Earnestness Quote by Horatius Bonar

“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!”

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Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish,…

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

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

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

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

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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; for in that case it would be a work like any other doing of man, and as such would be incompatible with the righteousness of the Son of God; the righteousness which is by faith. Faith…

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

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

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

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

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The gospel is the proclamation of free love; the revelation of the boundless charity of God. Nothing less than this will suit our world; nothing else is so likely to touch the heart, to go down to the lowest depths of depraved humanity, as the assurance that the sinner has been loved -- loved by God, loved with a righteous…

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