Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
bible believe men
There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.
bible writing names
What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.
bible men noble
The word of God tends to make large-minded noble-minded men.
bible character literature
The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.
bible new-york men
Many will say, "I can find God without the help of the Bible, or church, or minister." Very well. Do so if you can. The Ferry Company would feel no jealousy of a man who should prefer to swim to New York. Let him do so if he is able, and we will talk about it on the other shore; but probably trying to swim would be the thing that would bring him quickest to the boat. So God would have no jealousy of a man's going to heaven without the aid of the Bible, or church, or minister; but let him try to do so, and it will be the surest way to bring him back to them for assistance.
dropped gives iron narrow radiant shining spark start strip sudden sun within
It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun
courage faint few intend lifelong remember struggle wishes
It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful. And, it is not a few faint wishes but a lifelong struggle that makes us valiant.
bury cemetery faults friends-or-friendship
Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
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Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have flown
almost invariably latin neighbors ourselves talk words
When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words
blossom came expresses generation labor love next seed spirit true
We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.
soul body shops
The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.
friends-or-friendship
Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.
according heart man rich
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.