--- title: "Best Horatius Bonar Quotes" description: "Horatius Bonar was a Scottish churchman and poet is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horatius-bonar-42333.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horatius-bonar-42333.jpg) # Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) Cleric United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland **58** quotes in **348** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Horatius Bonar was a cleric from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *Hymns of faith and hope*. ## Quick Facts About Horatius Bonar Born December 19, 1808 Died May 31, 1889 Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Profession Cleric Notable works Hymns of faith and hope ## About Horatius Bonar Horatius Bonar was a Scottish churchman and poet is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar. Licensed as a preacher, he did mission work in Leith for a time, and in November 1837 he settled at Kelso as minister of the new North Church founded in connection with Thomas Chalmers's scheme of church extension. He became exceedingly popular as a preacher, and was soon well known throughout Scotland. ## Quotes by Horatius Bonar · Page 2 > [Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his…](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/) [Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/horatius-bonar-11770_approach_sin-is-too-great-an-evil-for-man-to-medd_64433.jpg) > [It is to the dead that the life comes; it is to the unloveable that the love comes; it is to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/it-is-to-the-dead-that-the-life-comes-it-is-to-the-unloveable-that/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Dies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/horatius-bonar-11770_inspirational_it-is-to-the-dead-that-the-life-comes-it_1682403.jpg) > [I looked for the church and I found it in the world; I looked for the world and I found it in…](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/) [Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/horatius-bonar-11770_church_i-looked-for-the-church-and-i-found-it-i_166804.jpg) > [In the day of prosperity, we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only One.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/in-the-day-of-prosperity-we-have-many-refuges-to-resort-to-in-the-day/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/horatius-bonar-11770_adversity_in-the-day-of-prosperity-we-have-many-re_1739783.jpg) > [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/) [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/horatius-bonar-11770_belief_thy-way-not-mine-o-lord-however-dark-it_431775.jpg) > [Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/upon-a-life-i-did-not-live-upon-a-death-i-did-not-die-another-s-life/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/horatius-bonar-11770_christian_upon-a-life-i-did-not-live-upon-a-death_1704394.jpg) > [I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God,…](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/) [Call me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/call-me/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/horatius-bonar-11770_call-me_i-praise-the-god-of-grace-i-trust-his-tr_505889.jpg) > [The more fully that the gospel is preached, in the grand old apostolic way, the more likely is it to accomplish the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/the-more-fully-that-the-gospel-is-preached-in-the-grand-old-apostolic/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/horatius-bonar-11770_accomplish_the-more-fully-that-the-gospel-is-preach_3097271.jpg) > [How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/how-fast-we-learn-in-the-day-of-sorrow-scripture-shines-out-in-a-new/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/horatius-bonar-11770_bible_how-fast-we-learn-in-the-day-of-sorrow-s_2967427.jpg) > [Do not heed the jar of man's warring opinions. Let God be true and every man a liar. The Bible is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/do-not-heed-the-jar-of-man-s-warring-opinions-let-god-be-true-and/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/horatius-bonar-11770_all-things_do-not-heed-the-jar-of-man-s-warring-opi_3234014.jpg) > [Life is a journey, not a home; a road, not a city of habitation; and the enjoyments and blessings we have are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/life-is-a-journey-not-a-home-a-road-not-a-city-of-habitation-and-the/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/horatius-bonar-11770_blessing_life-is-a-journey-not-a-home-a-road-not_1865196.jpg) > [Uncertainty as to our relationship to God is one of the most enfeebling and dispiriting of things. It makes a man heartless.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/uncertainty-as-to-our-relationship-to-god-is-one-of-the-most/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Assurance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assurance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/horatius-bonar-11770_assurance_uncertainty-as-to-our-relationship-to-go_2991813.jpg) > [For we are not saved by believing in our own salvation, nor by believing anything whatsoever about ourselves. We are saved by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/for-we-are-not-saved-by-believing-in-our-own-salvation-nor-by/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/horatius-bonar-11770_believe_for-we-are-not-saved-by-believing-in-our_2480598.jpg) > [Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/faith-is-the-acknowledgment-of-the-entire-absence-of-all-goodness-in/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/horatius-bonar-11770_absence_faith-is-the-acknowledgment-of-the-entir_1058557.jpg) > [In order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously.…](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/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/horatius-bonar-11770_air_in-order-to-grow-in-grace-we-must-be-muc_2561771.jpg) > [Yet, after all, faith is not our righteousness. It is accounted to us in order to righteousness (Rom 4:5, GREEK), but not…](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/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/horatius-bonar-11770_believe_yet-after-all-faith-is-not-our-righteous_197032.jpg) > [Faith is not our saviour. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was…](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/) [Bethlehem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bethlehem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/horatius-bonar-11770_bethlehem_faith-is-not-our-saviour-it-was-not-fait_862798.jpg) > [Uncertainty as to our relationship with God is one of the most enfeebling and dispiriting of things. It makes a man heartless.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/uncertainty-as-to-our-relationship-with-god-is-one-of-the-most/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) [Assurance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assurance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/horatius-bonar-11770_assurance_uncertainty-as-to-our-relationship-with_1547622.jpg) ## Horatius Bonar by topic [Men (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/horatius-bonar/) [Faith (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/horatius-bonar/) [Christianity (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/horatius-bonar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/#itemlist", "name": "Horatius Bonar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. 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