Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

Henry Ward Beecher

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• God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • God
  • Justice
  • Means