# Mr. Beecher — Salem Chapel character guide

> Mr. Beecher in Salem Chapel by Margaret Oliphant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Beecher, the lively Mr. Beecher

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A visiting minister, a friend of Arthur Vincent.

## In the story

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/salem_chapel_se/chapters/xviii)

A minister from 'Omerton who visits Vincent's lodgings; misinterprets the family's distress as a sign of Vincent's unpopularity and considers the Salem pulpit for himself.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/salem_chapel_se/chapters/xxi)

The young minister from Homerton who preaches at Salem that Sunday; he is cheerful and unaware of the family's distress.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/salem_chapel_se/chapters/xliii)

Called from Homerton to replace Vincent at Salem; makes a good impression and later marries Phoebe Tozer; proves more tractable than Vincent.

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