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> [It is the grandeur of Christ's character which constitutes the chief power of His ministry, not His miracles or teachings apart from His character. The greatest triumph of the Gospel is Christ Himself--a human body become the organ of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/it-is-the-grandeur-of-christ-s-character-which-constitutes-the-chief/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

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## More by Horace Bushnell

> [To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/to-understand-a-philosopher-requires-a-philosopher/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Be sure that Christ is not behind you, but before, calling and drawing you on. This is the liberty, the beautiful liberty of Christ.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/be-sure-that-christ-is-not-behind-you-but-before-calling-and-drawing/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Nature has no promise for society, least of all, any remedy for sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/nature-has-no-promise-for-society-least-of-all-any-remedy-for-sin/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Christ's sacrifice stands in glorious proportions with the work to be done. Nothing else or less would suffice. It is a work supernatural, transacted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/christ-s-sacrifice-stands-in-glorious-proportions-with-the-work-to-be/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [It doth not yet appear what we shall be. We lie here in our nest, unfledged and weak, guessing dimly at our future, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/it-doth-not-yet-appear-what-we-shall-be-we-lie-here-in-our-nest/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Every man's life is a plan of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/every-man-s-life-is-a-plan-of-god/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud, in that pure empyrean where God dwells,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/however-dark-our-lot-may-be-there-is-light-enough-on-the-other-side/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/guilt-is-the-very-nerve-of-sorrow/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Live as with God; and, whatever be your calling, pray for the gift that will perfectly qualify you in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/live-as-with-god-and-whatever-be-your-calling-pray-for-the-gift-that/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [When has the world seen a phenomenon like this? a lonely uninstructed youth, coming from amid the moral darkness of Galilee, even more distinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/when-has-the-world-seen-a-phenomenon-like-this-a-lonely-uninstructed/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Great occasions rally great principles, and brace the mind to a lofty bearing, a bearing that is even above itself. But trials that make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/great-occasions-rally-great-principles-and-brace-the-mind-to-a-lofty/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [It is the grand endeavor of the gospel to communicate God to men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/it-is-the-grand-endeavor-of-the-gospel-to-communicate-god-to-men/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue which consists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/morality-taken-as-apart-from-religion-is-but-another-name-for-decency/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [In the sacred fact of obligation you touch the immutable, and lay hold, as it were, on the eternities. At the very center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/in-the-sacred-fact-of-obligation-you-touch-the-immutable-and-lay-hold/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

> [Jesus is the true manifestation of God, and He is manifested to be the regenerating power of a divine life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-bushnell/jesus-is-the-true-manifestation-of-god-and-he-is-manifested-to-be-the/)

[Horace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-bushnell/)

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