Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward BeecherPhillips, Sampson, 1858 - 299 pages |
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... weak , 241 ; - the might of the world on the side of , 244 . - - Church , reason for joining the , 19 ; - the proper atmosphere of , 22 ; - the , God's window , 32 ; the , a court house , 46 ; - - two classes of people in the , 47 ; led ...
... weak , 241 ; - the might of the world on the side of , 244 . - - Church , reason for joining the , 19 ; - the proper atmosphere of , 22 ; - the , God's window , 32 ; the , a court house , 46 ; - - two classes of people in the , 47 ; led ...
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... weak , but public opinion is almost omnipotent . ― SOME men are like pyramids , which are very broad where they touch the ground , but grow nar- rower as they reach the sky . - PEOPLE say , " How fortunate it is that things have turned ...
... weak , but public opinion is almost omnipotent . ― SOME men are like pyramids , which are very broad where they touch the ground , but grow nar- rower as they reach the sky . - PEOPLE say , " How fortunate it is that things have turned ...
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... weak and wicked that I cannot stand alone ; so , if you can help me , open the door and let me enter . " AMID the discords of this life , it is blessed to think of heaven , where God draws after him an everlasting train of music ; for ...
... weak and wicked that I cannot stand alone ; so , if you can help me , open the door and let me enter . " AMID the discords of this life , it is blessed to think of heaven , where God draws after him an everlasting train of music ; for ...
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... wrong ; but I am weak . Blame me as little as you can , but help me as much as you can , " that very confession dis- arms us , and we think better of him than we did before . Therefore it is that God so exhorts us 44 LIFE THOUGHTS .
... wrong ; but I am weak . Blame me as little as you can , but help me as much as you can , " that very confession dis- arms us , and we think better of him than we did before . Therefore it is that God so exhorts us 44 LIFE THOUGHTS .
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... weakness as to fear unduly , without reason . God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage . Fear is a kind of bell , or gong , which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger . It ...
... weakness as to fear unduly , without reason . God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage . Fear is a kind of bell , or gong , which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger . It ...
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Page 171 - For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Page 83 - Truly God is good to Israel, Even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; My steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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 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 - 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 70 - Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
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 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 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 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.