I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be hung up in the Lord's wardrobe, the door of which was to be shut, so that no dust could get at them. A coat that is not used the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted, the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.


The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn (ed. 1873)

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be...

I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be...

I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be...

I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be...