Samuel Rutherford

The Cross is needful – Samuel Rutherford

The Cross is needful – Samuel Rutherford

I find that when the saints are under trial and well humbled, little sins raise great cries in the conscience; but in prosperity, conscience is a pope that gives dispensations and great latitude to our hearts. The cross is therefore as needful as the crown is glorious.

– Samuel Rutherford –

You rock is Christ – Samuel Rutherford

You rock is Christ – Samuel Rutherford

Believe God’s Word and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your Rock is Christ, and it is not the Rock which ebbs and flows, but your sea.

– Samuel Rutherford –

Praying for Others – Samuel Rutherford

I have been helped … by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them, I have gotten something for myself.

– Samuel Rutherford –
1600-1661