A LETTER FROM SAMUEL RUTHERFORD Explanation Having recently had the pleasure of making a short visit to fair ‘Anwoth by the Solway’, I had the urge to read again something of the life and writings of Samuel Rutherford. Hence the cover-picture of this edition and the following pieces which give a brief and inadequate glimpse …
Author: Samuel Rutherford
A SERMON BY SAMUEL RUTHERFORD ‘Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, sailh the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith …
They lose nothing who gain Christ Samuel Rutherford
Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction. Samuel Rutherford
Serve Christ; back Him; let His cause be your cause; give not an hairbreadth of truth away, for it is not yours but God’s. Samuel Rutherford
They lose nothing who gain Christ. Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own, He hath run away to heaven with it. Samuel Rutherford
They loose nothing who gain Christ. Samuel Rutherford
THE LOSS OF CHILDREN As to your fears about the health or life of your dear children, lay them upon Christ’s shoulders; let Him bear all. Loose your hold of them all; and when your dear Lord pulleth, let them go with faith and joy. It is a tried faith to kiss a Lord that …
Unbelief may perhaps tear the copies of the covenant which Christ hath given you, but He still keeps the original in heaven with Himself. Your doubts and fears are no part of the covenant, neither can they change Christ. Samuel Rutherford
We would fain grow notable by doing, it suits our legal spirit; but we can only grow valiant and succesful by believing. When salvation-work is taken on ourselves, it rests on an arm of flesh, and a withered arm, which must fail; but when we wrestle by believing, the arm of Jesus is engaged to …