Lyman Beecher

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Lyman Beecher (born October 12, 1775 in New Haven , † January 10, 1863 in New York City ) was an American Presbyterian pastor and one of the leading representatives of the abstinence movement . Beecher was one of the founders of the American Temperance Society .

Life

Beecher was born in New Haven in 1775, the son of a blacksmith . He attended the Yale Divinity School at the renowned Yale University in his birthplace . This vocational school offers theological training courses. At this school he came into contact with Timothy Dwight's world of thought , and this influenced him throughout his life. After his training there he began his professional career as a pastor in East Hampton on Long Island in 1799 . Beecher first became known when he gave a sermon on the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1806 . Four years later he turned to Calvinism . He was also known for his anti-Catholic attitude.

Beecher resisted violently when the state of Connecticut wanted to separate church and state in 1818. After two years, however, he found that the institutional separation had led to church growth. Beecher said it was the best thing that could have happened to Connecticut.

In 1832 Beecher became principal of Lane Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian preaching school in Cincinnati , Ohio .

In 1851 Beecher first went to Boston and finally he returned to Brooklyn , New York in 1856 , where he spent the last years of his life.

The author Harriet Beecher Stowe ( Uncle Tom's Cabin ) was a daughter of Lyman Beecher.

Publications (selection)

  • A reformation of morals practicable and indispensable , Andover: Flagg and Gould, printers, 1814.
  • A sermon delivered at Woolcot (Con.) Sept. 21, 1814 at the installation of the Rev. John Keyes to the pastoral care of the church in that place , Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1815.
  • The Bible a code of laws , Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1818.
  • The faith once delivered to the saints , Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1823.
  • The Gospel according to Paul , Portland: The Church; Boston: TR Marvin, 1829.
  • A time to dance , New York: American Tract Society, 1830s.
  • An address delivered at the tenth anniversary celebration of the Union Literary Society of Miami University, September 29, 1835 , Cincinnati: Cincinnati Journal Office, 1835.
  • The ballot box a remedy for national crimes , Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838.
  • Lyman Beecher and the reform of society: four sermons, 1804-1828 , New York, Arno Press, 1972. ISBN 0-405-04058-X .
  • A plea for the West , New York, Arno Press, 1977. ISBN 0-405-09941-X .

German language translations

  • Six reflections on the nature, causes, characteristics, consequences and healing of excess , Hanover: Hahn, 1841.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Beecher family on newman.baruch.cuny.edu ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) Retrieved February 25, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newman.baruch.cuny.edu
  2. ^ Marcia Pally: The New Evangelicals. Berlin University Press, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940432-93-3 , pp. 53-54.
  3. ^ J. Gordon Melton: Beecher family . In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 77 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Beecher, Lyman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pastor and teetotaler
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1863
Place of death New York City