As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.
Henry Ward BeecherThe methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.
Henry Ward BeecherWe pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer and fewer seasons even of thought, that grow hard with years, that are less and less troubled by sin, and that are more and more irreverent of religion. We pray for the children of Christian parents who sometimes weep at the memory of father and mother, but who never have thought of God.
Henry Ward BeecherWeak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.
Henry Ward BeecherHe who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Henry Ward BeecherEvery green thing loves to die in bright colors. The vegetable cohorts march glowing out of the year in flaming dresses, as if to leave this earth were a triumph and not a sadness. It is never nature that is sad, but only we, that dare not look back on the past, and that have not its prophecy of the future in our bosoms.
Henry Ward Beecher