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
beating earthly farthest heart heaven loving music reaches truly
Of all earthly music that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart
according heart man poor rich turning whether
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
according heart man rich
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
discovers heart heavenly thankful
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
forever head heart learns practices
The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences
love heart flames
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
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What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
thanksgiving gratitude heart
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
memorable heart history
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.
heart men greatest-wealth
No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
broken-heart war practice
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
heart character men
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.
god heart giving
Though cares and sorrows e'er must come, Though heart be rent, I know that God will give me strength, When mine is spent.
grief heart passing-away
As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.