Review: The Smile of Thy Love by Andrew Bonar
In this video, we take a look at the book, The Smile of Thy Love: A Collection of Quotes from Andrew Bonar
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Book info
P. #: 88, 91 with an Appendix
Set of books is a beautiful set, all of them being glued hardcover books, but great colors, and lovely fonts.
Author Life: Andrew Bonar, born 1810 and died 1892. He is best known as the author of a commentary of Leviticus, the biography of his dear friend Robert Murray McCheyne, and the Letters of Samuel Rutherford.
Overall Summary/review:
A good overview of Andrew Bonar. It gives a taste of his writing style, his high view of prayer, his love for the people of God, and his reverence of the Word of God.
Includes a wide variety of content relating to Andrew Bonar.
This book is a great introduction to Bonar and a great way to see the kind of man that he was.
Some of the quotes I mentioned in this video:
“If at any time we lose the sense of his presence, the way to get back is not by sitting down to ‘count our evidences.’ It is by coming back to Him.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 16)
“Christ utilizes even the backslidings of his people for their further good.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 17)
“No one will ever be holy who is not much alone with God.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 26)
“We have but one thing to do, we have but one person to please. Has your life been thus simplified?” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 28)
“Those who have real love to Christ always wish they had more.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 33)
“Preach Christ, for you cannot preach Christ without preaching sin.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 37)
“Prayer will be very lame and dry if it does not come from reading the Scriptures.” - Andrew Bonar (The Smile of Thy Love, p. 41)