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Now comes the mystery.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.
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It takes a man to make a devil.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.
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Fear is the soul's signal for rallying.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
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A church debt is the devil's salary.
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Oftentimes great and open temptations are the most harmless because they come with banners flying and bands playing and all the munitions of war in full view, so that we know we are in the midst of enemies that mean us damage, and we get ready to meet and resist them. Our peculiar dangers are those that surprise us and work treachery in our fort.
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Yea, though the breath of disappointment should chill the sanguine heart, Speedily gloweth it again, warmed by the live embers of hope.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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