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
white charity may
We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity.
morning blessed giving
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first waking thoughts into the bosom of God.
hens virtue great-men
There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but everybody in the neighborhood has to know about them.
sorrow faces may
Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.
eye sight may
He that lives by the sight of the eye may grow blind.
night love-is soul
The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is building it; all-penetrating faith is building it.
angel men ideas
There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.
past soul infinite
There is nothing that is so wonderfully created as the human soul. There is something of God in it. We are infinite in the future, though we are finite in the past.
soul way sun
Repentance is the turning of the soul from the way of midnight to the point of the coming sun.
past men roots
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in man! Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present; and you should reach up into the other life.
men self religion
Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself.
strength cobwebs cables
A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.
blood religion may
Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm blood.
style mind proud
We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive and proud mind is cold and obscure in style. An affectionate and imaginative nature pours out luxuriantly, and blossoms all over with ornament.