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
ordinary genius can-do
In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.
clear-head sides providence
God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
art nature spring
It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature in the natural way, need no pictures nor gallereies. Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.
children dwelling silence
Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.
war sunday england
The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.
war land soul
A library is but the soul's burying ground. It is a land of shadows.
war ideas theology
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
plants-growing tree shade
Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.
men world principles
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.
men battle legs
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.
abiding morality
There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.
love-is men vanity
A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not, publicity rather than charity, which he loves? Is it not vanity, rather than benevolence, that gives such charities?
men blood grace
Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.
men world telescopes
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.