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
burns fed flame needs
Love, like a lamp, needs to be fed out of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
god needs pilots
We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
jesus needs christ
Where human life needs most sympathy, where usually it is the most barren, there it is that Christ is more likely to be found than anywhere else.
needs divinity and-love
If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him, there needs no further argument of His divinity.
lying needs handle
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it.
imperfection needs faults
No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.
god men needs
A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.
struggle needs helping
A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to die for it.
hero needs littles
Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.
needs christ intolerance
The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.
humanity church needs
Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.
lying needs blades
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.
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.