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The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.

The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.

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

Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.

Henry Ward Beecher
Water, Wheels, Politician
Henry Ward Beecher (1863). “Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the Times”, p.302

You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it cannot, for down beneath the water it is anchored. So many a soul sways toward heaven, but cannot ascend thither, because it is anchored to some secret sin.

Henry Ward Beecher
Water, Heaven, Soul
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.12

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