To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith
Samuel RutherfordOur little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.
Samuel RutherfordPraise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.
Samuel RutherfordOh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity that He may make us stones and pillars in His Father's house.
Samuel Rutherford