Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.
Henry Ward BeecherLet parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poison, and damned by its penalty.
Henry Ward BeecherOur moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.
Henry Ward Beecher