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
inspirational funny book
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
war men funeral
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
men land funeral
Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.
funny christian education
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
funny humor law
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
funny oil anxiety
Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.
life men funeral
A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation's young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
love song fun
Loving is like music. Some instruments can go up two octaves, some four, and some all the way from black thunder to sharp lightning. As some of them are susceptible only of melody, so some hearts can sing but one song of love, while others will fun in a full choral harmony.
pride men function
Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to a proper manhood.
compact himself man sells value
When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
next worst
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
good liar lie tells truths
Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
again expression flowers honest men others sad seem
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
flowers forgot god soul sweetest
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into