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> [It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is to us and what dross we have before we enter the kingdom of God? So narrow is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/it-is-the-lord-s-kindness-that-he-will-take-the-scum-off-us-in-the/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-cross-of-christ-is-the-sweetest-burden-that-i-ever-bore-it-is/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/well-s-them-who-are-under-crosses-and-christ-says-to-them-half-mine/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/o-what-i-owe-to-the-file-the-hammer-and-the-furnace-of-the-lord-jesus/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/if-so-be-that-freewill-were-our-tutor-and-we-had-our-heaven-in-our/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/whether-god-come-to-his-children-with-a-rod-or-a-crown-if-he-come/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/faint-not-the-miles-to-heaven-are-but-few-and-short/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-perceive-we-postpone-all-our-joys-of-christ-till-he-and-we-be-in/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-night-will-close-the-door-fasten-my-anchor-within-the-veil-and-i/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/there-is-nothing-left-to-us-but-to-see-how-we-may-be-approved-of-him/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-wonder-many-times-that-ever-a-child-of-god-should-have-a-sad-heart/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-hope-of-heaven-under-troubles-is-like-wind-and-sails-to-the-soul/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/my-desire-is-that-my-lord-would-give-me-broader-and-deeper-thoughts/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/when-i-am-in-the-cellar-of-affliction-i-look-for-the-lord-s-choicest/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/our-little-time-of-suffering-is-not-worthy-of-our-first-night-s/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-devil-is-but-a-whetstone-to-sharpen-the-faith-and-patience-of-the/)

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