Faith Quotes by Samuel Rutherford

The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or…

— Samuel Rutherford

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."

— Samuel Rutherford

O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman…

— Samuel Rutherford

If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all. But because…

— Samuel Rutherford

“...whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus,…

— Samuel Rutherford

Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.

— Samuel Rutherford

I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing…

— Samuel Rutherford

The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep.

— Samuel Rutherford

There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of…

— Samuel Rutherford

I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what their Lord is preparing for them.

— Samuel Rutherford

The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.

— Samuel Rutherford

My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.

— Samuel Rutherford