Henry Ward Beecher - Amherst, MA
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A statue of clergyman, lecturer, author, abolitionist, and social reformer Henry Ward Beecher is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, MA.
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2017
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A 8.5' by 3.5' by 3.5' bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher stands on a 7' high by 5' square pink granite base. Beecher is Henry War Beecher holding his hat in his proper left hand. He is dressed in a large calf-length overcoat with a long cape around the shoulders. His arms are by his side and he is holding a hat in his left hand. The lower right side of the bronze plinth is inscribed: J.Q.A. WARD SCULPTOR where J.Q.A. stands for John Quincy Adams. The base has the inscription:
HENRY
WARD
BEECHER
CLASS·OF·1834
Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield, CT on June 24, 1813. he graduated from Amherst College in 1834 and Lane Theological Seminary in 1837. He was a Congregationalist clergyman, lecturer, social reformer, and ardent abolitionist. In 1847, he became the first pastor of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York and soon became a sought speaker on the lecture circuit.
Before the Civil War he raised funds to purchase the freedom of slaves and to send rifles, called "Beecher's Bibles", to the abolitionists fighting in Kansas and Nebraska. During the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln sent Beecher to Europe to gain support of the Union. After the war he advocated for women's suffrage and temperance. In 1869, was unanimously elected to be the first president of the American Woman Suffrage Association.
Henry Ward Beecher was also a publisher and author. He was a founder and was an editorial writer for the New York Independent, a Congregationalist newspaper. He died of a stroke on On March 8, 1887.
Goodreads lists 247 distinct works by Henry Ward Beecher: Visit link
Twelve Causes of Dishonesty
Star Papers; Or, Experiences of Art and Nature
Norwood: or, Village life in New England
Life Thoughts Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher
The Life of Jesus, The Christ
The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
A Memorial of Ulysses S. Grant from the City of Boston
Plain and pleasant talk about fruits, flowers and farming
Prayers from Plymouth Pulpit
Evolution and Religion: Eight Sermons Discussing the Bearings of the Evolutionary Philosophy on the Fundamental Doctrines of Evangelical Christianity
Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City
War and Emancipation. a Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday, November 21, 1861. by REV. Henry Ward Beech
Comforting Thoughts Spoken by Henry Ward Beecher in Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers
Eyes and ears
Orations of Henry Ward Beecher: Raising the Flag Over Fort Sumter
From Dawn to Daylight: Or, the Simple Story of a Western Home by a Minister's Wife
Universal suffrage, and complete equality in citizenship, the safeguards of democratic institutions: shown in discourses by Henry Ward Beecher, Andrew Johnson, and Wendell Phillips.
Gamblers and Gambling
Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society: A Speech
Independence Day Orations and Poems: July 4, 1876
Heaven and Hell
Disciples Of Christ
The Overture of Angels
Yale Lectures on Preaching
The World's Great Sermons (Volume 6: H. W. Beecher to Punshon)
All Around the House, Or, How to Make Homes Happy
Metaphors, Similes and other characteristic sayings.. (1895) w/guide
Sunshine in the Soul