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"Thus while I journey on, my Lord to meet, My thoughts and meditations are so sweet, Of Him on whom I lean, my strength, my stay, I can forget the sorrows of the way."
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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
"Thus while I journey on, my Lord to meet, My thoughts and meditations are so sweet, Of Him on whom I lean, my strength, my stay, I can forget the sorrows of the way."
"Thy way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be! Lead me by Thine own hand; Choose out the path for me."
"Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Anothers soul wouldst reach! It needs the overflow of heart To give the lips full speech.Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the worlds famine feed; Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed; Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed."
"Sincerity and truth form the basis of every virtue. Be what thou seemest; live thy creed; Hold up to earth the torch divine; Be what thou prayest to be made; Let the great Masters steps be thine."
"In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one."
"Yes, for me, for me He careth With a brothers tender care; Yes, with me, with me He shareth Every burden, every fear."