Jesus does not drive His followers on before, as a herd of … - Horace Bushnell

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Jesus does not drive His followers on before, as a herd of unwilling disciples, but goes before Himself, leading them into paths that He has trod, and dangers He has met, and sacrifices He has borne Himself, calling them after Him and to be only followers.

Horace Bushnell

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Horace Bushnell (14 April 1802 – 17 February 1876) was an American Congregational clergyman and theologian.

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We shall never recover the true apostolic energy, and be endued with power from on high, as the first disciples were, 'till we recover the lost faith.

Christ does not dress up a moral picture, and ask you to observe its beauty. He only tells you how to live; and the most beautiful characters the world has ever seen, have been those who received and lived these precepts without once conceiving their beauty.

Faith is the act of trust by which one being, a sinner, commits himself to another being, a Saviour.

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