Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Christ

• A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, War, School

  Henry Ward Beecher (1859). “Summer in the soul; or, Views and experiences”, p.239

• Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Christianity, Form

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Done, Want, Christ

• Christ is risen! There is life, therefore, after death! His resurrection is the symbol and pledge of universal resurrection!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Resurrection, Christ

• The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in promise.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Promise, Christ

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “The Plymouth pulpit. Sermons preached in Plymouth church, Brooklyn”, p.512

• Men who neglect Christ, and try to win heaven through moralities, are like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull, some at the bowsprit and some at the mainmast, but never touch the helm.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Winning, Men, Sea

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.13

• Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Law, Christ, Prophet

  Henry Ward Beecher (1887). “Beecher : Christian Philosopher, Pulpit Orator, Patriot and Philantropist: A Volume of Representative Selections from the Sermons, Lectures, Prayers, and Letters of Henry Ward Beecher”

• Take from the Bible the Godship of Christ, and it would be but a heap of dust.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Dust, Would Be, Christ

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.163

• To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, How You Feel, Matter

  Henry Ward Beecher (1859). “New Star Papers: Or, Views and Experiences of Religious Subjects ...”, p.176

• A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to die for it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Struggle, Needs, Helping

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.23

• If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him, there needs no further argument of His divinity.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  And Love, Needs, Divinity

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Henry Ward Beecher, p. 58, 1895.

• 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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Needs, Christ

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Religious, Jesus, Men

• Religion would save a man; Christ would make him worth saving.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Men, Saving

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.236

• Going out into life--that is dying. Christ is the door out of life.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Death, Doors, Dying

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “One Thousand Gems”, p.363

• Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side of rivers. The bird sings in the branches, and the river sings below, but all the while the waters are undermining the soil about the roots, till, in some unsuspected hour, the tree falls with a crash into the stream; and then its nest is sunk, its home is gone, and the bird is a wanderer.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Fall, Home

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.37

• So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the approach of death. We are tired out, and we lay our heads back on the bosom of Christ, and quietly fall asleep.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Death, Jesus, Fall

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “One Thousand Gems”, p.202

• If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, Fall, Light

• If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus we shall become pure and spotless.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Fall, Light, Christ

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.69

• The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Needs, Christ, Intolerance

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