Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying. Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes From Henry Ward Beecher God never made anything else so beautiful as man. Henry Ward Beecher made beautiful men God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were. Henry Ward Beecher ought devil men It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it. Henry Ward Beecher exhibitions able christian 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. Henry Ward Beecher names giving men When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God. Henry Ward Beecher matrimony states men A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation. Henry Ward Beecher creation different mother A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty. Henry Ward Beecher prayer mother missing All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words. Henry Ward Beecher nature broken world What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of gems; and of leaves they have so many suits that they can throw them away to the winds all summer long. What unnumbered cathedrals has He reared in the forest shades, vast and grand, full of curious carvings, and haunted evermore by tremulous music; and in the heavens above, how do stars seem to have flown out of His hand faster than sparks out of a mighty forge! Henry Ward Beecher stars nature summer Everything that happens in this world is a part of a great plan of God running through all time. Henry Ward Beecher providence running world If God but cares for our inward and eternal life, if by all the experiences of this life He is reducing it and preparing for its disclosure, nothing can befall us but prosperity. Every sorrow shall be but the setting of some luminous jewel of joy. Our very morning shall be but the enamel around the diamond; our very hardships but the metallic rim that holds the opal, glancing with strange interior fires. Henry Ward Beecher jewels fire morning Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it. Henry Ward Beecher law names natural The great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God. Henry Ward Beecher mercy-of-god love world Love without faith is as bad as faith without love. Henry Ward Beecher without-love love A bird in a cage is not half a bird. Henry Ward Beecher freedom half bird God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure. Henry Ward Beecher punishment god giving God is the one great employer, thinker, planner, supervisor. Henry Ward Beecher supervisors employers god God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice. Henry Ward Beecher god kindness mean God's sovereignty is not in His right hand; God's sovereignty is not in His intellect; God's sovereignty is in His love. Henry Ward Beecher his-love god hands 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. Henry Ward Beecher government self ideas
