By this time, various documents and letters relating to the matter had appeared in the press. Articles appeared in the Independent with which Tilton was no longer associated highly critical of Tilton and his attitude toward Beecher. Angered, Tilton published replies in several major papers, and the matter became the subject of intense public interest. Beecher then directed a Plymouth Church committee to investigate the matter; despite much published evidence of the affair supplied by Tilton and others , Beecher was exonerated by the committee of his close supporters.
Subsequently, Tilton brought suit against Beecher, and the trial in became a became a national sensation. At the end of a six month trial, the jury could not agree, and Beecher was acquitted. The following year, a second church committee again exonerated Beecher; in Elizabeth Tilton, in yet another reversal, admitted to the affair, and was dismissed from Plymouth Church.
Henry graduated from Lane in Henry and Eunice eventually had 11 children, but only four lived to adulthood: Harriet, Henry, William and Herbert. Henry Ward Beecher spent the opening ten years of his ministry in Indiana, first at Lawrenceburg, then as pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.
It was a decade of preparation for the young Beecher, whose ambition seemed always too large for his western parishes. He accepted the pastorate at Lawrenceburg because of its proximity to Cincinnati, where his famous father, Lyman Beecher, presided over Lane Seminary and New School Presbyterians.
It placed the son in intimate contact with state leaders and gave him a pulpit worthy of his oratory. He used the Indianapolis experience to broaden his intellectual interests in numerous directions: horticulture, writing, mesmerism, temperance, education, anti-slavery, evangelism, polity.
By the close of his Indiana residency he enjoyed a national reputation as the rising scion of the Beecher clan. Although Eunice Beecher enjoyed the comforts of her home in New England, she was excited about moving to this unfamiliar territory with her new husband and supporting him in his ministry.
Literary Career During her years in Indiana, Eunice White Beecher contributed her writing to various periodicals, often on domestic subjects.
She later published these as a novel, From Dawn to Daylight: A Simple Story of a Western Home , a thinly disguised autobiography of her own experiences. Citizens thought she portrayed themselves and their city in a negative light, but the novel included honest and frank descriptions of the city and the land, but in many respects the opposite was true. Beecher clearly depicted what pioneer Indiana was like for early settlers.
Topics range from house cleaning to recipes to raising children. Originally published in the Household Department of The Christian Union magazine, the articles have become so popular that the author agreed to publish them in book form. Thus began the most prominent ministry in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century. Therefore, it proved to be a blessing in disguise just two years later when a fire damaged the original church, and a new red brick Sanctuary was quickly constructed with a capacity of almost seats.
Do As I Say … Henry Ward Beecher greatly enjoyed the company of women, and rumors of an extramarital affair with a member of his congregation circulated while he was still in Indiana. Within the first year of his ministry in Brooklyn, news of his dalliances with women began to spread.
The Brooklyn Eagle wrote a story accusing him of an affair with a young church member who later became a prostitute. The wife of Henry Bowen, the man who had hired Beecher at Plymouth, confessed on her deathbed of an affair with Beecher. Beecher reportedly told friends that their first encounter had been consensual while Proctor reportedly said to Henry Bowen that Beecher had raped her. However, the couple allegedly then carried on their affair for more than a year.
In Beecher eventually accepted an offer to write an autobiography. Unfortunately, before work could begin in earnest, Henry suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died on March 8, The city of Brooklyn declared a day of mourning during which Beecher, survived by his wife and four of their nine children, was recognized as having been one of the most renowned public figures in the United States.
While his body lay in state in Plymouth Church, over 40, people filed by to pay their respects. As historian William G. By Gregg Mangan Henry Ward Beecher was a renowned clergyman, author, anti-slavery activist, and reformer in the 19th century. Yale University. Abbott, Lyman, Samuel B. Halliday, and Henry Ward Beecher. Clark, Clifford Edward. Knox, Thomas Wallace. Fox, Richard Wightman. Fairfield, Edmund B.
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