It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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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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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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