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My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.

— 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.

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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.

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