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Uncertainty as to our relationship to God is one of the most enfeebling and dispiriting of things. It makes a man heartless. It takes the pith out of him. He cannot fight he cannot run. He is easily dismayed, and gives way. He can do nothing for God.

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
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Nothing
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Heartless
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