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 grace helping
No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
spring men wish
You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.
christian exhibitions able
It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.
government self ideas
Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.
self trying denial
Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere.
hands soul spheres
The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God's thought and hand, is our own soul!
lighthouse coast harbors
Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.
men heaven too-much
John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.
love-is reason
Reason can tell how love affects us, but cannot tell what love is.
greatness men air
The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.
eye angel tears
The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.
heart government suffering
There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.
blessing soul reason
Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.
boys men pieces
A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.