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title: 'Henry Ward Beecher: The Shakespeare of the Pulpit'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John Henry Barrows'
date: 1893-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Preaching'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 12'
- 'John 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/barrows-1893-henry-ward-beecher-the-shakespeare-of-the-pulpit
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# Henry Ward Beecher: The Shakespeare of the Pulpit

Concise biography of Henry Ward Beecher, influential 19th-century American preacher. Chronicles his family, pulpit genius at Plymouth Church, and leadership in the abolitionist cause.

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