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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

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
Clouds, Heaven, Sorrow
Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1871). “The original Plymouth pulpit”, p.92

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Henry Ward Beecher
Grief, Men, Sorrow
Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “The Life Jesus: The Christ”, p.254

Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps.

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Flower, Sorrow, Vines
Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.429

Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.

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Sorrow, May, Faces

There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.

Henry Ward Beecher
Giving, Sorrow, Flavor

Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into dimples.

Henry Ward Beecher
Snow, Sorrow, Dimples

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