Litchfield enquirer., 1863-01-15

he applied fors$l ,OOt. Why this reasonnLIs request was not granted, we know not. ljus
 hs parish of Litchfeld allowed their brilliant minister whose fame had now gone abroad through all New England, to strike his tent in Connecticut and to set it up anew in Boston. His Boston charge was the Hanover Church, wLich was the year afterwarl burned, and new bajlding erected in BswdOin street. whose coisg- egation last year : as disiunded. The city were ike the throngs which attend the
 ministry of his son in BroOklyn. Although his stay there was only six years, yet the in. precision which he produced during that time forms part of the public history of that ci-y. Those six years were auquestionahIy tho most conspicuous years of his life. During four ef them. . continuous religious awakening was maintained in his church. But what makes this portion of his ministry memorable at thi6 day was the great uprising. at that time. against the Unitar an theology of bostOn snd New England. Influences had long been stirring and a volume of opposition gathering which at lust needed only an eloquent popular movement. Lyman Beecher an eloquent speaker. natural horn leader constitutiBnally counting the OppOrtanity of attack. and anims- te with c0nscientious zeal for the heredita- " faith oi the Pilgrims was just the man for the hour to whom as champion, the Evangeli. cal party spontaneously turned. The history of that famous conflict in which Dr. and his frie, Us on cue side. arrayed themselves agsinst Urs. Charming. Ware and Gannet and the Do. dy of Unitarians on the other. need not be- here further revived. Henry Ward BeecherS in speaking of it. has said that Boston, wissnI his father set his foot in it, immediately sous. ded like q beehive with stone thrown into t [
 In 1882, the great peacher bade an, elo- e on t- IL. l.
 around him. and, aciuated by conscientisua duty toward the Great We l., removed te Cin- ciunati, to take the Presidency of Lane Theo.. logical Seminary and the pulpit 0f the SecesAi Presbyterian (hurch of that city. Here ths
 man who in Boston had brought accusations | of heresy against others. was himself tried as
 here,ic. Dr. Wilson, his neighbor, and pas TOT ct the First Presbyterian Church, tabled cnarges oi false doctrines against him iu the | PresbStery. The trial was famous in its--any
 and is not fOrgotten yet. The case was carried
 from Presbytery to Synod, and the accdsod
 was so thoroughly acquitted, and his triunph so signal, that all his iriendS were even klsa
 that he had been charged and tried. The trixI aided rot little in idening the area of free dis ussion, and in promoting the general spir-
 it of religious inquiry. After giving twenty
 years of his life to Lane Seminary, he ended
 his public labOrs in 1852. when De returned to
 Boston, and aiterward removed to Bsooklsn. .S He was three times married, and was the
 father of thirteen children, of whom we need
 not here speak. as they speak for themselves.
 Of his first wife, Roxana Fo0te-the moshsr of Catharine, Edward, Mrs. Stowe, Churlss. and Henry W Nard--a woman of extraordinary acquiremens-the Doctor used to make this remark :" She was the only person that ev. CT met whom felt to be fully my equal in aa argument" They were in tie hatit oi rpason- ing together, over the tea table. on the pro. tuundes, questions ot phi!osol hy and theology
 Dr. Beecher's published works are mninly Sermons. and after these. various Controversial writings, which had a wide circuIa. ion and ex. er,t d great influence in their time. vsSt
 As an orator. he was the most peculiar
 brilliaut ard effective of his day. By natnro be was strong reasOner, yet he reasoned rssths CT in the style Ot an advocate aiming ut pOint than of judge or statesman, aiming ip. cover whole field of discussion He spoke aud Ntote always for some jmmediase nurf,pse- lis sernisas asrd speeches were marked jii their openings, aud subsequent leading parts, W ,h alusnnlly careful statements and tlistinc- iiOis, and ti4p followed. after each well stated point. some briil iant illustration. wlirly, Kin
 ding his iinagna,i.at ~Asuid sudsieuiy set tis speech on fire, thrilling the assembly as assem- plies rarel, thrilled by !utnan speech. Th..- odore D. Weld, one oi his pupils (pla O.. to Socrates used to say Of his masters InethodS ina, '' frs, he nude his point, and then, he set a candle um it." Ihe Rev. Albert l,arnes says. in letter, that no orsiory which be ever heard in his lie, tqualled Lyman Beecher's in i, his grand flights. H.nrv Ward Beerher once
 said, (perhap rather jocosey for certainly nos. hody will a2ree to it) that ''all the thirteen
 d j dren tog ther were not the equal of ,heir iatherf In counterpart to this. the old Duc. ter, one Sunday evening, after listening wrapt and spell bound to his sons sermon, turning. roui.d 10 watch the great congregation retire. siroked hIs long whsie hair. aud. as if reflect, ing, with partoiable pride, ui,on the great influence of Pl, mouth Church, exclaimed,
 '" l. ell, this is the greatest thing in Americni i'' It is betiiting to add to this sketch the clos! ing passage of the seImon at Plymoufh Church
 ,esttnras al.aning. in which. in few unpre.
 n..eilaied words, much l.r,,ken in their uster-
 aIce, and moving almost the ole conarepa. ton to tears, the son briefly aiinounced his
 iathrr's death,und paid tribute to his men ory: After a life "f eighty seven years. my dear.
 and venerable father enered last night at o clock, into his rest He has lived far bevilSa
 the average life of man, and lived the whoin of
 his lite as simply virtnous, as nobly c ristian. as heroic Fly active as any man, 1 think, Of whom we have had any account in history. For a year ana na ms mind hn6 been really impaired, and at times entirely obscur. ed. As men, prepared for long voyage, mack
 up their things, and being detained, dwsll in, furnished apartmen s. desolate--so he sat h,s rarest and nohlest faculties sealed up. It
 was. therefore. 5 contrast all the brightef and swerier when these fleuities unused fur ss l0ue
 time. op~,.ed again in the transeendent glory ct the heavenly state His future life is in heaven: his earthly life is in the churches. About two years ago, recovering frum tick. ness. he called to those about him ts, read hin, l that passage. After reading namberless onts | flor he could not indicate which it was.-st,ss
 long tryines by one and another. they fell. in l God good providence. upon this
 Il am nov ready to be offered. and tiie time
 of my departure is at hand have fought
 good fight; | have finished my esnrse | lave | kept the faith; hencetorth there is laid up loF me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord.
 lhe righteous Judge. shall give me at that SIs<. Aud then they went on 10 read, .,aud not Id
 me only"-when he inteEpqsed in l,;s eiier1sf.
 ic way :-"l have ns,ti.ipg to do with ihes ress l --that is mine--that is my testinony--wr;is 2 | dOwn--tnat is my testintuvs' Y