Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Speaking on The Strength of the Family Institution, adapted from "The Original Plymouth Pulpit" Brooklyn, NY ca. 1868 “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." -LUKE XIV., 12-14. The Loving Household Beecher Family Portrait - The Beecher Family, ca. 1859, photographed by Mathew Brady. The household is founded upon love; and with all its imperfections it is still the best institution which society has ever had, or which it has now. Though its foundations are the natural affections; though it is very possible for father and mother to manifest love full of self-denial;...
Stories from Brooklyn's historical Plymouth Church and Henry Ward Beecher, America's most famous Abolitionist Preacher during the Civil War era.