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> [In order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet hour of prayer it will often make more progress than in days of company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/in-order-to-grow-in-grace-we-must-be-much-alone-it-is-not-in-society/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

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## More by Horatius Bonar

> [Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/be-much-alone-with-god-and-take-time-to-get-thoroughly-acquainted/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his endeavours to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/sin-is-too-great-an-evil-for-man-to-meddle-with-his-attempts-to/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/the-believed-gospel-saves-but-it-is-the-believed-promise-that-assures/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/think-truly-and-thy-thoughts-shall-the-world-s-famine-feed/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/bold-preaching-is-the-only-preaching-that-is-owned-of-god/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [I looked for the church and I found it in the world; I looked for the world and I found it in the church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/i-looked-for-the-church-and-i-found-it-in-the-world-i-looked-for-the/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Yet, after all, faith is not our righteousness. It is accounted to us in order to righteousness (Rom 4:5, GREEK), but not as righteousness;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/yet-after-all-faith-is-not-our-righteousness-it-is-accounted-to-us-in/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Christian, your whole life is to be one continuous following of the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/christian-your-whole-life-is-to-be-one-continuous-following-of-the/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/thy-way-not-mine-o-lord-however-dark-it-be-lead-me-by-thine-own-hand/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/i-praise-the-god-of-grace-i-trust-his-truth-and-might-he-calls-me-his/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap: Who sows the false shall reap the vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/sow-truth-if-thou-the-truth-wouldst-reap-who-sows-the-false-shall/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [The gospel is the proclamation of free love; the revelation of the boundless charity of God. Nothing less than this will suit our world;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/the-gospel-is-the-proclamation-of-free-love-the-revelation-of-the/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [All unbelief is the belief of a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/all-unbelief-is-the-belief-of-a-lie/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [Faith is not our saviour. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was not faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/faith-is-not-our-saviour-it-was-not-faith-that-was-born-at-bethlehem/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

> [“The avoidance of little evils, little sins, little inconsistencies, little weaknesses, little follies, little indiscretions and imprudences, little foibles, little indulgences of self and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/the-avoidance-of-little-evils-little-sins-little-inconsistencies/)

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