Life thoughts, gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher. By one of his congregation.

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abroad and at home, 204;- the high- Cable, a fifty foot, 237.
lands of, 235. Caldron, the earth a, 150.
Bible, the, injured by commentators, 3; California, an emigrant to, 293.
- a garden despoiled by beasts, 50; Calvinism, its influences, 40.
- a field of battle, 50;- the emotive Camelia, blooming of a, 295.
truths of: 58 -- man's duty not de- Canary bird, the singing of a, 282.
pendent on the, 149; —a ruin, 193; Candle burning, a nervous man com-the poetry and beauty of the, 221; pared to a, 191.
- infidel views of the, 225; - its Cares, earthly, how the heart may fly
truths like gold in the soil, 242; - above, 91.
a trellis, 262. Cathedral, a, more than cold stoipo, I 2.
Bible Society, the, 184. Cathedrals, forest, 102;- the spires
Bird, mourning over the bursting shells unfinished, 162.
of its eggs, 15. Cave of Kentucky, 280.
Birds, thoughts likened to,50;- fright- Cellar, a potato growing in a, 292.
ened from a tree, 57;-building by Cerberus, in America, 184.
rivers, 59;- fly above the dust. 91; Chance, nothing happens by, 17.
-joys seek us like, 103;-men Changes, never foretold or anticipated,
likened to, 161;- ready to migrate, 30.
177; - feeding, 263;- the migration Character, likened to porcelain, 175; -
of, 278. compared to a river, 291.
Blessing for cursing, 274. Charity, not in giving crumbs, 63;Blindness, 278. to be bestowed in secret, 82;- rudgBlossoms, superfluous, 24; —not the ing, 251.
emblems of religion, 37. Cheerfulness, 288.
Boat, illustration from rowing a, 174. Chestnuts, some Christians like, 212.
Boring for a fountain, 298. Child, plucking dewy grass and flowBoswell's Life of Johnson, 45. ers, 35;- choking with passion, 38;
Botany, the author's study of, 272. - preparation for the care of a,,2i7;
Bow, feeling is the, 67; — anger, a, - in bed, on a stormy night, 297.
190. Children, dying young, like spring
Boy, with ball of twine, 210. bulbs, 31;- as spools, 59;- r. are-l
Brahmins, the, 244. under glass, 59;- ruined by parental
Brake on a car wheel, 62. indulgence, 72;- their birth, edlcraBread, Christ tile, 125. tion, and influence on their parents,
Bread of God, the, for which we pray, 119;-the loss of, 122;-grow to
52. the likeness of parents, 136; - frilhtBridge, experience a, 288. ened in sleep, 670;-death of, 187;
Bridging a stream, 45. - our love to, 199; —the way to
Brokers, exchange, some preachers bring up,13; - government of, 27S.
only, 65. Chimneys, smoky, 205.
Buds, dread of unfolding, 147;-the China, war in, 215.
expansion of, 196. Cholera, not'o be cured by studying
Building without plan, 161. theories, 2.
Buildings, the prosperity of men com- Chords, sweeter after discords, 61.
pared to the rearing of, 113. Christ, how to get a correct view of,
Business, religion in, 209, 286. 25; - regret for the loss cAf any of the
Buoys in our course, 55. words of,46; - the foundation, 59;Butterfly, a, 179. the helmnsman, 65; - oi earth longed
1" But then," 185. for, 76; - incarnation of, 77; - as