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
strong men shackles
Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.
done want christ
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
book party garden
A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.
dog war animal
The dog is the god of frolic.
people common newspapers
Newspapers are the schoolmasters of the common people.
cities rivers shining
There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious outlook; from whose windows you can see across the river of death, and into the shining city beyond; but how often are these neglected for the lower ones, which have earthward-looking windows.
happiness attitude book
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
nature rain adventure
Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.
work earning-it benefits
If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.
roots tree tribes
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.
blood body arteries
Newspapers are to the body politic what arteries are to the human body, their function being to carry blood and sustenance and repair to every part of the body.
mean blessing ideas
If one asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him: It means all that the Constitution of our people, organizing for justice, for liberty, and for happiness, meant. Our flag carries American ideas, American history and American feelings. This American flag was the safeguard of liberty. It was an ordinance of liberty by the people, for the people. That it meant, that it means, and, by the blessing of God, that it shall mean to the end of time!
character reputation judgment
A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.
names repentance aspiration
Repentance is another name for aspiration.