Lyman Beecher

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

Life

Beecher was born in 1775 as the son of a blacksmith in New Haven. He attended at the prestigious Yale University in his birthplace, the Yale Divinity School. This vocational school offers theological courses. At this school he came up with the ideas of Timothy Dwight in touch, this influenced him for his entire life. After completing his education there he began in 1799 in East Hampton on Long Iceland his career as a pastor. First known Beecher was when he gave in 1806 a sermon on the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Four years later, he turned to Calvinism. He was also known for his anti-Catholic attitude.

Beecher defended himself vigorously, as the State of Connecticut in 1818 wanted to separate church and state. After two years, he noted, however, that the institutional separation had led to a church growth. Beecher said that was the best thing that could have happened to Connecticut.

1832 Beecher Rector of Lane Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian preacher School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1851 Beecher first went to Boston, and finally in 1856 he returned back to Brooklyn, New York, 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: T.R. Marvin, in 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 040504058X. .
  • A plea for the West, New York, Arno Press, 1977. ISBN 040509941X.

German -language translations

  • Six reflections on the nature, occasions, Mark, consequences and cure of intemperance, Hannover: Hahn, 1841.
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