New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
APPEAL FOR BEECHER MEMORIAL.
Dr.. Hills Starts Campaign to Raise 100000
for Hall in Brooklyn

With an address On Henry Ward Beecher and
what he did for Plymouth Church, the city and
the nation 70 justify the movement which has be-
gun TO build q tomb for his body in the church
and 70 erect large building TO be known the
Beecher Memorial where memorable OF him may
be preserved and institutional work for the com
mon people extended the Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight
Hills began q campaign yesterday for the 100000,
which il is proposed raise for that purpose
Plymouth Church was crowded TO the doors.
- IF by June cannot raise the SloeotO, salo
Dr.. Hills, Il going out 70 sixty OF the cities
Of this country to see if the men OF this United
States do not want hall Of patriotism IN this
the greatest city OF the land where once year or
once in lifetime the young men OF the nation can
come TO iutbe patriotism in the atmosphere OF one
Of the greatest Of Americans
Dr. Hills also revealed dream OF the future
which is that within the next twenty years ali Of
the property in the block in which Plymouth
Church is be acquired for the largest institutional
church in the country. Dr. Hills said N part;
It not less unfortunate FOR the children ta1, ans @
not shrine for Brooklyn and the nultltude tnaL @
buried in Greenwood at point remote hidden in
trcste inaccessible Indeed. there IS scaree4y 1 q
iaId, less ACCUSTOMED to American cities than we
are make their way to PtyogIn CPlrch ben g so 50
eeftiy hidden that few pilgrims there be who can
And now comes the peremptory statement from
leaders in the Board Of Edncau9p Inat TlesS M oarS
will condemn them for public school, or we are
z
shado11ng apartment house The Crisis Is ln.lai. @
rent and grave. Mr.. Beecher's work IS TO pc more
and more overshadowed. and his church, Ittie oE
little strangied by incrowd ding buildings ana so MS
fame and work grow less and less OF
those OF this generation who loved him ana are ns
cebtors must take steps TO safeguard the oQlIqlns
that he founded and to strengthen the work tnat
bere this morning propose 10 this, his cnurch.
10 Brooklyn and New-York his city ana 70 ilIs
country a plan that win bear witness 10 the IoN1
We hear him. and make his work TO be sprlns
Of inspiration to other generations.
am going TO suggest 10 you that beneath a SAP
.bse -sp rz7 Il.
rnemo-tal that represents the genius OF some st
Caudens above him. bury the beloved leaaer
Sc Frgitshrneu buried their Gladstone ana StaJAey
in reir great Abbey. That on these lots tnat nave
been condemned build hall dedicated 20
,oa-riorisrn and Mr. BeecheT's work; noble room
norrrafts hfs pulpit his old chair the manuscripts
n his sermons and lectures against slavery. tns
great unsuuscripts that contain his statements O
The love of God, his first studies on reIg1on aIlo
ez-oIutfon his early lectures on preachlng tne
rf3frit from which Lyman Beecher preacnen MS
Eermou against duelling, after the oeath OF AleA-
sn5er r5anniIton and his five sermons against N
Ss-,oersnce: the great relics Of the work of Har-
,ief fReecher stowe with her Uncle Tom s Canih'
torefher with certain paintings.
this church and community 10 ra1Se lto
sz6 n00 NECESSARY to some one like Mr Ao0ey
~ rejrt these historic scenes while other spaces
left vacant for the present that other scenes
great moments. may be depicted ny the a-Ises
brush and through richly colored glass Ihei;
With parish rooms for a club for young men ana
vrnn1er Nj h such strengthening addiuons 20 or
liant as lave already been planned the WORK tIiet
Nr Feecber founded viii be established forever