Horatius Bonar Quotes

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.

I looked for the church and I found it in the world; I looked for the world and I found it in the church.

Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.

The soul and eternity of one man depends upon the voice of another

We are forgiven, that we may be like Him who forgives us.

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.

The more fully that the gospel is preached, in the grand old apostolic way, the more likely is it to accomplish the results which it did in the apostolic days.

The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.

Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his endeavours to approach God in spite of it aggravate his guilt.

In religion faith does not spring out of feeling, but feeling out of faith. The less we feel the more we should trust. We cannot feel right till we have believed.

A ministry of power must be the fruit of a holy, peaceful, loving intimacy with the Lord.

It is to the dead that the life comes; it is to the unloveable that the love comes; it is to the lost that the salvation comes.

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.

I heard the voice of Jesus say

Christian, your whole life is to be one continuous following of the Lord.

Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away-- This is no time for thee to sleep-- Up, watch, and work, and pray!

All unbelief is the belief of a lie.

Less, less of self each day, And more, my God, of Thee!

In all unbelief there are these two things: a good opinion of one's self, and a bad opinion of God.

It is easier to speak about revival than to set about it.

Yes, He is ris'n who is the First and Last; Who was and is; who liveth and was dead; Beyond the reach of death He now has pass 'd, Of the one glorious Church the glorious Head.

Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap: Who sows the false shall reap the vain.

I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place, and he has made me glad.

Out of His fulness we receive, and grace for grace, — like wave upon wave.

I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light

Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.

Teach us by your lives.