Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Sunday

• There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Sunday, Looks, Wipe

• The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Sunday, England

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.140

• A week filled up with selfishness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor Christian. There are many persons who think Sunday is a sponge with which to wipe out the sins of the week. Now, God's altar stands from Sunday to Sunday, and the seventh day is no more for religion than any other. It is for rest. The whole seven are for religion, and one of them for rest.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, Religious, Exercise

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.8

• Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Morning, Sunday, Men

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