Talk:Lyman Beecher

What were the "new measures"?
The article states, 'Beecher stoked controversy by advocating "new measures" of evangelism that ran counter to traditional Calvinism understanding. These new measures were an outworking of the practice of evangelist Charles Finney,...'

One can look up Finney in the link provided (at his name, in the article), and find out what Finney's practices were, but that still doesn't make clear what "outworking" thereof Beecher was advocating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.28.164.208 (talk) 21:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Speeches on intemperance
There is no information on Beecher's 6 very famous speeches about the evils of intemperance. TarTar Sauce 18:08, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 14:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Beecher and antislavery
The article states, "Beecher also opposed the 'radical' position of abolition and refused to offer classes to African-Americans.". This statement is fundamentally incorrect. According to American historian Daniel Walker Howe in his book "What Hath God Wrought", "Lane's president was the antislavery Lyman Beecher, who had admitted a former slave as a Lane student."(174) Firearadia (talk) 18:07, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

The above person is correct. Just look up the Lane Seminary roster for the first few years of operation. There was a former slave enrolled as a student. He is also mentioned in a speech entitled "Great Debate at Lane Seminary," given by student Henry Brewster Stanton, on March 10, 1834. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.201.18.49 (talk) 07:24, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Lofty antique language
Finding his salary wholly inadequate to support his increasing family, he resigned the charge at East Hampton,…

This article reads like an extract from a 1911 encyclopedia, not like a modern encyclopedia entry. Many readers in Wikipedia's global audience will wonder what "charge" means in the above passage. I've already rewritten the first passage where the term "intemperance" appears. I hope other editors will be bold in updating the language of this article. It should not read as if Lyman Beecher had written it himself! — ℜ ob C. alias ALAROB 15:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Yale Divinity School dates from 1822, not 1798.
Can someone clean up these inaccuracies? YDS is just now celebrating its 200th birthday. It was not around in 1798, and Lyman Beecher never attended it. Thanks! 50.4.132.185 (talk) 22:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks very much for the note. The error's been there since November 2003, but the edit that added it was made in good faith. Graham 87 03:42, 15 February 2023 (UTC)