The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . he, Ohio, July i, 1843. He was agraduate of Yale, studied theology, and servedsuccessively as pastor of Presbyterian churchesat Rochester, New York, and Chillicothe, death was caused by the accidental dischargeof a gun. BEECHER, Harriet. See Stowe, HarrietBeecher, in these Supplements. BEECHER, Henrv Ward, an American clergy-man and orator; born at Litchfield, Connecticut,June 24, 1813; died atBrooklyn, New York,March 8, 1887; was themost famous son of Beecher, and forthe greater part of 4
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . he, Ohio, July i, 1843. He was agraduate of Yale, studied theology, and servedsuccessively as pastor of Presbyterian churchesat Rochester, New York, and Chillicothe, death was caused by the accidental dischargeof a gun. BEECHER, Harriet. See Stowe, HarrietBeecher, in these Supplements. BEECHER, Henrv Ward, an American clergy-man and orator; born at Litchfield, Connecticut,June 24, 1813; died atBrooklyn, New York,March 8, 1887; was themost famous son of Beecher, and forthe greater part of 40years, between 1847 and1887, stood before tht-American public as thupowerful, eloquent andmagnetic preacher ofP 1 y m o u t h C h u r c h ,Brooklyn, New York. Educated at the Boston Latin School, AmherstCollege, and Lane Seminary, he took his first pas-torate at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1837. Intwo years he was called to Indianapolis; andthence he went, in 1847, to commence his minis-try at Brooklyn, having already the riiiutation ofbeing a great pulpit orator. His jiopular quali-. IIKNRV WARP mCEClIKR. ^o8 BEECHER ties of genial liumor, sonorous voice and facilityof illustration were equaled by the boldness withwhich he attacked the vices and evils of social andpolitical life, and he soon became a power in thechurch and in the community at large. His ser-vices as a lecturer were in great demand, and inJanuary, 1859, at the centennial aniversary of thebirth of Robert Burns, he delivered,by invitation, amasterful oration on the life and character of thatpoet, which put him completely in touch with theworking-people of the civilized world. In 1863,during the Civil War, he went abroad to makeknown to the people of England the merits of theFederal cause, at a time when they were blindlyfollowing political leaders who desired the dis-memberment of the American Union, and soughtpretexts for hostile intervention. By means ofhis oratorical skill and personal courage and mag-netism he
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