Life thoughts, gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher by one of his congregation.

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xviii, 299 p.; 19.5 cm. [Entered in 1858] `With rare exceptions, these notes have been taken from the Sabbath sermons and Wednesday evening lectures, since the date at which they were commenced. Most of them have never been written till now; for Mr. Beecher's best thoughts are not usually those which are beforehand committed coolly to paper; they are those which spring from the inspiration of the moment, and have no record save in the memory of his hearers.' (p. iii f.) -- `What if the parent bird should sit, nervous and fluttering, upon the bough, when the young ones were hatching, and mourn because its beautiful egg shells were being broken? Yet this is what we do. We have joys and truths deep as eternity, committed to us in the egg form, and the shell must needs be chipped before they can be born, and fly, full-fledged, singing, towards the gate of heaven. Yet we grieve and fear, and cling still to the undeveloped egg.' (p. 15) -- `Many people seem to imagine that God keeps a gracious apothecary's shop above, with faith, and meekness, and humility put up in bottles ready for purchasers, and that, as they could go into a perfumer's here below, and ask for this or that extract, so they can go to God, and ask for this or that grace. Christian graces can never be obtained in this way. They must be the outgrowth of the life. The prayer for graces will be answered, but God will make us work out each one with fear and trembling.' (p. 255 f.) Fair edgeworn orig. black cloth, lacks spine.…

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Life thoughts, gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher by one of his congregation.
Auteur
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. [Preface by the compiler, Edna Dean Proctor]
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New York; Boston: 1860., Sheldon; Gould & Lincoln,
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36th thousand

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