If any of you should die today, could you say to God, "Lord… - Henry Ward Beecher

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If any of you should die today, could you say to God, "Lord, here is my life work. Thou didst send me into life with a handful of seeds, and here is my heart, like a garden, full of flowers"?

Henry Ward Beecher

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(24 June 1813 – 8 March 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, , and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial.

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