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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

Henry Ward Beecher

Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Death Home Morning Time Vacation
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
True obedience is true freedom.
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Freedom Obedience One Liner True
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Angel Born Death Friendship Grave Man
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Cheating Day Eat Enjoyment Friendship Future Happiness Yourself
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Discover Finding Temptation Yourself
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Arrogant Exclusive Greatness Nature
There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Born Development Discipline Live Man Nature
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Dress Leaving Tree
To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Doubt Goodness Himself Industry Work
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Action Bad Class Human Open Secret
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Institution Law Time True Wound

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