june march american clergyman social reformer speaker known support abolition slavery emphasis god love adultery trial background son minister best known age brothers sisters known activists notably achieved worldwide fame abolitionist novel cabin graduated lane theological seminary serving minister indianapolis indiana pastor brooklyn new_york soon acquired fame lecture circuit novel style employed humor dialect slang course ministry developed theology emphasizing god love grew interested social reform particularly abolitionist movement years leading civil war raised money purchase slaves captivity send rifles nicknamed fighting kansas nebraska toured europe civil war speaking support union war supported social reform causes women suffrage championed theory evolution stating incompatible christian beliefs widely rumored weekly published story affair wife associate filed adultery charges affair subsequent trial resulted hung jury widely reported american trials century long career public spotlight led biographer famous man america early life born connecticut henry eighth thirteen children born presbyterian preacher boston siblings included author activists later known father brains man america mother died henry soon remarried henry later remembered severe subject bouts depression taught school time later moved residence occupied household children later recalled interesting combination fun seriousness family poor assigned children heavy schedule prayer meetings lectures religious services banning theater dancing fiction celebration christmas family included story telling listening play henry childhood considered slow promising brilliant children stellar performance earned forced sit hours girls corner wearing cap age fourteen began training boarding school massachusetts met fellow student students later attended signed contract lifelong friendship love died cholera returning greece later named son years taste public speaking setting aside early dream going sea resolved join ministry met future wife daughter known physician january engaged years developed interest new attempt link personality traits features human skull befriended later theory best known american graduated attended lane theological seminary outside cincinnati ohio lane headed father time america famous preacher lane student body years slavery question support form gradual emancipation stand principle demand immediate emancipation henry stayed largely clear controversy sympathetic radical students unwilling father graduated early ministry august married proceeded small impoverished town indiana offered post minister received national publicity involved break new school old school split questions original sin slavery issue henry father leading proponent enemies blocked henry official confirmation minister henry refused swear oath allegiance views resulting controversy split western rival church declared independence retain pastor poverty followed caused look new position invited visit indianapolis offered ministry unusually speaker era use humor informal language including dialect slang preached preaching major success building second presbyterian largest church city led successful revival meeting nearby mounting debt led seeking new position accepted invitation businessman head new brooklyn new_york national fame continued grow took lecture circuit popular speakers country charging high fees course preaching came reject father theology combined old belief human fate god plan faith capacity rational men women purge society ways henry instead preached gospel love emphasized god absolute love human doubted existence hell rejected father leisure activities holy life stating instead man enjoyment social political activism involved social issues day notably abolition hated slavery early seminary days views generally moderate like advocated breakup union mean end slavery personal turning point came october learned escaped young female slaves recaptured father offered chance ransom captivity appealed help raise funds raised thousand dollars secure girls freedom june held mock slave auction purchase freedom young woman named sarah widely reprinted piece shall compromise compromise compromise anti slavery pro slavery forces whig senator compromise banned slavery california slave trading washington cost stronger fugitive slave act objected provision particular arguing christian duty feed shelter escaped slaves slavery liberty fundamentally incompatible argued making compromise impossible die campaigned abolitionist presidential candidate republican_party despite aid lost democrat pre civil war conflict known raised funds send rifles abolitionist forces stating weapons good press subsequently nicknamed weapons widely hated abolitionist actions received numerous death threats civil war president abraham_lincoln sent speaking tour europe build support union cause speeches helped turn european popular sentiment rebel prevent recognition foreign powers close war april invited speak fort south_carolina shots war fired lincoln personally selected stating better send deliver address occasion raising flag flag raise views advocated movement career strict following civil war leader women suffrage movement campaigned unsuccessfully delegate suffrage platform elected unanimously president sided president plan swift restoration southern states union believed captains industry leaders society supported ideas great railroad strike preached strongly wages cut stating man live bread man live bread water fit live reduced poverty remarks unpopular cries hang common labor rallies detectives protected church influenced british author embraced theory evolution 1880s identifying christian argued theory keeping called progress seeing steady march perfection god plan wrote evolution religion views writings helped gain acceptance theory america prominent advocate allowing chinese immigration continue helping delay passage chinese exclusion act argued american peoples irish seen gradual increase social standing new people required work chinese reason training habits thousand years adapted work personal life marriage married year engagement marriage happy writes year wedding embarked classic marital cycle neglect marked henry prolonged home couple suffered deaths children enjoyed company women rumors affairs circulated early indiana days believed affair young member congregation wrote story accusing affair young church member later prostitute wife patron editor confessed deathbed husband affair concealed incident lifetime members circle reported affair author collaborating book couple encounter subject dispute reportedly told friends reportedly told raped regardless initial circumstances allegedly carried affair year according historian standard gossip seven sunday evening scandal case highly publicized scandal tried charges committed adultery friend wife elizabeth confessed husband relationship charges public told wife confession repeated story fellow women rights leaders isabella publicly denounced advocacy free love outraged saw published story titled scandal case paper weekly november article detailed allegations america renowned clergyman secretly practicing free love doctrines denounced pulpit story created national sensation urging arrested new_york_city imprisoned sending material mail scandal split siblings supported henry isabella publicly supported subsequent trials hearings words drove reconstruction pages half years sensational said said american history trial released held board inquiry sued civil charges adultery trial began january ended july days unable reach verdict called church hold final hearing outraged repeated calling scandal holocaust french author planned novel affair died following year written later life legacy later life yale_university established henry taught annual courses heavy expenses trial embarked lecture tour west returned angered republican allies endorsed democratic candidate presidency arguing cleveland having fathered illegitimate child lecture tour england march suffered stroke died sleep march widely popular figure newspapers country interred brooklyn new_york legacy assessing legacy states best represented remains popular strain american culture optimism enthusiasm open minded open hearted reputation eclipsed success deeply infused rhetoric christ love americans imagine appreciation memory revolution wrought peers created sculptor unveiled june borough hall park brooklyn later relocated plaza brooklyn written poet known usa said great preacher beautiful creature laid egg hat reward holmes offered reverend called elegant creature pleased laid egg hat reward canadian published songwriter offered accurate reverend elegant creatures pleased laid eggs lap judgement day hatch preacher writings background prolific author speaker public writing began indiana edited agricultural journal farmer founders nearly years editorial contributor newspaper till editor contributions signed afterward collected published star papers experiences art nature offered thousand dollars follow sister example compose novel subsequent novel new_england published stated intent present heroine large soul child nature christian sympathy truths god natural world instead books describes resulting novel new_england romance flowers new theology amounted warmed novel moderately received critics day list published works seven lectures young men pamphlet star papers notes plymouth pulpit independent periodical editor collection letters newspaper freedom war boston fields library congress catalogue number lectures young men important subjects new edition additional lectures boston fields christian union periodical editor summer soul prayers plymouth pulpit new_england novel life jesus christ preaching evolution religion reissued isbn plymouth pulpit
Henry Ward Beecher