Letters of Samuel Rutherford
A selection
Weight | 0.21 kg |
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Dimensions | 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.3 cm |
ISBN | 9781800402713 |
Topic | Encouragement, Life Issues, Spiritual Growth |
Format | Book |
Original Pub Date | 1664 |
Banner Pub Date | May 1, 1973 |
Binding | Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle) |
Page Count | 208 |
Series | Puritan Paperbacks |
Recent Pub Date Year | 1973 |
Endorsements
‘The nearest thing to inspiration which can be found in all the writings of mere man.’ — C. H. SPURGEON
‘When we are dead and gone let the world know that Spurgeon held Rutherford’s Letters to be the nearest thing to inspiration which can be found in all the writings of mere men.’ — C. H. SPURGEON
‘Surprising though it may seem in a world of large books, of all those owned by our family this may be the one we have most often lent or quoted to friends.’ — SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON
Apart from the Bible, ‘such a book as Mr. Rutherford’s Letters the world never saw the like.’ — RICHARD BAXTER
Book Description
Like John Bunyan in Bedford gaol, Samuel Rutherford did his best work while suffering imprisonment for the gospel.
His opponents had meant to silence him but instead they perpetuated his ministry through the centuries for it was out of this period that most of his famous Letters came. Addressed to high and low they were so prized by the recipients that the first collection by Robert McWard appeared in 1664 just three years after Rutherford’s death. the successive editions contained more letters until they grew to the 365 in Andrew Bonar’s classic edition.
From this, ‘the most remarkable series of devotional letters that the literature of the Reformed churches can show’, the great leaders in the Church as well as the humblest Christians have drawn strength. It is said of Robert Murray M’Cheyne that ‘the Letters of Samuel Rutherford were often in his hand.’ This abridged edition contains sixty-nine of these letters.
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1 | TO A CHRISTIAN GENTLEWOMAN | 13 |
[On the death of a daughter] | ||
2 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT16 | |
Submission, perseverance and zeal recommended | ||
3 | TO LADY KENMURE | 18 |
God’s inexplicable dealings with his people well-ordered | ||
4 | TO MARION M’NAUGH | 20 |
[In prospect of the Lord’s Supper] | ||
5 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 22 |
The threatened introduction of the Service-Book | ||
6 | TO JOHN KENNEDY | 25 |
Deliverance from shipwreck | ||
7 | TO LADY KENMURE | 29 |
A union for prayer recommended | ||
8 | TO LADY KENMURE | 31 |
[On the death of Lord Kenmure) | ||
9 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 33 |
The prospect of exile in Aberdeen | ||
10 | TO LADY KENMURE | 34 |
[On the eve of banishment to Aberdeen) | ||
11 | TO LADY CULROSS | 37 |
[On the occasion of banishment to Aberdeen) | ||
12 | TO ROBERT CUNNINGHAM | 39 |
Consolation to a brother in tribulation | ||
13 | TO ALEXANDER GORDON | 42 |
Rutherford’s feeling upon leaving Anworth | ||
14 | TO LADY KENMURE | 43 |
Rutherford’s enjoyment of Christ in Aberdeen | ||
15 | TO HUGH M’KAIL | 49 |
Christ to be trusted amid trial | ||
16 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 47 |
Comfort under tribulations | ||
17 | TO JOHN GORDON, ELDER | 48 |
Will Christ at all hazards | ||
18 | TO ROBERT BLAIR | 52 |
God’s arrangements sometimes mysterious | ||
19 | TO ROBERT GORDON | 55 |
Visits of Christ | ||
20 | TO LADY KENMURE | 58 |
None worthy but Christ | ||
21 | TO DAVID DICKSON | 59 |
God’s dealings | ||
22 | TO ALEXANDER HENDERSON | 61 |
Sadness because Christ’s Headship not set forth | ||
23 | TO JOHN GORDON, YOUNGER | 63 |
Reasons for being earnest about the soul | ||
24 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 65 |
Adherence to duty amidst opposition | ||
25 | TO WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE | 66 |
Counsel to a youth | ||
26 | TO THB LAIRD OF CARLETON | 67 |
Increasing sense of Christ’s love | ||
27 | TO JOHN FLEMING | 70 |
Directions for Christian conduct | ||
28 | TO LADY BOYD | 73 |
Lessons learned in the school of adversity | ||
29 | TO JOHN STUART | 76 |
Commercial misfortunes | ||
30 | TO DAVID DICKSON | 81 |
Christ’s infinite fulness | ||
31 | TO JOHN CLARK | 83 |
Marks of difference between Christians and | ||
32 | TO EARLSTON, YOUNGER | 84 |
Dangers of youth | ||
33 | TO WILLIAM DALGLEISH | 90 |
Fragrance of the ministry | ||
34 | TO JOHN STUART | 94 |
Hope for Scotland | ||
35 | TO EARLSTOH, YOUNGER | 97 |
Sufferings | ||
36 | TO WILLIAM GORDON | 101 |
Testimony to Christ’s worth | ||
37 | TO JOHN HENDERSON | 104 |
Practical hints | ||
38 | TO ALEXANDER COLVILL | 105 |
Regrets for being silenced in ministry | ||
39 | TO JAMES HAMILTON | 106 |
Suffering for Christ’s Headship | ||
40 | TO PARISHIONERS OF ANWOTH | 109 |
Protestation of care for their souls and for the glory of God | ||
41 | TO LADY KILCONQUHAR | 118 |
The interests of the soul most urgent | ||
42 | TO LORD CRAIGHALL | 123 |
Standing for Christ | ||
43 | TO HUGH M’KAIL | 126 |
The Law | ||
44 | TO FULK ELLIS | 128 |
Friends in Ireland | ||
45 | TO JAMBS LINDSAY | 131 |
Desertions and their use | ||
46 | TO JAMBS HAMILTON | 135 |
Christ’s glory not affected by his people’s weakness | ||
47 | TO LADY GAIT GIRTH | 137 |
Christ all example in Cross-bearing | ||
48 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 139 |
Prospects of his ministry | ||
49 | TO JAMES BAUTIE | 140 |
Spiritual difficulties resolved | ||
50 | TO THOMAS CORBET | 147 |
Godly counsels | ||
51 | TO WILLIAM GLENDINNING | 148 |
Sweetness of trial | ||
52 | TO MARION M’NAUGHT | 150 |
A Spring-tide of Christ’s love | ||
53 | TO JOHN GORDON | 152 |
Heaven hard to be won | ||
54 | TO PARISHIONERS OF KILMALCOLM | 155 |
Spiritual sloth | ||
55 | TO ALEXANDER LEIGHTON | 163 |
Christs’ prisoner in bonds at London | ||
56 | TO JAMES WILSON | 166 |
Advices to a doubting soul | ||
57 | TO DAVID DICKSON | 171 |
[On the death of a son] | ||
58 | TO LADY BOYD | 173 |
Proceedings of the Westminster Assembly | ||
59 | TO LADY KENMURE | 175 |
Westminster Assembly Religious sects | ||
60 | TO J.G. | 176 |
Depression in a cloudy day | ||
55 | TO WILLIAM GUTHRIE | 178 |
Depression under dark trials | ||
56 | TO LADY RALSTON | 179 |
Duty of preferring to live rather than die | ||
63 | TO LADY KENMURE | 183 |
Trials | ||
64 | TO JAMES DURHAM | 185 |
[On his deathbed] | ||
65 | TO JAMES GUTHRIE, ROBERT TRAILL and other brethren imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle | 186 |
On suffering for Christ | ||
66 | TO MISTRESS CRAIG | 188 |
[On the death of her son] | ||
67 | TO JAMES GUTHRIE | 190 |
Steadfastness under persecution | ||
68 | TO ROBERT CAMPBELL | 192 |
Steadfastness in protest against prelacy and popery | ||
69 | TO BRETHERN IN ABERDEEN” | 194 |
Sinful conformity and schismatic designs reproved | ||
BRIEF NOTES ON RUTHERFORD’S CORRESPONDENTS | 199 | |
AN OUTLINE OF RUTHERFORD’S LIFE | 205 |
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Contains 69 of Rutherford’s letters while suffering for the gospel. 208pp.
Teresa –
If I could read nothing else, besides the word of God, I would forevermore only read Samuel Rutherford’s Letters. They alone have done more to encourage me to treasure Christ, to put off sin and self, to strive after holiness, and to desire to live a life worthy of our precious Lord than anything else I have yet come across. If I could give someone only one Puritan book, it would be Samuel Rutherford’s Letters.
Ian Kirk –
I have read many Puritan authors down through the years, but few books have left such an indelible mark upon my soul as Rutherford’s Letters. One feels instinctively that here is the heart of a true Pastor who loves Christ’s Body so deeply, that he is able to express the compassion and love of Christ in such beautiful prose.
I cannot think of any other work of Christian literature which has so encouraged, consoled, warned and indeed, broken my heart, than these Letters.
It is no exaggeration to say that Mr Rutherford knew what it was to experience deep communion with His Saviour.
This book deserves to be at the bedside of every true Christian, and read before sleep!