The Loveliness of Christ: Selections from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford by Samuel RutherfordMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A rare five stars.
This is a tiny book, with just short quotes of Rutherford's letters, which can be found more completely at Banner of Truth.
I read them devotionally, 2 pages a day.
The older English is a bit hard to follow at times, but footnotes explain when needed.
Most of these quotes relate to affliction and trouble - I haven't studied Rutherford's history, but am quite sure he had a keen pastoral sense to respond to write to those suffering troubles with the "balm of Gilead."
You won't see this much on social media, but many of Christ's people are hurting, and in need of not just encouragement but also an understanding from God's view of what is happening to them. This little booklet delivers in spades.
Highly recommended.
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