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
god-bless bless good-nature
God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
nature rain adventure
Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.
nature flower garden
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
happiness wisdom nature
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
success nature men
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
nature roots growth
All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first, and slowest, is the invisible growth by the root; the second and much accelerated is the visible growth by the stem; but when root and stem have gathered their forces, there comes the third period, in which the plant quickly flashes into blossom and rushes into fruit.
art nature spring
It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature in the natural way, need no pictures nor gallereies. Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.
matter goodness good-nature
Good nature is often a mere matter of health.
summer nature stars
What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of gems; and of leaves they have so many suits that they can throw them away to the winds all summer long. What unnumbered cathedrals has He reared in the forest shades, vast and grand, full of curious carvings, and haunted evermore by tremulous music; and in the heavens above, how do stars seem to have flown out of His hand faster than sparks out of a mighty forge!
nature enjoyment manly
Nature is a vast repository of manly enjoyments.
fruit christianity good-nature
Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.
nature wind puff
Nature would be scarcely worth a puff of the empty wind if it were not that all Nature is but a temple, of which God is the brightness and the glory.
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.