Modern · 1909

The Loveliness of Christ

Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)

A slim anthology of the most luminous passages from Samuel Rutherford's letters, selected by Ellen S. Lister and first published by Samuel Bagster and Sons around 1909. Rutherford wrote his letters during his Aberdeen exile of 1636 to 1638 and across his pastoral ministry, and Lister's selection draws out his most fervent expressions of Christ's beauty, the fellowship of suffering, and the hope of glory. Few documents in Protestant devotional literature match the intensity with which Rutherford speaks of Christ as the soul's supreme treasure and delight.

1 hr total · 6 chapters