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
sweet coffee offering
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
faith imagination
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, "A man is dead," but angels throng about him saying, "A man is born."
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and guide would be gone; the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!
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It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
power men protection
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
adversity world easy
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.