The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . I wasfull. My heart kindles up at the thought of it were some of his utterances years general association (Congregational) of the statehad already appointed
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . I wasfull. My heart kindles up at the thought of it were some of his utterances years general association (Congregational) of the statehad already appointed a committee to get, the factsas to the consumption of liquor, and make report,as had the kindred body in Massachusetts. Whenthe Connecticut body met at Sharon in 1812, theiicommittee reported that they did not perceive thatanything could be done to stop this evil of intem-perance, the wide-spread existence of which they ad-rnitted and deplored. Instantly Mr. Beecher was onhis feet, with a motion that a committee be raisedto report at that meeting what measures could betaken to stem this tide of evil. He was made itschairman, and reported, the next day, what in his oldage he styled the most important paper that everI wrote. The practical steps which his report rec-ommended had, as the first of their number, thatappropriate discourses on the subject should bepreached by all ministers of the association. The. report was adopted, and 1,000 copies ordered to beprinted. By the next year it was seen that the effectof this action had been salutary in Connecticut. Itwas in support of this reform that, about 1814, hedelivered and published the famous Six Sermonson Intemperance, which have been declared to con-tain eloquent passages hardly exceeded by anythingin the English language. They went all over theUnited States, went through many editions in Eng-land, were translated into many languages in Europe,and have had large sale, even after the lapse of fiftyyears. He also agitated (1813
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