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
men may nightmare
To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.
dream struggle book
A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the labor, and the struggle, represented in this vast catacomb of books. Who could dream, by the placid waters that issue from the level mouths of brooks into the lake, all the plunges, the whirls, the divisions, and foaming rushes that had brought them down to the tranquil exit? And who can guess through what channels of disturbance, and experiences of sorrow, the heart passed that has emptied into this Dead Sea of books?
ideas liberty please
There are multitudes of persons whose idea of liberty is the right to do what they please, instead of the right of doing that which is lawful and best.
lying men roots
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor.
love medicine evil
Love is the medicine of all moral evil. By it the world is to be cured of sin.
love men winning
There is not on earth so base a knave as the man who wins the love of a woman when he knows that he cannot or ought not to requite it.
jesus christianity form
Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
children men miracle
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches talk about having evidence of Divine authority because they have miracles. Miracles in our time are like candles in the street at midday. We do not want miracles. They are to teach men how to find out truths themselves; and after they have learned this, they no more need them than a well man needs a staff, or a grown-up child needs a walking-stool.
men mind hell
There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there.
running men animal
There is an equator that runs just under the nose: all that live below the equator are animals; all that live above it are men.
lying character littles
Little lies are very dangerous, because there are so many of them, and because each one of them scours upon the character as diamond-pointed.
jesus fall home
Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side of rivers. The bird sings in the branches, and the river sings below, but all the while the waters are undermining the soil about the roots, till, in some unsuspected hour, the tree falls with a crash into the stream; and then its nest is sunk, its home is gone, and the bird is a wanderer.
christian light healthy
Like the cellar-growing vine is the Christian who lives in the darkness and bondage of fear. But let him go forth, with the liberty of God, into the light of love, and he will be like the plant in the field, healthy, robust, and joyful.
liars lying helping
There never was a liar that had not a spot in him where he could not help admiring truth.