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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 1: no union with non-slaveholders!—1861. (search)
New York, Oct. 21, 1861. Ms. Yesterday, Mrs. Savin, Oliver, Wendell, and myself, went to Oliver Johnson, W. P. Garrison. Brooklyn in the morning, to hear Ward Beecher preach. It was the first time I had been in his spacious chapel. We were provided with the best seats, near to the pulpit, and directly in front of the speaker. Old Dr. Beecher sat directly in front of Lyman Beecher. me, and at the close of the services I gave him my hand, which he grasped cordially, and when I gave him my name, he seemed desirous to have me go to his house in the evening; but I was engaged elsewhere. Besides, age and time have done their work upon him: he is in a srd to take me by the hand, and to express the hope that I would visit Staten Island before my return home. . . . Wendell and I then spent a few moments with Ward Beecher, W. P. G. who seemed well pleased to see us, and who playfully said he thought he could do such a heretic as I some good, if he could only see me often enough