When thou art at the greatest pinch, strength shall come. When the last handful of meal was dressing, then was the prophet sent to keep the widow’s house.—Gurnall.
The day of the Lord is at hand, when all men shall appear as they are. There shall be no borrowed colours in that day. Men borrow the lustre of Christianity, but how many counterfeit masks will be burned in the day of God!—Rutherford.
To be crucified to the world is not so highly accounted of by us as it should be. How heavenly a thing is it to be deaf and dead to this world’s sweetest music!—Rutherford.
Lose not sight of Christ in this cloudy and dark day. Learn not from the world to serve Christ, but ask Himself the way. The world is a false copy and a deceitful guide to follow.—Rutherford.
It matters little what men think of us while we live; He that truly and finally judges us is the Lord. It will not much signify, so far as we are concerned, what men think of us when we are dead. The praise or blame of man cannot affect us in the unseen world. Man’s praise cannot mitigate the pains of Hell; man’s blame cannot detract from the joys of Heaven. May the Lord, then, enable us to “cease from man,” and do His will, “contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints,” whether men approve or reprobate our conduct.