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
her-beauty england architecture
The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture.
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Never excuse yourself.
forgiveness enemy forgiving
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
happiness medicine joy
Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
flower feelings relaxation
Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.
religion moral monstrosity
The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.
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It is a man dying with his harness on that angels love to escort upward.
happiness worry people
It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.
selfish government world
The grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government.
pain heart arrows
There are many trials in life which do not seem to come from unwisdom or folly; they are silver arrows shot from the bow of God, and fixed inextricably in the quivering heart - they are meant to be borne - they were not meant, like snow or water, to melt as soon as they strike; but the moment an ill can be patiently borne it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
heart men given
No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.
religious love-is giving
Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."
men animal carrie
Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.
motivational mean progress
We should live and labor in our time that what came to us as a seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom, may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.