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I have carefully revised and rewritten this little book, which was originally published some fourteen years ago, at the time of a considerable awakening in many parts of Scotland.
It was written as a brief manual, or book of counsel to converts. It is now republished with the same object.
April 1874,
Horatius Bonar
Horatius Bonar
In 1808, Horatius Bonar was born into a family of several generations of ministers of the gospel. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and was ordained in 1838. As a young pastor at North Parish, Kelso, he preached in villages and farmhouses, proving himself to be a comforter and guide. In 1843, he joined 450 other pastors to form the Free Church of Scotland after the “Disruption.” Horatius Bonar wrote numerous books, tracts, periodicals, and more than 600 hymns. He believed that people needed truth, not opinions; God, not theology; and Christ, not religion. From his first sermon to his last, he ended with “In such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.”
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Follow the Lamb - Horatius Bonar
Follow the Lamb
counsels to converts
by
HORATIUS BONAR
‘Leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps’.—
1 Pet. 2:21
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1874
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Contents
Follow the Lamb
I. Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (2 Tim. 2:1)
II. Keep the conscience clean
III. Hold fast that which you have received
IV. Deal honestly with yourselves
V. Keep company with God, and with the people of God
VI. Study the Bible
VII. Take heed to your steps
VIII. Put away vainglory and love of praise
IX. Watch against Satan
X. Beware of one-sided truth
XI. Do something for God
XII. Live waiting for your Lord
Hymns
Let Us Go Forth
Thou Believest? What Then?
To the Comforter
Use Me
PREFACE
I have carefully revised and rewritten this little book, which was originally published some fourteen years ago, at the time of a considerable awakening in many parts of Scotland.
It was written as a brief manual, or book of counsel to converts. It is now republished with the same object.
April 1874.
Follow the Lamb
It is for you who are called by the name of Christ that these pages are written, that you may be reminded of what God expects of you, and of what your new name commits you to.
It is a great thing to be a Christian. The very name is a noble one, beyond all the noble names of earth. The thing itself is inconceivably blessed and glorious. To say, ‘I am a Christian,’ is to say, ‘I belong to God’s nobility; I am of the peerage of heaven.’
Much, then, is expected of you. Do not disgrace the old family name. Do nothing unworthy of Him who represents you in heaven, and whom you represent on earth. He is faithful to you; be you so to Him. Let men know what a Lord and Master you serve. Be His witnesses; be His mirrors; be His living epistles. Let Him speak through you to the world; and do you speak of Him. Let your life tell your fellow-men what He is, and what He is to you. Speak well of Him to men, as He speaks well of you to God. He has honoured you by giving you His name; He has blest you by conferring on you sonship, and royalty, and an eternal heritage: see that you do justice to His love, and magnify His greatness.
Let your light shine. Do not obstruct it, or hide it, or mingle darkness with it. ‘Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee’ (Isa. 60:1).
It is the light of love that you have received; let it shine. It is the light of truth; let it shine. It is the light of holiness; let it shine. And if you ask, How am I to get the light, and to maintain it in fulness? I answer, ‘Christ shall give you light’ (Eph. 5:14). There is light enough in Him who is the light of the world. ‘The Lamb is the light thereof’ (Rev. 21:23). There is no light for man but from the Lamb. It is the cross, the cross alone, that lights up a dark soul and keeps it shining, so that we walk in light as He is in the light; for ‘God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.’
Be true to Him who loved you, and washed you from your sins in His own blood. He deserves it at your hands. It is the least that you can do for Him.
Follow Him. His first words to you were, ‘Come to me.’ You came and found rest. But He adds these two other messages, ‘Abide in me,’ and ‘Follow me.’ You take up your cross as He took up His; and you follow Him. You go forth without the camp, bearing His reproach (Luke 9:23; Heb. 13:13). Through good report and through bad report you follow Him. He draws you, leads you, keeps you,—and so you follow Him. Your whole life is to be one continuous following of the Lord. ‘If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour’ (John 12:26). ‘My sheep hear my voice, and they follow me’ (John 10:27). ‘Followers of Him who is good’ is Peter’s description of a believing man (1 Pet. 3:13; such is the proper rendering of the passage, and not ‘of that which is good’). And the sure