Henry Ward Beecher
So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the approach of death. We are tired out, and we lay our heads back on the bosom of Christ, and quietly fall asleep.Collection: Death
Going out into life--that is dying. Christ is the door out of life.Collection: Death
We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.Collection: Mom
Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.Collection: Men
Brethren, we are all sailing home; and by and by, when we are not thinking of it, some shadowy thing (men call it death), at midnight, will pass by, and will call us by name, and will say, "I have a message for you from home; God wants you; heaven waits for you.Collection: Death
Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.Collection: Government
There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.Collection: Heart
Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.Collection: Men
God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.Collection: Men
God never made anything else so beautiful as man.Collection: Beautiful
There can be no barrenness in full summer. The very sand will yield something. Rocks will have mosses, and every rift will have its wind-flower, and every crevice a leaf; while from the fertile soil will be reared a gorgeous troop of growths, that will carry their life in ten thousand forms, but all with praise to God. And so it is when the soul knows its summer. Love redeems its weakness, clothes its barrenness, enriches its poverty, and makes its very desert to bud and blossom as the rose.Collection: Love
The great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God.Collection: Love
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.Collection: Summer
It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A house built on the sand is in fair weather just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it.Collection: Strong
Prayer covers the whole of man’s life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.Collection: Real
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them – the senses, intelligent companions, and books.Collection: Book
The strong are God’s natural protectors of the weak.Collection: Strong