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Worldward progress lifts world from lower forms, Beecher says
In Brooklyn on March 21 Rev Henry Ward Beecher argued that history shows a steady ascent of mankind through war and reform and that Christ came to fulfill not destroy. He urged growth from old beliefs and external forms toward a broader morality and warned that Europe and America face upheaval as society and religion evolve.
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