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
life beautiful christian
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
death christian morning
Death is the Christian's vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
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To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.
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What could make me love my fellow Christian better than to see that God loves us all as we were all one soul?
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Christians should be like a flower store: the odor of sanctity should betray them wherever they are.
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If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.
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A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
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The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.