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Henry Ward Beecher
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God
asks no person whether he or she will accept life.
That is not the choice. You must take it.
The only choice is how. |
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There
are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for
ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read,
and
they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read,
and
they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and
embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look
upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish
him. So people turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all
manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.
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Any law that takes hold of a
man’s daily life cannot
prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the
community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are
the most operative are the laws which protect life.
A little library, growing larger every
year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have
books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
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There are joys
which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths,
which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are
shut up to
them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile
upon the
roof, and then fly away.
Greatness lies
not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and
strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a
man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the
greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the
attraction of his own.
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Hold
yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else
expects
of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity
yourself. Be a hard master to
yourself--and be lenient to everybody else.
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There are a great many doors open; but a door
must
be of a man's size or it is not meant for him. |
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The
soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a
telescope. |
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I
can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of
saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a
cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that
it never can be shown against one. |
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I
never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. |
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Henry
Ward Beecher, the eighth son of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, was born
in Litchfield, Connecticut, on 24th June, 1813. The brother
of Harriet Beecher Stowe, he was educated at the Lane Theological
Seminary before becoming a Presbyterian minister in Lawrenceburg
(1837-39) and Indianapolis (1839-47). His pamphlet, "Seven
Lectures to Young Men," was published in 1844.
Beecher moved to Plymouth Church, Brooklyn in 1847. By this
time he had developed a national reputation for his oratorical
skills, and drew
crowds of 2,500 regularly every Sunday. He strongly opposed
slavery and favored temperance and woman's suffrage.
Beecher condemned the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska bill from his
pulpit and helped to raise funds to supply weapons to those
willing to
oppose slavery in these territories. These rifles became
known as
Beecher's Bibles. John Brown and five of his sons, were some
of the
volunteers who headed for Kansas.
He supported the Free Soil Party in 1852 but switched to the
Republican
Party in 1860. During the Civil War Beecher's church raised
and equipped a volunteer regiment. However, after the war,
he advocated
reconciliation.
Beecher edited The Independent (1861-63) and the Christian
Union
(1870-78) and published several books including the Summer in
the Soul
(1858), Life of Jesus Christ (1871), Yale Lectures on
Preaching (1872)
and Evolution and Religion (1885). Henry Ward Beecher died
of a cerebral
hemorrhage on 8th March, 1887.
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