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
war adversity religion
We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
war mind science-and-religion
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
strength men religion
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
religion moral monstrosity
The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.
men religion
A man has no more religion than he acts out in his life.
men self religion
Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself.
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Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm blood.
religion individual fellows
The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.
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All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.
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All true religion must stand on true morality.
mean soul religion
By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.
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Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.
religion
Religion is using everything for God.
self religion denial
Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.