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His son was Henry Ward Beecher, a New York preacher who denounced slavery.  He also criticized government corruption, and supported women's suffrage.  

His son was Henry Ward Beecher, a New York preacher who denounced slavery.  He also criticized government corruption, and supported women's suffrage.  

McGuffey's Eclectic Sixth Reader (1907) quotes Lyman Beecher as saying, "While most nations trace their origin to barbarians, the foundations of our nation were laid by civilized men, by Christians."

McGuffey's Eclectic Sixth Reader (1907) quotes Lyman Beecher as saying, "While most nations trace their origin to barbarians, the foundations of our nation were laid by civilized men...not by Christians."