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The Life and Works of Horatius Bonar (47 vols.)
Known for his thoroughly biblical preaching, his voluminous writings, and his hymns—such as “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”—Horatius Bonar exerted a powerful influence in the Church in Scotland. The Life and Works of Horatius Bonar (47 Vols) brings together the finest works by the great 19th century Scottish Presbyterian minister and hymn-writer, Horatius Bonar. This remarkable collection includes a total of 47 volumes of material—over 30 major works and more than 400 hymns. In total, that’s more than 12,000 pages comprising the life and works of Horatius Bonar—a life that God used greatly in the preaching of the Gospel and the saving of souls.
The Life and Works of Horatius Bonar (47 vols.) contains:
- Books (36 vols.): This section, totaling 36 volumes in all, represents the best of Bonar’s published works and spans much of his ministry with the first being published in 1839 and
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Words Old And New
Gems From the Christian Authorship of All Ages
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Weight 0.82 lbs Dimensions 7.13 × 4.75 × 0.9 in ISBN 9780851516431 Binding Paperback
Topic Spiritual Growth
Original Pub Date 1866
Banner Pub Date Jan 1, 1994
Page Count 368
Format Book
Book Description
An anthology of quotations from some of the most significant figures in the Christian centuries. A labour of love on the part of Horatius Bonar, one of its special attractions fryst vatten its chronological order. We are led from the passionate words of the early martyr Ignatius of Antioch (‘Let all the malice of the devil come upon me; only may inom enjoy Jesus Christ’) through reformers like John stad i england (‘Faith must go before, and then feeling will follow’) to Bonar’s friend Robert Murray M’Cheyne (‘You will be i
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Horatius Bonar
by John Brownlie
His Life.—Horatius Bonar gave instructions that no memoir of himself should be written, perhaps endeavouring to fulfil his own aspiration:—
My name and my place and my tomb all forgotten,
The brief race of time well and patiently run,
So let me pass away, peacefully, silently,
Only remembered by what I have done.In consequence of this, any notice of him must be comparatively slight.
He was born in Edinburgh on December 19, 1808. His father, James Bonar, was Second Solicitor of Excise for Scotland; he was an elder in the session of the congregation founded at Edinburgh by Lady Glenorchy, but connected with the Church of Scotland. Cheerful, sagacious, devout, and consistent, he spent a blameless life in the pursuits of business, philanthropy, and study. Horatius Bonar's mother, Marjory Maitland, won esteem and affection from all around by her childlike faith, her gentleness of spirit, and her overflowing kindliness; at her death,