Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward BeecherPhillips, Sampson, 1858 - 299 pages |
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... turns away from God , or fears him , the nobler and grander the representa- tion be , the more terrible is his conception of the divine Adversary that frowns upon him . The God whom love beholds , rises upon the horizon like mountains ...
... turns away from God , or fears him , the nobler and grander the representa- tion be , the more terrible is his conception of the divine Adversary that frowns upon him . The God whom love beholds , rises upon the horizon like mountains ...
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... turn in the air with every fantastic gy- ration . How sad is that field from which battle has just departed ! By as much as the valley was exquisite in its loveliness , is it now sublimely sad in its deso- lation . Such to me is the ...
... turn in the air with every fantastic gy- ration . How sad is that field from which battle has just departed ! By as much as the valley was exquisite in its loveliness , is it now sublimely sad in its deso- lation . Such to me is the ...
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... turn God has used every object in nature , every event in life , every function of so- ciety , every affection and endearment of human love , yea , and things that are not , the very silences . of the world , and memories that are but ...
... turn God has used every object in nature , every event in life , every function of so- ciety , every affection and endearment of human love , yea , and things that are not , the very silences . of the world , and memories that are but ...
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... turning to his ledger . It is the heart that makes a man rich . He is rich or poor according to what he is , not according to what he has . GOD says the peace of the man who loves him shall flow like a river ; * and if ours is not such ...
... turning to his ledger . It is the heart that makes a man rich . He is rich or poor according to what he is , not according to what he has . GOD says the peace of the man who loves him shall flow like a river ; * and if ours is not such ...
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... , or sink cowardly down by the way , or turn aside from your course for momentary warmth and shelter , but , with stout heart and firm step , go forward in God's strength to vanquish trouble , and to bid defiance to 84 LIFE THOUGHTS .
... , or sink cowardly down by the way , or turn aside from your course for momentary warmth and shelter , but , with stout heart and firm step , go forward in God's strength to vanquish trouble , and to bid defiance to 84 LIFE THOUGHTS .
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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.