Quotes from beecher henry ward xix

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden--swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up to the air.

Where human life needs most sympathy, where usually it is the most barren, there it is that Christ is more likely to be found than anywhere else.

Troubles come to us like mire and filth; but, when mingled with the soil, they change to flower and fruit.

No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

Death is the Christian's vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.

There is no harder shield for the devil to pierce with temptation than singing with prayer.

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time.

Many people keep their old sins warm while they go to try on virtue and see if they like it.