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Mrs. H. W. Beecher
  • Abolitionists, feeling against, H. W. Beecher on, 268, 420;
    • ostracized socially, 185;
    • Webster, Daniel, on, 239.
  • Advance, the, organization of, 491.
  • Advisory Council (1874), assembling of, 526;
    • call for, 523;
    • deliverance of, 527;
    • Plymouth invited at, declines, 527;
    • protest against, a, 524.
  • Advisory Council (1876), assembling of, 543;
    • Beecher, H. W., cautions on, to church, 539,
      • statements at, 544–549,
      • declared innocent by, 550,
      • address to, at close, 552;
    • call for, 537;
    • committee on charges, advises an, 550, 558;
    • composition of, 538;
    • officers of, 543, 544;
    • Plymouth sustained by, 549;
    • principle of selection of, 538;
    • questions submitted to, 538;
    • Sturtevant’s, Dr., opinion of Mr. Beecher, 551;
    • Wellman’s, Dr., opinion of Mr. Beecher, 550.
  • Allen, Ethan, remark of, on British cruelty, 35.
  • America, a “better England,” 25.
  • Amherst, Mass., in 1827, 93;
    • Beecher’s, H. W., garden plot in, 96.
  • Amherst College in 1830, 112;
    • Beecher’s, H. W., course at, 109-135;
    • offers title of D.D. to Mr. Beecher, 391.
  • Anderson, Gen. Robert, tribute to, by Mr. Beecher, 452.
  • Anecdotes:
    • Boston woman, the cross, 118;
    • calf and bees, 637;
    • cannon-ball, the, 87;
    • cat in the organ, 382;
    • cow, chase of the, 141;
    • “Dinah, Crazy,” 243;
    • dog Noble, 290;
    • English beggar, 670;
    • “follow-your-leader,” 85;
    • Fulton omnibuses, 248;
    • grammar, lesson in, 75, 76;
    • Grant, Gen., and Mr. Beecher’s titles, 663;
    • kite, the, 203;
    • liquor-seller, the, 195;
    • lions, two monstrous, 51;
    • ruffian, the, 194;
    • slaves, teaching of, 253;
    • sleeper in church, 186;
    • Stowe, Prof., outwitted, 141;
    • tides, explanation of, 76;
    • truant, the, 184;
    • tub-raft, the, 208;
    • “Tutor’s Delight,” 116.
  • Arthur, Chester A., opinion on, of Mr. Beecher, 575;
    • on renomination of, 557;
    • hostility of press in, 558;
    • nervous strain from, 558;
    • English sympathy during, 668.
  • Conscientiousness of, how developed, 65.
  • Controversy, harsh, advice against, 244.
  • Conversion of, 98;
    • recollections of, 590.
  • Correspondence of, how conducted, 658.
  • Courage of, physical, in killing mad dog, 664.
  • Country, intense love for, 416, 460.
  • Courtship of, 121–127,
    • on false reports as to effects of, 129;
    • Saxon, description of, 127.
  • Cowper, William, on style of, 644.
  • Creditors, on duty to, 354.
  • Cunard steamers, on bigotry upon, 350;
    • falsehood as to, charged with, 351.
  • D.D., declination of title of, 391.
  • Daniel, Samuel, poem of, 134.
  • Darkness, early spiritual, 78–81, 119–121, 604;
    • darkness dispersed, 155.
  • Davis, Jefferson, on proposed hanging of, 458.
  • Death, impending, feelings of, 507, 508, 516, 556;
    • of his brother George, 204;
    • of his son George, 205;
    • of his daughter “Caty,” 224;
    • of his twin sons, 357;
    • of three nephews 372;
    • no fear of, 681, 682;
    • remarks on, 682;
    • his death, 676,
      • wishes concerning, 681,
      • private service at, 677,
      • service in Plymouth, 678;
    • burial of, 680;
    • grave of, 680.
  • Debate, early power in, 113, 114.
  • Denominationalism, on, 611.
  • “Depravity, total,” hatred of phrase, 380.
  • Divine, the, early strivings for, 77, 78, 100.
  • Doctrine, early knowledge of, 163, 165, 604;
    • commended for, 612.
  • Douglass, Fred, invitation to, to Plymouth, 248.
  • Dramatic power of, early, 96.
  • Ecclesiastical machinery, dislike of, 152, 153, 606.
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, speech at, in 1863, 419–422.
  • Editor, on power of an, 488;
  • Salutatory, 321;
  • editorials in, in 1862, 322–336;
  • assailed by, for Cleveland letters, 469, 491;
  • resigns editorship, 490;
  • severs connection with, 491.
  • Indiana Farmer, editor of, 182, 185, 197.
  • Indianapolis, called to, 179,
      • accepts call, 180;
    • recollections of parishioners, 181–187;
    • his churches at, 181, 183, 207;
    • his residences at, 182, 202;
    • personal appearance at, 183;
    • a refractory brother, 184;
    • popularity at, 186, 203;
    • an imitative tailor, 187;
    • revivals at, sermon before Presbytery, 189;
    • work in other towns, 190, 193;
    • labors in, against crime, 194, 195;
    • sermons at, on slavery, 195–197;
    • painting his own house, 202;
    • his class of girls at, 203;
    • helps at kite-making, 204;
    • recollections of, 206–209;
    • tub, adventure with, 208;
    • departure from, 216;
    • success at, charged to plagiarism, 218;
    • garden work at, 617.
  • Infidelity, early victory over, 74.
  • Infidels at Cincinnati, on the toast of, 381.
  • Influences on, early, 65, 66;
    • of Charles Smith, 66;
    • of Esther Beecher, 68;
    • of his father, 68, 69;
    • in Boston, 83, 84.
  • Information, early desire for, 108.
  • Instruction, catechetical, soon forgotten, 69.
  • Investigation, habit of, how acquired, 32.
  • Johnson, Pres., letter to, on reconstruction, 460;
    • stricture on, 470, 471;
    • accepts policy of, 473.
  • Journal of Commerce, criticism on, 334.
  • Journals of, object in keeping, 144, 145; Ministers, p. 700.
  • Preaching, beginnings of, 130;
    • first in the West, 149;
    • naturalism in, 164;
    • to preach Christ only, 167, 178, 193, 227;
    • first real, at Indianapolis, 187;
    • versatility in, 193;
    • courage in, incidents of, 194, 195;
    • means of relief from, 198;
    • spirituality in, one source of, 391;
    • estimate of, 588;
    • on future scope of, 592;
    • theory of, 595;
    • involuntary preparation for, 596;
    • influence of his, on theology, 602;
    • manner in, an example, 605;
    • preparation for, 597–600, 655.
  • Precious stones, love for, soothing effect of, 649–651;
    • relief derived from, at Liverpool, 650;
    • reason for love of, 650, 651.
  • Pride, early struggles with, 102.
  • Private Journal of, at Amherst, 109;
  • Profanity, on a case of, 642.
  • Prussian queen, on tomb of a, 677.
  • Pulpit, on freedom of, 248–252;
    • duty of, as to war-tax, 324,
      • in public affairs, 360, 361;
    • as a popular educator, 362;
    • preparation for, 655.
  • “Puritan penitentiary,” not born in a, 57.
  • Rats, at Litchfield, description of, 63.
  • Rebellion, on enlistment of son for, 310;
    • interest of, in organizing militia, 314;
    • sacrifices for, 316;
    • Fourteenth Regiment, equipment of, 316,
      • sermon to, 317;
    • Sixty-seventh Regiment, equipment of, 317, 488;
    • Union soldier, on duty of, 317, 318;
    • Bull Run defeat, on, 350;
    • on Administration’s inactivity and mismanagement, 324, 325, 328, 329,
    • God’s leadership in, prayer for, 332;
    • Union success in, confident of, 333;
    • Confederacy and Administration contrasted, 335;
    • state of, in 1863, 397;
    • enormous army, should be crushed by an, 141.
  • Strength of paternal ancestry of, 19.
  • Studies, in youth, backward in, 70, 74, 102.
  • Study, on wrong method of, 643.
  • Style, literary, remarks on, 644.
  • Sumner-Brooks affair, speech on, 287;
    • article on, 288.
  • Sunday, influences of, when a boy, 62.
  • Synod meeting, description of, 152.
  • Tasks of, in boyhood, 64.
  • Taxes for war, on, 323;
    • Christian’s duty as to, 324.
  • Tea, effect of, 652.
  • Temperance, early work in, 130, 138, 144, 147;
    • in Lawrenceburg, 185;
    • “teetotal” at Oxford, Eng., 345;
    • to his daughter, on practice of, 384;
    • use of liquors as medicine, 652, 653.
  • “Temple Melodies,” compilation of, 363;
    • name omitted from title of, 364.
  • Terre Haute, Ind., reminiscence of, 190–192.
  • Theologian, as a, 602, 603;
    • estimate of, 603.
  • Theology, proposes to find a universal, 570;
    • his influence on, 604;
    • theological disputes, hatred of, 604, 605;
    • dislike of, reason for, 606;
    • future, on the, 609.
  • Thirteenth Regiment, accepts chaplaincy of, 660;
    • sword a source of trouble, 662;
    • military orders, experience with, 662, 663;
    • title in, 663.
  • Tides, youthful definition of, 76.
  • Tilton, Theodore, affection for, 489, 500;
    • first charge of, 493;
    • called on to leave Brooklyn by, 494, 503;
    • efforts to reclaim, 495, 497;
    • opinion of, to Bowen, 503;
    • self-accusations of unintentional wrong to, 505;
    • moral conduct of, deceived in, 509;
    • urges him to break with Mrs. Woodhull, 510;
    • on bad traits of, 516;
    • promise to, as to Mrs. Tilton, 517;
    • payment to, of $5,000, 519;
    • openly charged by, 527;
    • charge changed by, 532;
    • civil suit by, 533.
  • Tilton, Mrs. T., advice asked by, as to separation, 502;
    • letter to, Feb. 17, 1871, Haven, John, reminiscence by, of H. W. Beecher, 113.
    • Hopkinton, Mass., H. W. Beecher’s school at, 129.
    • Hubbard, Aunt Mary, 38;
      • death of, 42.
    • Independent, the, H. W. Beecher’s early contributions to, 320, 488,
      • conduct of, protest against, 491;
      • influence of, early, 490;
      • purpose of, 321;
      • rivals of, 491, 492;
      • Tilton, Theodore, editor of, 490,
        • resigns, 492.
    • Independent Republicans, H. W. Beecher on, 561, 583.
    • Indianapolis, Ind., H. W. Beecher called to, 179, 181,
        • his churches at, 181, 183,
        • departure from, 216;
      • condition of, in 1839, 181, 206;
      • railroad train from, the first, 207, 216.
    • Indians, antiquities of, at Litchfield, 31;
      • Lyman Beecher’s labors among, 27.
    • Ingersoll, Mrs., reminiscence of, 72.
    • Investigating Committee (in Conspiracy), asked for, by Mr. Beecher, 528;
      • report of, 530.
    • Ireland, American sympathy for, 265.
    • Johnson, Pres., plan of, as to reconstruction, 458,
        • H. W. Beecher to, 460;
      • course of, Northern anger against, 462, 469–471.
    • Jones, Mr., part of, in “Temple Melodies,” 363, 364.
    • Journal of Commerce, New York, H. W. Beecher’s criticism on, 334.
    • Kansas, H. W. Beecher on the contest in, 283, 301;
      • Brown, John, in, 300;
      • emigrants to, rush of, 279,
        • H. W. Beecher on, 284;
      • forces in, opposing, 280;
      • freedom, personal, endangered in, 284;
      • governors of, deposed, 282;
      • importance of, in slavery contest, 277;
      • Lecompton Constitution, adoption of, 278,
        • rejected by the people, 282;
      • Legislatures of, the two, 279, 280;
      • rifles sent to, by Mr. Beecher, 283, 507;
      • urges letter from, clearing Tilton, 515;
      • letter to, June 1, 1873, 517;
      • innocence of, affirms, 518.
    • Conspiracy against Mr. Beecher, joins, 494.
    • Indicted by Grand Jury, 533.
    • Investigating Committee, fails to attend, 529.
    • Part of, in $5,000 to Tilton, 519.
    • Tilton’s cause, advocacy of, 505.
    • Wife of, dropped by Plymouth, results, 534.
  • Montague, George, recollections by, of H. W. Beecher, 93, 95.
  • Mount Pleasant Institute, appearance of, in 1849, 107;
    • Beecher, H. W., enters, 93;
    • lotteries at, 118;
    • standing of, 94.
  • Mount Tom Hill (Litchfield), 30;
    • signal station at, ancient, 31.
  • Music, H. W. Beecher’s early work in, 92, 124, 138, 139, 144;
    • church music, an old method of, 363,
      • reform in, 365;
    • “Plymouth Collection,” compilation of, 363–366;
    • hymn-music, H. W. Beecher’s views on, 366–367;
    • organ, value of, to H. W. Beecher, 600.
    • Napoleon III., Mexican campaign of, sympathy with Confederacy, 399.
    • Negroes, H. W. Beecher on help to fugitive, 240, 241,
        • on return of, 252;
      • on social ostracism of, 247;
      • on treatment of, at North, 247, 248, 303;
      • on freedom given to eight, 263;
      • on benefits to, from admission of South, 463, 467;
      • suffrage refused to, 474.
    • Nettleton, Mr., revival by, at Litchfield, 77, 80.
    • Newell, Constantine, character of, 106;
      • covenant of, with H. W. Beecher, 104;
      • history of, 105.
    • New England, H. W. Beecher a product of, 25, 26;
      • influence of, on the nation, 25;
      • slavery in, Mr. Beecher on, 250.
    • New Jersey, slave erased from Prayer-Book of, 254.
    • New York, law of, as to slaves, 251.
    • New York City, corrupt judiciary of (1867–71), 572.
    • North, the, admission of Southern States, fear from, 466, 467;
      • blockade by, in 1863, 399;
      • feeling at, against Compromise, 235, 236,
        • for Compromise, 42.
      • Terre Haute, Ind., H. W. Beecher’s reminiscence of, 190–192.
      • Texas, effect on, of Compromise, 235.
      • Thayer, Hon. Eli, in Kansas struggle, 279.
      • Thirteenth Regiment, Brooklyn, H. W. Beecher as chaplain of, 660;
        • Company G of, guard at his funeral, 678.
      • Thomas, Rev. John H., on H. W. Beecher’s Lawrenceburg pastorate, 176.
      • Tilton, Theodore, associations of, evil, 497.
        • Beecher, H. W., early affection for, letter to, 489;
          • esteems himself greater than, 490, 492;
          • whispers stories against, 492;
          • hostility to, first charge against, 493;
          • demand on, to leave Brooklyn, 494, 503;
          • treachery to, 496;
          • urges him to use his house, 500;
          • bitterest against, when in pecuniary difficulties, 510;
          • secures $5,000 from, 519;
          • blackmail of, attempted, 520;
          • charge against, makes open, 527;
          • civil suit against, 533.
        • Blackmail, attempts at, 499, 520.
        • Bowen, Henry C., denies tales of, 490;
          • claim against, for $7,000, 496;
          • charge against, 511,
            • secures publication of, 515.
        • Charge of, denied by Mrs. Tilton, 529;
          • specific charge, 530;
          • charge changed, 532.
        • Church-membership, proposed deprivation of, 509.
        • Counsel of, declares Mr. Beecher innocent, 534.
        • Eagle, Brooklyn, infamous article in, 514.
        • “Editorial Soliloquy” of, 491.
        • Family of, H. W. Beecher’s intimacy with, 501.
        • Independent, assistant editor of, 488;
          • editor of, 490;
          • resigns editorship, 492.
        • Indicted by Grand Jury, 533.
        • Investigating Committee, before the, 529.
        • Lecturing, failure at, blames Mr. Beecher, 510.
        • Moral conduct of, 506.
        • Observer, work on, 488.
        • Plymouth Church, dropped from rolls of, 523.
        • Sketch of, 488.
        • Stories of past life of, 493.
        • Storrs, Dr. R. S., T. reads “True Statement” to, 521.
        • Tripartite agreement, signs, 496;
          • his changes in, object of, 497;
          • part in, 512.
        • “True Statement” of, results, 513.
        • Views of, “advanced,” 491, 502;
          • public protest against, 501.
        • Wife, treatment of his, she asks advice of Mr. Beecher, 502;

          Transcriber’s Note

          At the foot of p. 173, an unreferenced footnote appears, referring the reader to “Appendix A.” for the text of Rev. Beecher’s inaugural sermon. (The Appendix has no “A”, per se.) A reference to the footnote has been added.

          On pp. 265, 276, 351, 362, 382 an asterisk appears right-justified at the end of a quoted passage. As explained on p. 366, this was used by Beecher as a signature. These are retained here, though merely with an extended space between the text and his ‘signature’.

          The index entry for Beecher's remarks about the proposed compromise of 1864, refers to p. 445, should have been p. 446, Likewise, references to music and hymns on p. 367 should have been 368. Both were likely caused by the interpolation of a numbered full page illustration, and have both been corrected.

          The format of the two-column index has been changed to single column, and the punctuation regularized.

          Hyphenation of compound words is retained as printed. Where the hyphen appears on a line or page break, it is retained or removed depending on the preponderance of usage elsewhere.

          Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.

          20.18 [‘/“]It has always been a shadow Replaced.
          75.36 Now decline he.[’] Added.
          84.13 the first electric shock of wonder and pleasure.[”] Removed.
          96.27 to improve the opportu[tu]nity and administer Removed.
          101.1 He shall be called a Nazarene.[”/’] Replaced.
          162.22 and declared the body dissolved[/,] Replaced.
          190.8 by no means confined to Indianapolis[.] Added.
          263.8 for my God is greater than their devil[.] Added.
          305.36 in spite of the popular vote[.] Added.
          333.39 but we are a-going to succeed in America.[’] Removed.
          372.19 was the eldest son of his father’s family[.] Added.
          561.4 from time to time during the two[ two] years past Removed.
          649.15 It has been in the house this two months.[”/’] Replaced.




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