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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pertinent and provocative,
This review is from: Life Thoughts Gathered From the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher (Paperback)
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman and reformer.
One of his elder sisters was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. An advocate of women's suffrage and for temperance, and a foe of slavery, he held that Christianity should adapt itself to the changing culture of the times. He raised funds to buy weapons for those willing to oppose slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, and the rifles bought with this money became known as "Beecher's Bibles". Politically active, he supported first the Free Soil Party and later the Republican Party. During the American Civil War, his church raised and equipped a volunteer regiment. His writings are full of passion and conviction and mark a great contribution towards today's movement in ecumenical thought. |
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Life Thoughts Gathered From the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher by Henry Ward Beecher (Paperback - July 26, 2003)
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