The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-04
DIR. LYMAN REECHER.

DR.. Lyman Beecher is now seventy
eigh, years old. BON before the Amer
can Revolution, 10 has been, until re-
Gently, actively and ably discharging du.
ties which he one rous for most men in the
prime Of life. He was the son OF New
England blacksmith, and was brought up
TO The trade of his father. lie had arrived
at mature sge when he quilted The anvil,
and began bis collegiate studies at Yale
College, New Haven. Ten years later,
we fihd him pastor Of the Church a,
LIlcb6eld, and rising into fame as a pull
pit orator. HIS sermons on temperance
ex,ed his reputation through the United
States; might say through Europe, for
they ran rapidly through several editions
10 England, and were translated into sew.
eral languages on The Continent. Being
now favorably known, he was called'to the
pastoral charge OF the most influential
Presbyterian church al Boston, wLere he
remained till 1882. In that year, apro-
jec, long entertained by that portion of
the Presbyterian church, whose active
and enlightened piety und liberal ,enden-
ces had gained foris the name Of New
School, was put into execution; ;the Lane
Theological aud Library Seminary WAS
founded. lis object beng 10 prepare
young men for the Gospel ministry, such
facilities 'for.manual lab were offered by
it as TO make it feasible for any young
man Of industry 10 deitay, by his own
exertions, large part of The expenses ol
his education. Dr.. Beecher had long
been regarded as Tho only man competent
to direct an institution which, i, was
fondly hoped, would demonstrate the
praclicobility Of educating mind and body
a, the same lime, intuse new energy irto
the work of domestic and foreign missions,
and revoluIionizr the Presbyterian church
Aiarge corps oflearneo and able profess
sors was selected TO aid him. The Doc
tor moved 10 his new home in the INN =
date neighborhood OF Cincinnati, and
rem med there until 1850. with what
success in his chicfobject we shall here
after see.
A certain eccen,ricity of manner and
character, and sharpness of repariee,
have given rise to hundreds Of amusing
anecdotes respecting DIR. Beecher.-
Some OF them pain, the man.
.i His lively sense of the comic element
in everything, breaks out on the m.s'
unlikely occasions. One dark night, as
he was driving home with his wife aud
Mrs. Stowe IN the carriage, The whole
parry was upset over bank oboul f te' II
iieel high. They had no souner exl'icai'
ed themselves tlom the week, than MIS-.
Beecher ard Mrs. Stove, who we're uu-
hurt, re,urned thanks for their Pfoylden.
tial escape. "Speak for yourselves
said the doctor, who was feeling hs
bruises, 81 have got good many hart
bumps, any how"
In many matters, he is what Mss
Olivia would have called "shii'less. =
Nune of the Goldsmith family were more
so. No appeal TO hun for charity, or a
contribution .oa good cause, ever goes
I'm esponded to, SO long as ne has an,
money in his pockets. As the family in
come is not unlimited, this generosity is
sometimes productive uf Inconvenience
One day, his wife had given him from the
common purse twenty fvv or thi'ty dollars
in bills, with particular instructions TO
buy a coat, of which be stood in need, =
He went down to the city TO make the
purchase, but stopping on the way at a
.meeling,in behalf of foreign missions, me
box Was handed round, and in went his
liule roll Of bills. He forge! his coat coat lu
his anxiety fo, the Sand dwich islanders.
Well do remember the first limo !
heard him preach. II was seventeen
years ago. From early childhood | had
been taught TO reverence the name Of th'
grsa, divine and orator, and ! had long