We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.
Samuel RutherfordNo pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.
Samuel RutherfordWhen the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle and border of time, and shall put your foot within the march of eternity, all the good things of your short nightdream shall seem to you like ashes of a blaze of thorns or straw.
Samuel RutherfordI have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.
Samuel RutherfordYou will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to be Christ's carved work that he marks out for us and that with crosses he portraits us to his own image, cutting away pieces of our ill and corruption. Lord cut - Lord carve - Lord wound - Lord do anything that may perfect thy Father's image in us and make us ready for glory.
Samuel Rutherford