Preacher, his rank as a, 588;
- qualities as a, 589;
- parental faith his first incentive, 590;
- early training-school, 590;
- temperament as a, 591;
- high estimate of a, 592;
- early life as a, a happy period, 593;
- call to a, two essentials to, 594;
- discouraged, advice to a, 595;
- should consecrate every gift, 595.
- See Ministers, p. 700.
- Preaching, beginnings of, 130;
- first in the West, 149;
- naturalism in, 164;
- to preach Christ only, 167, 178, 193, 227;
- first real, at Indianapolis, 187;
- versatility in, 193;
- courage in, incidents of, 194, 195;
- means of relief from, 198;
- spirituality in, one source of, 391;
- estimate of, 588;
- on future scope of, 592;
- theory of, 595;
- involuntary preparation for, 596;
- influence of his, on theology, 602;
- manner in, an example, 605;
- preparation for, 597–600, 655.
- Precious stones, love for, soothing effect of, 649–651;
- relief derived from, at Liverpool, 650;
- reason for love of, 650, 651.
- Pride, early struggles with, 102.
- Private Journal of, at Amherst, 109;
- Profanity, on a case of, 642.
- Prussian queen, on tomb of a, 677.
- Pulpit, on freedom of, 248–252;
- duty of, as to war-tax, 324,
- as a popular educator, 362;
- preparation for, 655.
- “Puritan penitentiary,” not born in a, 57.
- Rats, at Litchfield, description of, 63.
- Rebellion, on enlistment of son for, 310;
- interest of, in organizing militia, 314;
- sacrifices for, 316;
- Fourteenth Regiment, equipment of, 316,
- Sixty-seventh Regiment, equipment of, 317, 488;
- Union soldier, on duty of, 317, 318;
- Bull Run defeat, on, 350;
- on Administration’s inactivity and mismanagement, 324, 325, 328, 329,
- God’s leadership in, prayer for, 332;
- Union success in, confident of, 333;
- Confederacy and Administration contrasted, 335;
- state of, in 1863, 397;
- enormous army, should be crushed by an, 443;
- troops in, should be no distinction between, 443;
- end of, joy at, 451, 455;
- brought on by Southern politicians, 454.
- Reconstruction of South, on President’s duty in (1862), 333;
- speech on, 458;
- letter on, to Pres. Johnson, 460;
- on benefits of, to colored race, 463;
- on military government in, 465, 466.
- Recreation, mental, how taken, 394, 395.
- Religion, meaning of, 642.
- Religious experience of, at Litchfield, 65–69, 76–81;
- Republican party, work for, in 1856, 289,
-
- esteem of, 471;
- in sympathy with (1866), 473;
- favors election of members of, to Congress (1866), 475;
- corruption in, labors against, 574;
- reasons for not working for, 581–583;
- still a member of, 584.
- Republics, on political excitement in, 583.
- Reputation, on posthumous, 557.
- Responsibility, on individual, 219.
- Retort, quickness of, 252, 253.
- Revivals, at Litchfield, 81;
- Romance of, an early, 103.
- Ruskin, John, tribute to, 394.
- Sadness, a tendency to, 345, 346, 500, 556.
- Sailor, on needs of the, 355.
- St. Louis Library Association, asked to lecture before, 389;
- matters to be avoided, his reply, 390.
- Salisbury, Conn., on beauties of, 356.
- Salvation, on, 379.
- Sarah —, buying freedom of, 298–300.
- Saviour, vision of sufferings of, 377.
- Scepticism, a touch of, 154, 164.
- Scholar, desires to be a, 593.
- School life, beginning of, 49, 50;
- experiences at district school, 51–53,
- at Mr. Brace’s and Mr. Langdon’s, 72, 74,
- at Catharine Beecher’s, amusing incidents, 75, 76;
- progress in his studies, 83;
- at Mt. Pleasant, 93–108.
- Schools, the two Presbyterian, views on, 163.
- Scott, Walter, early critique on, 145.
- Sea-life, determines on, 89;
- to study for it, 90, 93;
- design abandoned, 99.
- Seasons, allegorical view of, 616.
- Sectarianism, on, 611, 612.
- Sermons, illustrations for, how acquired, 32;
- his earliest, 130;
- first Western, 149;
- first at Lawrenceburg, 173;
- record book of, 179, 192;
- at Indianapolis, 186, 187;
- modelled on Apostles’, 188;
- proper aim of, 188;
- sermon on “Prodigal Son,” 189;
- first sermon in Plymouth, 218,
- issued in book form, 479;
- Thanksgiving, custom in, 584;
- note-books on, 596;
- method of preparing, 597–600, 655,
- the one at Charleston, 599,
- method of delivering, 600;
- fruits of, 602;
- must be delivered immediately, 656;
- trial sermon, 687.
- Seward, Wm. H., opinion of, 305.
- Shakspere, early criticism on, 146.
- “Shining Shore,” a favorite with, 366, 379.
- Sickness, thoughts on, 147;
- Slavery, work done against, at Amherst, 119,
-
- course on, defined, 217–220, 242;
- on Church’s timidity towards, 221;
- Fugitive Slave Law, articles on, 236–238, 240–244;
- leader against, an acknowledged, 244;
- pulpit labor against, defence of, 248–252;
- tenacity of anti-slavery, on cause of, 257,
- instrumentalities for, use of, 266;
- Constitution, ballot, Church, as forces against, 267;
- Christianity against, on power of, 268;
- battle against, religious element in, 269, 270;
- on treatment of, 303, 331;
- military question, a, 331;
- system of, requires ignorance, 417.
- Sleep, habits as to, 654.
- South, not safe to visit, 426;
- on reconstruction of, 453, 458, 461;
- on kindness to people of (1865), 454;
- on effect of exclusion of, 459, 468, 473;
- affection for, 460;
- faith in honor of, 463;
- on restoration of States of, 465–468,
- to be effected by Republican party, 477;
- on results to, of elections of 1884, 587;
- mediation for, 612.
- Speculative, early aptitude for the, 78, 79.
- Spiritualism, disbelief in, 363.
- Sports, youthful, superiority in, 85, 108.
- Stanton, Edwin M., encouraging note to, reply, 447;
- requested by, to go to Charleston, 449;
- telegram from, on Sheridan’s success, 450.
- Stockton, Col.], recommends to Lincoln, 443.
- Storrs, Dr. R. S., reasons for not confiding in, 520;
- attempted reconciliation with, 561.
- Stowe, Rev. Calvin E., indebtedness to, 137;
- Strength of paternal ancestry of, 19.
- Studies, in youth, backward in, 70, 74, 102.
- Study, on wrong method of, 643.
- Style, literary, remarks on, 644.
- Sumner-Brooks affair, speech on, 287;
- Sunday, influences of, when a boy, 62.
- Synod meeting, description of, 152.
- Tasks of, in boyhood, 64.
- Taxes for war, on, 323;
- Christian’s duty as to, 324.
- Tea, effect of, 652.
- Temperance, early work in, 130, 138, 144, 147;
- in Lawrenceburg, 185;
- “teetotal” at Oxford, Eng., 345;
- to his daughter, on practice of, 384;
- use of liquors as medicine, 652, 653.
- “Temple Melodies,” compilation of, 363;
- name omitted from title of, 364.
- Terre Haute, Ind., reminiscence of, 190–192.
- Theologian, as a, 602, 603;
- Theology, proposes to find a universal, 570;
- his influence on, 604;
- theological disputes, hatred of, 604, 605;
- dislike of, reason for, 606;
- future, on the, 609.
- Thirteenth Regiment, accepts chaplaincy of, 660;
- sword a source of trouble, 662;
- military orders, experience with, 662, 663;
- title in, 663.
- Tides, youthful definition of, 76.
- Tilton, Theodore, affection for, 489, 500;
- first charge of, 493;
- called on to leave Brooklyn by, 494, 503;
- efforts to reclaim, 495, 497;
- opinion of, to Bowen, 503;
- self-accusations of unintentional wrong to, 505;
- moral conduct of, deceived in, 509;
- urges him to break with Mrs. Woodhull, 510;
- on bad traits of, 516;
- promise to, as to Mrs. Tilton, 517;
- payment to, of $5,000, 519;
- openly charged by, 527;
- charge changed by, 532;
- civil suit by, 533.
- Tilton, Mrs. T., advice asked by, as to separation, 502;
- letter to, Feb. 17, 1871, 507;
- letter to, on Woodhull scandal, 513.
- Tools, readiness with, 64.
- Travel, foreign, religion weakened by, 384.
- Trinity, on doctrine of, 607.
- Tripartite agreement, part in, 512;
- honored by him alone, 520.
- Trouble, on surmounting, 374;
- Trouting, letter on, 357.
- Trust in God, on, 379;
- Truth, desire for, 212.
- “Tutor’s Delight,” the, 116.
- Tweed frauds, denunciations of, 572.
- Twin sons of, birth of, 352;
- Undenominational spirit of, 163, 167, 227, 483, 611.
- Unitarian reaction in Massachusetts, on the, 83;
- Sabbath-school, on ostracism of a, 355, 356.
- Vicksburg and Gettysburg, on victories of, 405, 406.
- War, views on, 312, 313, 398;
- Christians in, on bearing of, 314;
- with England, on, 322.
- Welsh blood in, source of, 19.
- White Mountains, summer services in, 660.
- Widowerhood, possible, remark on, 20.
- Woman, reverence for, 554.
- Writing-paper, dislike of foreign, 387.
- Young, fondness for, 184, 185, 203;
- “Lectures to Young Men,” 199.
- Beecher, Mrs. H. W., an accident to, 385;
- determination of, 386;
- Beecher’s, Henry W., letter to, on his health, 653;
- Lawrenceburg, description of pastorate at, 172,
- retrospect by, of Mr. Beecher’s youth, 121–127;
- wedding of, 170;
- journey to West, 171.
- Beecher, John, a pioneer of New Haven Colony, 19.
- Beecher, Joseph, reminiscence of, 19;
- Beecher, Nathaniel, reminiscence of, 19;
- Beecher, Rev. Lyman, affection of, for his wife, 26.
- Beecher, Roxana, opinion of, 24, 26.
- Birth and childhood of, 18.
- Boston, removal to, 82.
- Character of, 17, 26, 27.
- Children of, their regimen, 46;
- tulip-bulbs, adventure with, 47;
- at their mother’s death, 49;
- some amusements of, the cat’s funeral, 56;
- treatment of, by their father, 57;
- fishing trip, a, spoiled, 58;
- teaching of, by their father 58;
- father’s spirit, influenced by, 68.
- Cincinnati, household at, 138–140;
- College, preparation for, 19.
- Courtship of, 26.
- Death of, H. W. Beecher on, 681.
- Duelling, effect of sermon on, 27.
- East Hampton, life and labors at, 27;
- Farm life, disgusted with, 18.
- Financial difficulties, faith under, 117.
- Indomitable spirit of, infused into his children, 68, 69.
- Kindness of, abused, remark on, 659.
- Lane Seminary, president of, 136, 160;
- instruction at, method of, 137;
- heresy, charged with, 151, 160;
- union of churches, wish for, 160.
- Letters of, to Roxana Foote, 26, 27.
- Litchfield, called to, 29;
- dwelling at, 38, 62,
- household at, 38,
- ideal home, an, 40;
- labors at, made a mental stimulus, 58;
- visit to, in 1857, 373.
- Marriage of, to Roxana Foote, 27;
- Missionary societies in Connecticut formed by, 42.
- New School, battle for, 151.
- Orthodoxy, zeal for, 82.
- Plymouth Church, at a revival in, 376.
- Religious temperament of, 26.
- Shrewdness of, in H. W. Beecher’s sea project, 90.
- Society for Prevention of Vice in Connecticut formed by, 42.
- Synod, moderator of, 152.
- Temperance, action on, 42.
- Unitarian reaction, protest against, 82.
- United States in 1813, remarks on, 41.
- Woodspell, the yearly, 58.
- Beecher, Roxana, accomplishments of, 23.
- Ancestry of, 21, 22.
- Beecher’s, H. W., estimate of, 128;
- her influence on, 67, 554.
- Courtship of, 26.
- Death of, 48.
- East Hampton, L. I., life in, 27.
- Education of, how acquired, 23.
- Episcopal Church, member of, 23, 24.
- Letters of, to Lyman Beecher, 26.
- Love of, for her husband, 26.
- Parents of, loyal to king, 23.
- Personal characteristics of, 23, 24.
- Recollections of, 47.
- Religious temperament of, 24, 26.
- School of, in East Hampton, 28.
- Science, interest in, 40.
- Trials of, some, 40.
- Beecher, Rev. Thomas K., reminiscences by, of Henry and Charles, 90, 138.
- Benton, Lot, Lyman Beecher brought up by, 18.
- Big Bantam Lake (Litchfield), 31.
- Blaine, James G., H. W. Beecher on, 576, 577.
- Blake, G. Faulkner, in ransom of slaves, 294.
- Boscobel—see Peekskill.
- Boston, Mass., bells of, 83;
- Beecher’s, H. W., life in, 90–92,
- adventure with cross woman of, 118,
- rumors in, against, 534, 546,
- rumors refuted, 535;
- reception in, at lecture, 565;
- Beecher, Lyman, removes to, 82,
- feuds of, juvenile, 85;
- Navy-Yard of, H. W. Beecher’s enthusiasm over, 84,
- purloins cannon-ball from, 87;
- ships of, impress H. W. Beecher, 84;
- sport of, a juvenile, 85.
- Bowen, Henry C., H. W. Beecher’s dispute with, as to accounts, 489,
-
- scandalous hints concerning, 490,
- hatred of, intensified by resignation, 492,
- bitter enemy to, 494,
- promises support to, 504,
- renews charges against, 542,
- proposed committee on, 543;
- card of, on black-listing, 247;
- Conspiracy, part in, 493;
- Plymouth Church, dropped by, 543;
- Tilton, Theodore, early troubles with, 491,
- reasons for reducing, 503,
- charged by, with scandalous stories, 511;
- tripartite agreement, part in, 512.
- Brice, Pomona, help afforded to, 293.
- Brooklyn, N. Y., H. W. Beecher called to, 187, 210–216,
-
- speech at, on return from England, 438,
- in answer to Wendell Phillips, 458;
- Common Council of, tender reception to Mr. Beecher, 672;
- Fourteenth Regiment, equipment of, 316;
- martial spirit in, in 1861, 314;
- services in, at death of Mr. Beecher, 680;
- slaves ransomed in, 292–300;
- Thirteenth Regiment of, elects Mr. Beecher chaplain, 660.
- Brooks, Preston S., attack of, on Charles Sumner, 286;
- Brown, John, H. W. Beecher on, 301, 302;
- name of, a war-cry, 301;
- sketch of, 300.
- Brussels, Belgium, visit to, of Mr. Beecher, 403.
- Buchanan, Pres., administration of, 305;
- election of, 291;
- fast-day of, 307.
- Budington, Rev. W. I., Advisory Council (1876), refuses to attend, 544;
- Beecher, H. W., enmity to, 521;
- church of, divided on calling council, 523,
- protest on, 524,
- letter to, from Mr. Beecher, on protest, 526.
- Bull Run defeat, H. W. Beecher on, 320;
- effect of, at North, 319, 320.
- Burgess, Deacon, annually nominated for Legislature, 22.
- Burr, Betsey, 38.
- Calhoun, John C., on Compromise Bill, 236.
- California, admission of, as State, 235.
- Calvinism, H. W. Beecher’s early training in, 70, 77;
- Beecher’s, Lyman, zeal for, 82;
- reaction against, in Massachusetts, 82, 83.
- Catlin, Dr. (Litchfield), reminiscence of, 36.
- Charleston, S. C., exercises at, in 1865, addressed by Mr. Beecher, 449–454;
- his sermon at, how prepared, 599.
- Chestnut Hill (Litchfield), 30.
- Children, H. W. Beecher’s love for, 639;
- method of whipping, one, 640;
- advice to his children on self-help, religion, Bible-reading, study, health and duty, choosing profession, literary style, 641–644.
- Christian Union, H. W. Beecher editor of, 491;
- Cincinnati, O., in 1834, 153;
- Beecher’s, H. W., lecture in, in 1861, 309.
- Citizen, Brooklyn, on burial of Mr. Beecher, 680.
- Clay, Henry, Compromise measure of, 235,
- Cleveland, Grover, slanders against, Mr. Beecher on, 577, 578;
- Cleveland, O., army and navy convention at, object, 461, 464;
- invitation of, to Mr. Beecher, 461.
- Cleveland letters, history of, 461–478;
- invitation to Mr. Beecher by convention, 461;
- reply, 465,
- public clamor against, 462;
- second letter, 472.
- Cobden, Richard, on English sympathy for American Union, 440.
- Compromise measures, acceptance of, by political parties, 257;
- Beecher, H. W., on, 236–238, 306, 421;
- evil of, 235;
- introduction of, in Congress, 233;
- object of, 235;
- passage of, 238;
- popular endorsement of, 257, 265.
- Congregational Association, H. W. Beecher resigns from, 567,
-
- resolution of, on resignation, 568.
- Congregational Church, proposed liturgy for, 370;
- Beecher, H. W., on extemporaneous prayer in, 371;
- of England, favors Confederacy, 400, 402,
- Mr. Beecher’s estimate of, 610.
- Connecticut, Congregational churches of, withdraws aid from, 42;
- Society for Prevention of Vice, missionary societies in, 42;
- temperance question, 42.
- Conspiracy, the, H. W. Beecher’s account of, 495–520,
-
- beginning of, 493, 494;
- Boston, rumors in, concerning, 534,
- Mr. Beecher’s defence at, 535;
- Bowen’s, H. C., part in, 493;
- civil suit, the, 533;
- Moulton, Mrs., against Mr. Beecher, 534;
- cost of, to Mr. Beecher, 549;
- end of, 562;
- “False Secret,” the, 563;
- history of, 488–563;
- investigating committee on, 499, 527–530,
- members of, Mr. Beecher’s letter to, 528;
- Moulton, Frank, joins, 494;
- tripartite agreement in, 496, 497, 511, 512;
- Woodhull scandal in, 513.
- Cowper, William, style of, 644.
- Cuba, annexation of, 280, 282;
- Cunard steamers, H. W. Beecher on bigotry on, 350, 351.
- Cutler, W. T., in Mr. Beecher’s call East, 210, 213;
- letter to, of Mr. Beecher, 210.
- Daniel, Samuel, poem of, quoted, 134.
- Dayton, George, neighbor at Peekskill, 623.
- Democratic party, divisions in, in 1863, 398;
- losses of, in 1854, 273;
- success of, in 1852, 257,
- Douglas, Stephen A., resolution of, to repeal Compromise, 272.
- Douglass, Fred., invited to attend Plymouth Church, 248.
- Dred Scott decision, the, 281;
- Eagle, Brooklyn, Tilton’s infamous article in (1873), 514.
- East Hampton, L. I., Beecher family in, 27,
-
- school in, of Roxana Beecher, 28.
- Edinburgh, Scotland, H. W. Beecher’s speech in, 419–422.
- Editor, H. W. Beecher on power of an, 321;
- editorial articles of, sources, 325;
- their characteristic features, 325, 326.
- Edmonson sisters, freedom of, purchased, 292, 293.
- Election of 1884, H. W. Beecher’s work in, 575–583;
- Ellsworth, Col., H. W. Beecher on death of, 313.
- Emancipation, H. W. Beecher demands, 331, 332, 333;
- Proclamation of, article on, 336.
- Emery, S. Hopkins, reminiscences by, of H. W. Beecher, 114.
- Emigration societies, to aid fight in Kansas, 279.
- England:
- America, introduced slavery into, 431.
- Beecher’s, H. W., visit to, in 1850, 339–349;
- impressions of Warwick, Kenilworth, 340,
- of Cæsar’s and Guy’s Towers, 341,
- of Stratford-on-Avon, 342, 344,
- of Oxford, Bodleian Library, 344, 345.
- Trip to, in 1863, 396–436;
- Visit to, in 1886, 665–672;
- Westminster Abbey, visit to, 669;
- on customs at public meetings in, 670;
- address in City Temple, 671.
- Classes in, upper, favor Confederacy, 339, 400, 438,
-
- laboring classes favor North, 400, 440.
- Confederate cruisers, building of, stopped, 410.
- Congregational clergy in, favor South, 400, 402;
- Parliament of, willing to declare for South, 406.
- Product of institutions of, in New England, 25.
- Public meetings in, customs at, 670.
- Queen of, a friend to North, 439.
- Confederacy, results in, of its success, 429;
- feeling in favor of, universal, 438.
- Vicksburg and Gettysburg, effect of victories at, 406, 441.
- War with, H. W. Beecher on, 322, 412.
- United States, reasons for wishing disruption of, 402, 403, 439, 440;
- material reasons for supporting Northern cause, 428, 429.
- Express, New York, on Fremont’s
- marriage, 291.
- “False Secret,” the, 563.
- Fast-day, Buchanan’s, 307.
- Field, Thomas P., reminiscences by, of H. W. Beecher, 96, 113, 115.
- Fitzgerald, W. P., H. W. Beecher’s instructor in mathematics, 94.
- Foote, James, notice of, 21.
- Foote, Nathaniel, notice of, 21.
- Foote, Roxana—see Beecher, Roxana.
- Foote, Roxana Ward, names H. W. Beecher, 41;
- Foote, Samuel, reminiscence of, 38.
- Fourteenth Regiment, formation of, 316;
- H. W. Beecher’s sermon to, 317.
- Freedmen—see Negroes.
- Freedom of speech, H. W. Beecher on, 243–245;
- on stifling of, in Kansas, 284.
- Fremont, John C., marriage of, used against him, 290;
- nominated for President, 288;
- religion of, 291.
- Garrison, William L., H. W. Beecher on, 267.
- Gettysburg, victory at, effect in England, 406.
- Glasgow, Scotland, H. W. Beecher’s speech in, in 1863, 414–419.
- Gould, Judge, law-school of, at Litchfield, 34, 37;
- Grant, Gen., and Mr. Beecher’s military titles, 663.
- Guilford, Conn., 22, 23.
- Hall, Rev. Charles H., friendship of, for H. W. Beecher, 677;
- preaches at his death, 678.
- Hanks, S. W., reminiscence by, of H. W. Beecher, 114.
- Harrington, Moody, a religious helper to H. W. Beecher, 120, 121.
- Haven, John, reminiscence by, of H. W. Beecher, 113.
- Hopkinton, Mass., H. W. Beecher’s school at, 129.
- Hubbard, Aunt Mary, 38;
- Independent, the, H. W. Beecher’s early contributions to, 320, 488,
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- conduct of, protest against, 491;
- influence of, early, 490;
- purpose of, 321;
- rivals of, 491, 492;
- Tilton, Theodore, editor of, 490,
- Independent Republicans, H. W. Beecher on, 561, 583.
- Indianapolis, Ind., H. W. Beecher called to, 179, 181,
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- his churches at, 181, 183,
- departure from, 216;
- condition of, in 1839, 181, 206;
- railroad train from, the first, 207, 216.
- Indians, antiquities of, at Litchfield, 31;
- Lyman Beecher’s labors among, 27.
- Ingersoll, Mrs., reminiscence of, 72.
- Investigating Committee (in Conspiracy), asked for, by Mr. Beecher, 528;
- Ireland, American sympathy for, 265.
- Johnson, Pres., plan of, as to reconstruction, 458,
- Jones, Mr., part of, in “Temple Melodies,” 363, 364.
- Journal of Commerce, New York, H. W. Beecher’s criticism on, 334.
- Kansas, H. W. Beecher on the contest in, 283, 301;
- Brown, John, in, 300;
- emigrants to, rush of, 279,
- forces in, opposing, 280;
- freedom, personal, endangered in, 284;
- governors of, deposed, 282;
- importance of, in slavery contest, 277;
- Lecompton Constitution, adoption of, 278,
- rejected by the people, 282;
- Legislatures of, the two, 279, 280;
- rifles sent to, by Mr. Beecher, 283, 286;
- situation in, in 1855, 278;
- slave-laws of, 278, 284;
- Topeka Constitution, adoption of, 279;
- war in, beginning of, 271,
- deeds committed in, 279,
- results of, 282, 300.
- Kilbourne, “Ma’am,” H.W. Beecher’s first teacher, 50.
- Kossuth, Louis, sketch of, visit to America, 256, 352.
- Landon, Sheriff, reminiscence of, 37.
- Lane Seminary, Ohio, Lyman Beecher president of, 136,
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- gives earnest tone to, 137;
- object of, 136;
- slavery question at, 137.
- Langdon, Mr., school of, attended by H. W. Beecher, 72;
- Lawrenceburg, Ind., H. W. Beecher called to, 157,
- “Lectures to Young Men,” purpose of, 200;
- Lecture-room talks of H. W. Beecher:
- Conversion of Philippian Jailer (1858), 376;
- Division in Presbyterian Church, 163;
- Emancipation Proclamation, 337;
- Love to Enemies, 311.
- Lenox, Mass., H. W. Beecher’s farm at, 359, 360, 618;
- residence at, given up, 372.
- Leopold, King, receives H. W. Beecher, suggests compromise in Rebellion, 404;
- Mr. Beecher’s advice to, on Mexico, 405.
- Letters quoted:
- Beecher, H. W., to Dr. Bacon, March, 1876, 560.
- To Barnabas Bates, October 12, 1852, 261.
- To Mrs. Beecher, May 17, 1849, 106;
- 1873, 508;
- on his health, 654.
- To Edward Beecher, July 11, 1829, 99;
- To William Beecher, 1832, 129.
- To Dr. Budington, 1874, 526.
- To W. T. Cutler, December 15, 1846, 210.
- To Richard Hale, October 12, 1852, 261.
- To Indianapolis Church, August 12, 1847, 214.
- To Investigating Committee, 1874, 528.
- To R. W. Landis, October 12, 1852, 262.
- To Frank Moulton, June, 1873, 515.
- To Plymouth Church, August 19, 1847, 215.
- To S. Scoville, on Ambition, 594.
- To St. Louis Library Association, 1859, 390.
- To Mrs. Tilton, November, 1872, 513.
- To New York Tribune, 268, 269.
- To Dr. Tyng, September 6, 1866, 470.
- To his sister, 1817, 50;
- December 24, 1828, 97;
- March 1, 1830, 101;
- 1831, 117;
- 1837, 171.
- To his daughter, November, 1853, 358;
- June 24, 1854, 358;
- 1859, 383, 384;
- February 11, 1860, 385;
- February 14, 1860, 387.
- To his children, 642–646.
- To Colonel of Thirteenth Regiment, December 19, 1884, 662;
- Bacon, Dr. Leonard, to H. W. Beecher, February 27, 1876, 559.
- Moulton, Frank, to H. W. Beecher, June 1, 1873, 517.
- Storrs, R. S., to H. W. Beecher, November 2, 1872, 520.
- St. Louis Library Association to H. W. Beecher, 1859, 389.
- Tyng, Dr. S. H., to H. W. Beecher, 1866, 469.
- “Life of Christ,” first volume of, completed, 480, 674;
- second volume of, work on, 673, 674;
- prophetic words of Mr. Beecher on, 674.
- Lincoln, Pres., H. W. Beecher’s confidence in, 304;
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- work for, 305;
- on call of, for soldiers, 327, 328;
- on vacillation of, in 1862, 329, 444;
- on invincible purpose of, in 1863, 398;
- visit to, in 1864, 446;
- tribute to, 447.
- Emancipation Proclamation of, 336.
- Nomination of, 304.
- Restoration of South, favors immediate, 465.
- Nomination of, for presidency, 304.
- Lind, Jenny, H. W. Beecher’s defence of, 351.
- Litchfield, Conn., antiquities of, 31;
- appearance of, in 1856, 35–38;
- Beecher, Lyman, called to, 29,
- residence and household at, 38, 62, 63;
- courts of, their brilliancy, 34;
- description of, by H. W. Beecher, 30;
- education and religion, reputation for, 33, 34;
- foundation of, wisdom shown in, 33;
- natural beauties of, 32, 33;
- paradise, a, for a boy, 31;
- patriotism of, during Revolution, 34;
- school of, H. W. Beecher at, 51–53;
- situation of, 30, 31;
- winter in, H. W. Beecher on, 62.
- Litchfield Hill, 30.
- Little Pond (Litchfield), 31.
- Liverpool, England, Mr. Beecher’s first speech in, in 1863, 401,
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- second speech, 422–432,
- placarded in, 422,
- threats against, 423,
- reception of, 424;
- Courier of, on Mr. Beecher, 422.
- London, England, Mr. Beecher’s first speeches in, in 1863, 401, 402;
- Lord, Mrs. (Litchfield), reminiscence of, 37.
- Love, Mr., author of “Shining Shore,” 366.
- Lovell, John E., Mr. Beecher’s instructor in elocution, 95.
- McClellan, Gen. George, defeat of, 327;
- McLean, Judge John, on H. W. Beecher’s slavery sermons, 196, 197.
- Manchester, Eng., Mr. Beecher’s speech at, 408–414.
- Mason, Lowell, on hymn-music, 365.
- Massachusetts Emigrant Company, work of, 279.
- Matteawan, N. Y., Beecher family at, 372, 618.
- Missouri Compromise, the, 235;
- repeal of, proposed, 272,
- effected, 277,
- clerical protest against, 273,
- H. W. Beecher’s articles on, 273–277.
- Mitchel, John, H. W. Beecher’s prophecy on, 266;
- Moulton, Frank, assurances of, to H. W. Beecher, 496, 497;
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- urges him to write to Mrs. Tilton, 507;
- urges letter from, clearing Tilton, 515;
- letter to, June 1, 1873, 517;
- innocence of, affirms, 518.
- Conspiracy against Mr. Beecher, joins, 494.
- Indicted by Grand Jury, 533.
- Investigating Committee, fails to attend, 529.
- Part of, in $5,000 to Tilton, 519.
- Tilton’s cause, advocacy of, 505.
- Wife of, dropped by Plymouth, results, 534.
- Montague, George, recollections by, of H. W. Beecher, 93, 95.
- Mount Pleasant Institute, appearance of, in 1849, 107;
- Beecher, H. W., enters, 93;
- lotteries at, 118;
- standing of, 94.
- Mount Tom Hill (Litchfield), 30;
- signal station at, ancient, 31.
- Music, H. W. Beecher’s early work in, 92, 124, 138, 139, 144;
- church music, an old method of, 363,
- “Plymouth Collection,” compilation of, 363–366;
- hymn-music, H. W. Beecher’s views on, 366–367;
- organ, value of, to H. W. Beecher, 600.
- Napoleon III., Mexican campaign of, sympathy with Confederacy, 399.
- Negroes, H. W. Beecher on help to fugitive, 240, 241,
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- on social ostracism of, 247;
- on treatment of, at North, 247, 248, 303;
- on freedom given to eight, 263;
- on benefits to, from admission of South, 463, 467;
- suffrage refused to, 474.
- Nettleton, Mr., revival by, at Litchfield, 77, 80.
- Newell, Constantine, character of, 106;
- covenant of, with H. W. Beecher, 104;
- history of, 105.
- New England, H. W. Beecher a product of, 25, 26;
- influence of, on the nation, 25;
- slavery in, Mr. Beecher on, 250.
- New Jersey, slave erased from Prayer-Book of, 254.
- New York, law of, as to slaves, 251.
- New York City, corrupt judiciary of (1867–71), 572.
- North, the, admission of Southern States, fear from, 466, 467;
- blockade by, in 1863, 399;
- feeling at, against Compromise, 235, 236,
- Fugitive Slave Law, abhorrence of, 239, 240;
- industry in, universal, 418;
- merchants at, black-listed, 247;
- political parties in, in 1863, 398;
- population and intelligence of country resident in, 413;
- Rebellion, military ardor in, in 1861, 314, 315,
- desolation from, 315,
- unity of, not to be broken by, 327,
- conflicting schemes in, 330,
- army of, in 1863, 397;
- slavery at, abolition of, 251;
- soldiers of, on exclusion of South, 461, 462;
- Sumter, Fort, excitement over fall of, 314;
- workingman, doctrine as to (1863), 419.
- Norwich, N. Y., H. W. Beecher on, 389.
- “Nutplains,” Roxana Foote at, 22–24, 26, 27.
- Omnibus Bill, Clay’s, 236.
- Omnibuses of New York and negroes, 247, 248.
- Ostend Manifesto, the, 280.
- Oxford Presbytery, rule of, as to licenses, 159, 166;
- Paris, France, H. W. Beecher’s visit to, its art-galleries, 346–348.
- Parker, Theodore, H. W. Beecher on, 380, 381.
- Parker, Dr. (London), tribute of, to Mr. Beecher, 669.
- Parker, — (Litchfield), reminiscence of, 37.
- Parker controversy, the, 257–262.
- Peekskill, N. Y., farm at, 383;
- description, 619, 620;
- cottage at, 620;
- old apple-tree at, 621;
- products of, 623;
- flowers at, 626;
- new house at, 628–630,
- trees and shrubs at, 630, 632;
- fowls at, 634,
- cattle at, 636;
- bees at, 636, 637;
- dogs at, 637,
- Phillips, Wendell, experiences of, in Brooklyn, 246.
- Phrenology, H. W. Beecher’s adoption of, 130.
- Pierce, Pres., Ostend Manifesto inspired by, 280;
- peace, hopes for, 265;
- qualifications of, for office, 257.
- Pierce, Misses, ladies’ school of, at Litchfield, 34;
- “Pinky,” freedom of, bought at Plymouth, 294–296.
- Plymouth Church, Advisory Council (1874), declines to attend, 527;
- deliverance of, how affected by, 527.
- Advisory Council (1876), calls an, 537;
- composition of, 538;
- questions discussed by, 538;
- sustained by, 549;
- recommends committee on charges, 550.
- Beecher, H. W.. generosity to, in Conspiracy, 565;
- his sermons in, in 1864, 571;
- welcome to, in 1886, 672;
- service in, at death of, 678;
- memorial service in, 680.
- Building, the new, 387.
- Burning of first building, 222.
- Call of, to Mr. Beecher, 214.
- Condition of, in 1858, 374.
- Courtesy at, by pewholders, 379, 380.
- Danger to, from mobs, 246.
- Debt of, extinguished (1851), 353.
- Flowers in, introduction of, 392.
- Formation of, 213, 214.
- Generosity of members of, 216.
- Growth and popularity of, 222–224, 225, 480.
- Income of, criticism on, 379.
- Influence of, 480.
- Investigating Committee, accepts report of, 530.
- Lecture at, weekly, 229.
- Members in (1862), reception of, 392;
- exercised over Cleveland letter, 472;
- number of, in 1872, 480;
- troubles caused by, after Scandal, 537;
- duty of, as to Advisory Council, 539–542.
- Moulton, Mrs., dropped by, 534.
- Organ at, the new (1859), 382.
- Phillips, Wendell, at, 246.
- Polity of, 232.
- Prayer meetings at, weekly, 230;
- daily, 376,
- influence of, 377,
- prayers in, 378.
- Regiments, rendezvous for, 316.
- Revival at, in 1848, 222;
- in 1858, 375;
- in 1861–63, 391.
- Sheridan’s victory, joy over, 450.
- Silver Wedding of, 480;
- Children’s day, 481;
- Members’ and Historical days, 482;
- Communion day, 486;
- Storrs’s, Dr., speech at, 484–486.
- Slavery, its stand against, 221.
- Slaves ransomed in, 293–300.
- Sociable at, weekly, 231.
- Sunday-schools of, 480.
- Sunday services in, 228, 229.
- Tabernacle, building of, 223.
- Tilton, Theodore, dropped from rolls of, remonstrances against, 523.
- “Plymouth Collection,” history of, 363–366;
- terms of publishing of, 364;
- a model for others, 365;
- H. W. Beecher on alleged omissions from, 368.
- Porter, Pres. Noah, letter to H. W. Beecher on Conspiracy, 532.
- Prayer, H. W. Beecher’s early love for, 97, 100;
- sample of, 228;
- on extemporaneous, 371;
- reply to request for copy of a, 656.
- Presbyterian Church, division in, 151, 159, 165,
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- one cause of, 160,
- one result of, 168;
- H. W. Beecher on, 163.
- Prohibition party, H. W. Beecher on, 583.
- Prospect Hill (Litchfield), 30.
- Raymond, John, sails for England with H. W. Beecher, 396;
- speech of, in London, 401.
- Rebellion, the, H. W. Beecher on, 310, 313, 314;
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- sacrifices for, 316;
- on Union soldier’s duty in, 317, 318;
- on Southern unity and Northern uncertainty in, 330;
- on distinction between Union troops in, 443;
- on end of, 451, 455.
- Beginning of, 309.
- European sentiment regarding, 400.
- Federal army in, condition of, in 1863, 397.
- Federal disasters in, in 1862, 327.
- Reconstruction, H. W. Beecher on, 458–461,
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- feeling as to, in North, 464;
- Johnson’s, Pres., plan of, 458;
- problem of, 457.
- Reeve, Judge Tapping, law-school of, at Litchfield, 34, 37.
- Reeve, Mrs., death of Roxana Beecher, description of, 48.
- Republican party, the, advantages of, over rivals, 289;
- H. W. Beecher’s early work for, 289,
- in 1860, 305,
- in 1864, 571,
- reasons for opposing in 1884, 581–583;
- campaign song of, 289;
- charge against, a, answered, 307;
- corruptions in, 574;
- formation and composition of, 288;
- issue of, in 1860, 304;
- Lincoln nominated by, 304;
- platform of, first, 288;
- South, exclusion of, minority against, 461,
- restoration of, by the party, 477.
- Roebuck, John (England), favors South, why, 403.
- Ruffin, Judge (N. C.), on legal status of slaves, 249.
- Ruskin, John, influence of, on H. W. Beecher, 394.
- Russell, Lord John, support by, of American Union, 431, 433.
- Salisbury, Conn., H. W. Beecher at, 618.
- Sawmill Pond (Litchfield), 31.
- Sawyer, Martha, gives H. W. Beecher’s first call, 157.
- Scandal—see Conspiracy.
- Scotland, H. W. Beecher’s tribute to, 415;
- Secession, decree of, 305;
- Sermons of H. W. Beecher quoted:
- American Democracy, Success of (1862), 326;
- Background of Mystery, 567;
- Camp, The (1861), 319;
- Campaign of 1884, 584;
- Compromise, Against (1860), 306;
- Confidence in Union Success (1862), 333;
- Crisis, The (1861), 310;
- Death of the Soldier (1861), 315;
- Evolution and Religion, 567;
- Fast-day of Buchanan (1861), 307;
- Government, Divine (1862), 326;
- God in National Affairs (1861), 319;
- Harper’s Ferry Tragedy (1859), 301;
- Individual Responsibility, 219;
- Lincoln’s Assassination, 455;
- Modes and Duties of Emancipation (1861), 320;
- Our National Flag (1861), 317;
- Past Perils and Perils of To-day, 574;
- Phillips, Wendell (1884), 245;
- Revivals (1858), 375;
- first sermons in Plymouth, 218;
- Trial Sermon, 685.
- Shearman, Thomas G., services of, in Conspiracy, 549.
- Sheldon, Dr. (Litchfield), reminiscence of, 36.
- “Shining Shore,” history of, 366;
- H. W. Beecher’s liking for, 379.
- Silver-Grays, the, 288, 289.
- Sixty-seventh N. Y. Regiment, equipment of, by Mr. Beecher, 317, 489.
- Slavery, battle against, 233, 271;
- Beecher’s, H. W., debate on, at Amherst, 119,
- sermons on, in Indianapolis, 195,
- their effect, 196, 197,
- in Brooklyn, 219, 220;
- Christianity against, power of, 268;
- Church’s timidity as to, 221, 254;
- Compromise measures on, 233–239;
- Constitution, ballot, and Church as forces against, 267;
- doctrine of, 419;
- dominance of, in 1857, 281;
- eras of, five, 234;
- feeling towards, in Indiana, 196,
- in United States in 1854, 271;
- at Lane Seminary, 137;
- military question, a, 331;
- Mitchel’s, John, views on, 265;
- preaching against, threatened, 248,
- religious societies, attitude of, 252;
- treatment of, H. W. Beecher on, 303, 331.
- Slaves, eight freed by law in New York, 263;
- Beecher, H. W., on help of, 240,
- on pulpit work for, 248–252,
- on return of fugitive, 252,
- on proper treatment of, 303, 304;
- freedom purchased for, in Brooklyn, 292–300;
- hunting of, in 1851, 255;
- ignorance of, why necessary, 417;
- Kansas laws against, 278;
- status of, religious, 248,
- Smith, Charles, influence of, on H. W. Beecher, 66, 69, 431.
- South, the, advantage to, of Compromise Bill, 235, 238.
- Civil liberty in, suppression of, 413.
- Cruisers for, building stopped by queen, 410.
- English sympathy for, 399–401, 413.
- Grievance of, on slavery, 238, 272.
- Labor in, dishonorable (1863), 418.
- Northern merchants black-listed by, 247.
- Rebellion, unity of purpose in, 330;
- vehemence and courage in, 398;
- caused by political leaders of, 454.
- Slavery in, code of, 251;
- plan of, for spreading slavery, 429.
- States of, decree secession, 305;
- reconstruction of, problem as to, 457;
- effect of exclusion of, 459;
- Northern soldiers against exclusion of, 461;
- Northern fear from admission of, 466;
- H. W. Beecher’s mediation for, 612.
- Speeches of H. W. Beecher quoted:
- Spenser, Edmund, “Faerie Queene” quoted, 156.
- Stanton, Edwin M., note to, from H. W. Beecher in 1864, and reply, 447;
- Charleston, proposes to send Mr. Beecher to, 448;
- Fort Sumter, fall of, order on anniversary of, 449;
- telegram of, as to Sheridan’s victory, 451.
- Stockton, Col. T. B. W., sent to Lincoln by Mr. Beecher, 443.
- Storrs, Dr. R. S., Advisory Council (1876), declines to attend, 544;
- Beecher, H. W., address on English speeches of, 437,
- letter to, on Cleveland letters, 471, 477,
- tribute to (1872), 484–486,
- letter of help to, 520,
- refuses reconciliation with, 561;
- hostility of, to H. W. Beecher, reasons for, 521;
- judgment as to Mr. Beecher, on ex-parte testimony, 522;
- Moulton, Mrs., assumes cause of, 560;
- Tilton’s influence on, 513.
- Stowe, Calvin E., assistance of, to H. W. Beecher, 137.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, attainments of H. W. Beecher, remarks on, 70,
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- Beecher, Harriet, reminiscence of, 54;
- childhood of, impressions of, 57;
- diligence of, early, 56;
- her mother’s death, recollections of, 48, 49;
- Parker controversy, part taken in, 259, 260;
- reminiscences of, 55;
- Roxana Beecher, tribute to, 24;
- tulip-bulbs, adventure with, 47.
- Sturtevant, Dr., on H. W. Beecher, 551.
- Sumner, Charles, attack on, by Preston Brooks, 286;
- meeting on, in New York, 287;
- H. W. Beecher on, 287, 288.
- Sumter, Fort, anniversary of fall of, exercises at, 449–454;
- fall of, 309,
- excitement in North, 314.
- Tallmadge, Col. (Litchfield), 35;
- Tappan, Lewis, reminiscences by, of H. W. Beecher, 114, 117.
- Temperance, H. W. Beecher’s early work in, 130, 138, 144, 147,
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- in Lawrenceburg, 185,
- practice of, at Oxford, Eng., 345,
- to his daughter on, 384.
- habits as to, 652, 653;
- Lyman Beecher’s action on, 42.
- Terre Haute, Ind., H. W. Beecher’s reminiscence of, 190–192.
- Texas, effect on, of Compromise, 235.
- Thayer, Hon. Eli, in Kansas struggle, 279.
- Thirteenth Regiment, Brooklyn, H. W. Beecher as chaplain of, 660;
- Company G of, guard at his funeral, 678.
- Thomas, Rev. John H., on H. W. Beecher’s Lawrenceburg pastorate, 176.
- Tilton, Theodore, associations of, evil, 497.
- Beecher, H. W., early affection for, letter to, 489;
- esteems himself greater than, 490, 492;
- whispers stories against, 492;
- hostility to, first charge against, 493;
- demand on, to leave Brooklyn, 494, 503;
- treachery to, 496;
- urges him to use his house, 500;
- bitterest against, when in pecuniary difficulties, 510;
- secures $5,000 from, 519;
- blackmail of, attempted, 520;
- charge against, makes open, 527;
- civil suit against, 533.
- Blackmail, attempts at, 499, 520.
- Bowen, Henry C., denies tales of, 490;
- claim against, for $7,000, 496;
- charge against, 511,
- secures publication of, 515.
- Charge of, denied by Mrs. Tilton, 529;
- specific charge, 530;
- charge changed, 532.
- Church-membership, proposed deprivation of, 509.
- Counsel of, declares Mr. Beecher innocent, 534.
- Eagle, Brooklyn, infamous article in, 514.
- “Editorial Soliloquy” of, 491.
- Family of, H. W. Beecher’s intimacy with, 501.
- Independent, assistant editor of, 488;
- editor of, 490;
- resigns editorship, 492.
- Indicted by Grand Jury, 533.
- Investigating Committee, before the, 529.
- Lecturing, failure at, blames Mr. Beecher, 510.
- Moral conduct of, 506.
- Observer, work on, 488.
- Plymouth Church, dropped from rolls of, 523.
- Sketch of, 488.
- Stories of past life of, 493.
- Storrs, Dr. R. S., T. reads “True Statement” to, 521.
- Tripartite agreement, signs, 496;
- his changes in, object of, 497;
- part in, 512.
- “True Statement” of, results, 513.
- Views of, “advanced,” 491, 502;
- public protest against, 501.
- Wife, treatment of his, she asks advice of Mr. Beecher, 502;
- incriminating document extorted from, 504,
- Woodhull, Victoria, alliance with, 510;
- scandal version of Mrs. W., statement on, 513.
- Union, Brooklyn, editor of, 492.
- Toombs, Senator Robert, threat of, concerning Fugitive Slave Bill, 236.
- Trent affair, the, 322;
- English papers on Mr. Beecher’s action in, 422.
- Tripartite agreement, history of, 511, 512;
- Turner, Thomas J., superintendent at “Boscobel,” 624–626.
- Tyng, Rev. Stephen H., on Mr. Beecher’s Cleveland letter, 469.
- Union Sewing Committee, formation of, 247.
- Unitarian movement in Massachusetts, 82, 83;
- Sabbath-school, ostracism of a, 355, 356.
- United States,
- Administration of, in Kansas struggle, 277–280;
- pro-slavery, 291;
- inactivity of, in 1862, 324,
- H. W. Beecher on, 328, 329,
- on mismanagement by, in 1862, 329,
- on duty of, 330, 331;
- distrusts Mr. Beecher in 1863, 397,
- changes its opinion of him, 444.
- Commercial disaster in, in 1857, 371, 375.
- Compromise in 1854, feeling on, 265;
- schemes of, in 1860, 306.
- Condition of, in 1813, 41, 42.
- Congress of, and President Johnson, 458, 469, 470;
- constitutional amendment by, proposed, 473–475;
- suffrage to negroes, refuses, 474.
- Elections of 1884, condition after, 586.
- Federal army of, in 1863, 397.
- Free trade in, a future certainty, 429.
- Ireland, sympathy for, 265.
- Navy of, H. W. Beecher on, 399.
- Political condition of, in 1863, 398.
- Policy of, fifteen years, Southern, 420.
- Reaction in, for Compromise, in 1851, 255.
- Reconstruction in, problem of, 457.
- Repeal of Compromise, excitement over, 273.
- Senators of, pledged to Compromise, 257;
- plot for rebellion in 1856–60, 305.
- Slavery in, in 1854, feeling on, 271.
- States of, decree secession, 305.
- Vicksburg, fall of, effect on H. W. Beecher, 405;
- effect of, in Great Britain, 406.
- Ward, Andrew, sketch of, 22.
- Ward, Col. Andrew, sketch of, 22.
- Ward, Gen. Andrew, sketch of, 22, 23
- Webster, Daniel, support by, of Compromise Bill, 236, 238.
- Weld, Theodore, in early slavery movements, 138.
- Wellman, Dr., on H. W. Beecher, 550.
- Westminster Abbey, H. W. Beecher’s visit to, 669.
- Whig party, defeat of, in 1852, 257;
- extinction of, in 1854, 273.
- White Mountains, H. W. Beecher’s summer services in, 660.
- Wilkeson, Mr., part of, in Conspiracy, 515.
- Wolcott, Oliver, King George’s statue melted by, 34.
- Wolcott, Gov. Oliver, Jr., reminiscence of, 35.
- Woodhull, Victoria, blackmail of H. W. Beecher, attempted, 513;
- letters in possession of, Mr. Beecher on, 522;
- scandal, version of, published, 510, 513, 520.