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

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

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How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

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

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

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

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