Orated by the famous, abolitionist preacher, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on October 29th, 1865 in Brooklyn, NY. Sermon given during the early stages of the debates over the restoration or reconstruction of the Southern States that were in rebellion at the time. Six months after Andrew Johnson had been appointed to the presidential chair as the successor of the murdered Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President Healing with a Mission [No Plan] It is a remarkable fact that at no period until now has any statesman or leader appeared among us who, in view of coming dangers, has been able to lay down a plan, or a course of action. Our whole horizon stands darkened by thick troubles. Question upon question, like ranks of trees in the forest, rising beyond each other. [Goodwill Towards the Wrong] For despondency is ingratitude, and hope in God is worship. I am impressed not only with the duty of hope and trust in God for the future, but with the duty of good-will toward men. Now that war h...
Stories from Brooklyn's historical Plymouth Church and Henry Ward Beecher, America's most famous Abolitionist Preacher during the Civil War era.