Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward BeecherPhillips, Sampson, 1858 - 299 pages |
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... drop , a , how it reaches the tree- Rudder of the day , 95 . top , 58 . Raphael , 31 , 158 ; the first sketches of , 14 . Reason , the use of , 252 . Refinement , excessive , 136 , 218 . Refinements , the use of , 113 . Reform not ...
... drop , a , how it reaches the tree- Rudder of the day , 95 . top , 58 . Raphael , 31 , 158 ; the first sketches of , 14 . Reason , the use of , 252 . Refinement , excessive , 136 , 218 . Refinements , the use of , 113 . Reform not ...
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... drop from silent dew , they will fall by the weight of their own ripeness for whoever needs to be refreshed . We should go home to the threshing floor like a great harvest wagon full of sheaves 2 LIFE THOUGHTS . 13 MEN who neglect ...
... drop from silent dew , they will fall by the weight of their own ripeness for whoever needs to be refreshed . We should go home to the threshing floor like a great harvest wagon full of sheaves 2 LIFE THOUGHTS . 13 MEN who neglect ...
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... drops , half water , half ice , which drip in March from some cleft of a rock , one drop here and another there ; whereas it should be like the August shower , which comes ten million drops at once , and roars on the roof . I like to ...
... drops , half water , half ice , which drip in March from some cleft of a rock , one drop here and another there ; whereas it should be like the August shower , which comes ten million drops at once , and roars on the roof . I like to ...
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... drops of dew . " O , " he cries , " I'll carry these beautiful things to my mother . " And , eagerly plucking them , the dew drops into his little palm , and all the charm is gone . There is but grass in his hand , and no longer pearls ...
... drops of dew . " O , " he cries , " I'll carry these beautiful things to my mother . " And , eagerly plucking them , the dew drops into his little palm , and all the charm is gone . There is but grass in his hand , and no longer pearls ...
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... drop of rain comes to sing in the leaf that rustles in the top of the tree all summer long , is by going down to the roots first , and from thence ascending to the bough . MANY children grow up like plants under bell glasses . 58 LIFE ...
... drop of rain comes to sing in the leaf that rustles in the top of the tree all summer long , is by going down to the roots first , and from thence ascending to the bough . MANY children grow up like plants under bell glasses . 58 LIFE ...
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Page 83 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Page 171 - For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Page 77 - O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea...
Page 46 - And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Page 83 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Page 299 - I understood as a child, I thought as a child : but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Page 129 - LAWS and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time.
Page 76 - April airs upon violet roots. Gifts from the hand are silver and gold, but the heart gives that which neither silver nor gold can buy. To be full of goodness, full of cheerfulness, full of sympathy, full of helpful hope, causes a man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp is of its own shining.
Page 195 - Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may inherit eternal life...
Page 83 - But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.