The Freedom Ring

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when we shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifiers himself, even as he is pure." -- I John III : 2, 3. Preached by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Sunday Morning, October 5th, 1863 Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NY If we trace our relationship, through moral experience and equality, to the Lord Jesus Christ, our Elder Brother, and if through him the children of God can say, in sincerity and in truth, “Our Father," then everyone in that line should have a sense of personal worth that will be of incalculable value to them. The want of suitable pride is one of our biggest curses. The race suffers for the want of that sense of character, that sense of dignity, which alone can hold men back from things little and low, and keep them always in the line of things worthy. This is inspired by a sense of our ...

The Sermon of the Beatitudes Rev. Henry Ward Beecher , America's most famous man throughout the 1800's and the brother to  Harriet Beecher Stowe   the author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin ," gives a sermon on perfecting your life through love. Beecher popularized the Gospel of Love in America, which took hold of mainstream attention during and after the Civil War. SUNDAY MORNING,  August 29, 1875  Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NY Rev. Henry Ward Beecher