There ought to be such an atmosphere in every Christian church that a man going there and sitting two hours should take the contagion of heaven, and carry home a fire to kindle the altar whence he came.
Henry Ward BeecherThe world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.
Henry Ward BeecherIf there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.
Henry Ward BeecherEvery man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.
Henry Ward Beecher