Samuel Rutherford Quotes about Winter

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Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Samuel Rutherford

Flower, Humility, Winter

Samuel Rutherford (1885). “Quaint Sermons of Samuel Rutherford: Hitherto Unpublished”

I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots; faith is the better for the sharp winter storm in its face and grace withers without adversity. The devil is but God's master fencer to teach us to handle our weapons.

Samuel Rutherford

Adversity, Winter, Water