Henry Ward Beecher: a sketch of his career: with analyses of his power as a preacher, lecturer, orator and journalist, and incidents and reminiscences of his life . favorite with allclasses than in his own home ; and this in spite of thegreat effort to drive him from his pulpit and thecity of his home. I do not propose to enter in these pages upon anydetailed recital of the already too familiar facts in re-spect to what is known as the great scandal, a scan-dal through which it is certain no other man inAmerica could have lived and retained his positionand influence. In 1870 Mr. Beecher was th
Henry Ward Beecher: a sketch of his career: with analyses of his power as a preacher, lecturer, orator and journalist, and incidents and reminiscences of his life . favorite with allclasses than in his own home ; and this in spite of thegreat effort to drive him from his pulpit and thecity of his home. I do not propose to enter in these pages upon anydetailed recital of the already too familiar facts in re-spect to what is known as the great scandal, a scan-dal through which it is certain no other man inAmerica could have lived and retained his positionand influence. In 1870 Mr. Beecher was the editor-in-chief and a principal owner of the ChristianUnion, which was then rapidly increasing in circu-lation and influence. He had formerly been editorof the Independent, a journal of similar character, buthad resigned in favor of Mr. Tilton, who for someyears was extremely successful and popular, but hadby this time fallen somewhat under a cloud. Findinghis own morality impeached, he adopted the peculiardefence of darkly insinuating that Mr. Beecher wasopen to grave suspicion in the same direction, andfinally formed a determination to drive him from his. School House in Whitinsville, Mass., in which Mr. Beechertaught in 1831 and 1833.
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