Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not… — Samuel Rutherford Affection Copy Share Image
Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no… — Samuel Rutherford Crops Copy Share Image
“[S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.” — Samuel Rutherford Christian Copy Share Image
O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no… — Samuel Rutherford Affliction Copy Share Image
Those who can take that crabbed tree handsomely upon their back, and fasten it on cannily, shall find it such a burden… — Samuel Rutherford Bird Copy Share Image
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Consider, it is impossible that your idol sins and you can go to heaven together; and that those who will not part… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I think it is possible on earth to build a young, new Jerusalem, a little, new heaven of this surpassing love. God,… — Samuel Rutherford Earth Copy Share Image
“We would either have a silent, a soft, a perfumed cross, sugared and honeyed with the consolations of Christ, or we faint;… — Samuel Rutherford Cross Copy Share Image
You will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to… — Samuel Rutherford Affliction Copy Share Image
“The figure of the passing-away world, 1 Cor. vii. 31. is like an old man's face, full of wrinkles, and foul with… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
You shall by faith sustain yourself and comfort yourself in your Lord, and be strong in His power; for you are in… — Samuel Rutherford Bears Copy Share Image
Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
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