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In religion faith does not spring out of feeling, but feeling out of faith. The less we feel the more we should trust. We cannot feel right till we have believed.

Horatius Bonar

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Horatius Bonar
Age: 80 †
Born: 1808
Born: December 19
Died: 1889
Died: May 31
Cleric
Hymnwriter
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Doe
Spring
Right
Trust
Feel
Feeling
Feels
Less
Religion
Faith
Feelings
Till
Cannot
Believed

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