Henry Ward Beecher Quote

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God is fashioning the human heart for future joy. He only sounds a string here and there to see how far His work has progressed.


Life Thoughts (ed. 1858)


While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God...

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God...

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God...

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God...