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There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.

— Samuel Rutherford Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified cross is a fruitful tree.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Build your nest upon no tree here, for ye see that God hath sold the forest to death.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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