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
years may spheres
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
may causes flaws
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
laughing may ifs
Laugh at your friends, And if your friends are sore; So much the better, You may laugh the more.
beauty may creation
Beauty may be said to be God's trademark in creation.
understanding may matter
Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
dull may praying
O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life, that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round.
death flower may
Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may swell.
light heaven may
And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power of God about us, as we have of the fullness of the light of heaven before us.
prayer men may
His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him, though it has wearied man.
records may revival
The whole of the Saviour's ministerial life, at least the part of it that stands on record, was passed in what we may call substantially a revival work.
long feelings may
Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes; but no emotion any more than a wave can long retain its own individual form.
flower heaven may
Flowers may beckon todwards us, but they speak todward heaven and God.
men evil may
I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
death hands may
And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.