Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward BeecherPhillips, Sampson, 1858 - 299 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 18
... hear , in some riot and wassail , - for the passions never keep Lent , but are always holding Carnival , - and in others sighs and lamenta- tions of wounded hopes , and in others the groanings of disappointed ambition , and in others ...
... hear , in some riot and wassail , - for the passions never keep Lent , but are always holding Carnival , - and in others sighs and lamenta- tions of wounded hopes , and in others the groanings of disappointed ambition , and in others ...
Page 24
... hear our voices chanting ever farther and farther in the distance . No ! by our singing we are to win others upward to the same heights to which we aspire . THE superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way ...
... hear our voices chanting ever farther and farther in the distance . No ! by our singing we are to win others upward to the same heights to which we aspire . THE superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way ...
Page 43
... hear them beating a melodious measure as they recede . Time does not end all at once . It is ending , in part , every day , and hour , and moment . And when the angel shall lift up his hand , and swear by Him who liveth forever that it ...
... hear them beating a melodious measure as they recede . Time does not end all at once . It is ending , in part , every day , and hour , and moment . And when the angel shall lift up his hand , and swear by Him who liveth forever that it ...
Page 56
... a love of life , but can ever teach us how to die . God would win us into death as the sun wins buds into blossoms . I often hear Christians speaking of a desire to die , that they may be free from the troubles of life ; 56 LIFE THOUGHTS .
... a love of life , but can ever teach us how to die . God would win us into death as the sun wins buds into blossoms . I often hear Christians speaking of a desire to die , that they may be free from the troubles of life ; 56 LIFE THOUGHTS .
Page 57
... hear beneath . But true Christians , it seems to me , should be like birds upon the sunset - top , stooping with half - opened wings , as if they heard the call of other birds in distant forests , and flew on purpose , and joyfully , to ...
... hear beneath . But true Christians , it seems to me , should be like birds upon the sunset - top , stooping with half - opened wings , as if they heard the call of other birds in distant forests , and flew on purpose , and joyfully , to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
angels bear beauty behold Bible birds blessed blossom bosom boughs bring buds carry child Christ Christian church comes Congregationalism cradle dark death divine doctrine door earth EPES SARGENT eternity eyes faculties faith father fear feelings flowers forest fruit garden give glory God's goes Gospel of John graces Greek language ground grow hand hear heart heaven heavenly hope leaves light live look Lord man's mercies fall moral morning mountain muslin nature never night ocean parasitic plants perfect flower Phidias plant pray prayer psalm reach religion religious religious conversation repent rise river rock root seed shine ship singing sorrow soul spring stand stars storm stream summer summer of love sweet things thou thought thousand tivated tree trouble truth unto vine walk whole wind word yearning
Popular passages
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 80 - IT is not work that kills men ; it is worry. "Work is healthy ; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids ; but love and trust are sweet juices.
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. MANY people are afraid to embrace religion, for fear they shall not succeed in maintaining it. Does the spring say, " I will not come unless I can bring all fruits and sheaves under my wings ? " No. She casts down loving glances in February, and in March she ventures near in mild days, but is beaten back and overthrown by storm and wind. Yet she returns,...
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 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.