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In 1804 while Beecher resided in East Hampton, a duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, resulting in the death of Hamilton, caught the attention of the nation. Lyman Beecher wrote a sermon in response to this event, which gained popularity across the country; “The Remedy for Duelling”, it became widely published in 1806.
Lyman Beecher was left, not only with his burden of grief, but with debts and eight children ranging in age from sixteen-year-old Catharine to the baby of nine months, Charles.
In 1826, Reverend Lyman Beecher wrote his Six Sermons on Intemperance. This document popularized the temperance movement, inspired the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, which inspired Wayne Wheeler’s Anti-Saloon League: the organization that eventually got the 18th Amendment passed. In these six sermons, Beecher often cited the Bible.
You know, people like Lyman Beecher and Charles Finney. They weren't born wealthy. They weren't born as the scions of, say, the Mather family in Massachusetts, which had been one of the most important religious families in Massachusetts, so The Second Great Awakening really attracted lots of poor people, people on the frontier.
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10 de jan. de 2022 · Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures. His dedication to his faith is noted in early Am...
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16 de jul. de 2006 · Lyman Beecher had good reason to fear for his son's soul. Henry Ward Beecher was born in the summer of 1813, in the midst of one of the most terrifying, tumultuous periods in American history.
