Selections from His Letters

About this book

A selection from the famous Letters of Samuel Rutherford, the Scottish Covenanter minister, written largely from exile in Aberdeen to friends and parishioners under trial. Published after his death in 1664, the letters are full of affection for Christ and pastoral tenderness, mingling counsel, comfort, and longing for heaven. Generations of readers have prized them as models of spiritual correspondence.

Contents

1. Forward
2. I. To LADY KENMURE, at a time of illness and spiritual depression
3. II. To LADY KENMURE, on the occasion of the death of her infant daughter
4. III. To MARION MCNAUGHT, when his wife was ill
5. IV. To LADY KENMURE
6. V. To LADY KENMURE
7. VI. To MARION MCNAUGHT, when persecuted for her principles 🔒
8. VII. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
9. VIII. To JOHN KENNEDY, on his deliverance from shipwreck 🔒
10. IX. To LADY KENMURE, on the perils of rank and prosperity 🔒
11. X. To LADY KENMURE, on the death of her husband 🔒
12. XI. To lady KENMURE, when he expected to be removed from Anwoth 🔒
13. XII. To lady KENMURE, on the eve of his banishment to Aberdeen 🔒
14. XIII. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
15. XIV. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
16. XV. To LADY BOYD 🔒
17. XVI. To MR ROBERT BLAIR 🔒
18. XVII. To ROBERT GORDON OF KNOCKBREX 🔒
19. XVIII. To ALEXANDER GORDON OF EARLSTON 🔒
20. XIX. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
21. XX. To lady KENMURE 🔒
22. XXI. To MR WILLIAM DALGLEISH, minister of the Gospel 🔒
23. XXII. To MR HUGH MACKAIL, minister of the Gospel at Irvine 🔒
24. XXIII. To JOHN EWART, Bailie of Kirkcudbright 🔒
25. XXIV. To WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE 🔒
26. XXV. To MR GEORGE GILLESPIE 🔒
27. XXVI. To JOHN GORDON OF RUSSO in the parish of Anwoth 🔒
28. XXVII. To LADY HALHILL 🔒
29. XXVIII. To PATRICK CARSEN 🔒
30. XXIX. To JOHN STUART, Provost of Aye 🔒
31. XXX. To JOIN STUART, Provost of Ayr 🔒
32. XXXI. To NINIAN MURE, a parishioner 🔒
33. XXXII. To JOHN GORDON OF CARDONESS, the elder 🔒
34. XXXIII. To JOHN CLARK, a parishioner 🔒
35. XXXIV. To JOHN GORDON OF CARDONESS, the younger 🔒
36. XXXV. To JOHN FULLERTON of Carleton in Galloway 🔒
37. XXXVI. To JOHN GORDON OF CARDONESS, the elder 🔒
38. XXXVII. To EARLSTON, the younger 🔒
39. XXXVIII. To MR WILLIAM DALGLEISH 🔒
40. XXXIX. To MARION MCNAUGHT 🔒
41. XL. To ROBERT STEWART, on his decision for Christ 🔒
42. XLI. To LADY GAITGIRTH 🔒
43. XLII. To THE REV.JOHN FERGUSON OF OCHILTREE 🔒
44. XLIII. To ROBERT BROWN OF CARSLUTH 🔒
45. XLIV. To CASSIN CARRIE 🔒
46. XLV. To JOHN LENNOX, Laird of Catty 🔒
47. XLVI. To JOHN GORDON OF CARDONESS, the younger 🔒
48. XLVII. To WILLIAM GORDON 🔒
49. XLVIII. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
50. XLIX. To MRS STUART, wife of the Provost of Aye 🔒
51. L. To MR JAMES FLEMING 🔒
52. LI. To MR FULK ELLIS 🔒
53. LII. To MR MATTHEW MOWAT, minister of Kilmarnock 🔒
54. LIII. To JAMES BAUTIE, theological student 🔒
55. LIV. To MR ROBERT BLAIR 🔒
56. LV. To ROBERT LENNOX OF DISDOVE, near Gatehouse 🔒
57. LVI. To EARLSTON, the younger 🔒
58. LVII. To LADY BOYD 🔒
59. LVIII. To LADY ROBERT LAND 🔒
60. LIX. To THE HONORABLE, REVEREND, AND WELL-BELOVED PROFESSORS OF CHRIST AND HIS TRUTH IN SINCERITY, IN IRELAND 🔒
61. LX. To LADY KENMURE, on the death of her son, John, second Viscount Kenmure 🔒
62. LXI. To MR JAMES WILSON 🔒
63. LXII. To LADY BOYD 🔒
64. LXIII. To LADY FINGASK 🔒
65. LXIV. To MR DAVID DICKSON, on the death of his son 🔒
66. LXV. To LADY BOYD, on the loss of several friends 🔒
67. LXVI. To MR. TAYLOR, on her son’s death 🔒
68. LXVII. To BARBARA HAMILTON 🔒
69. LXVIII. To A CHRISTIAN BROTHER, on the death of his daughter 🔒
70. LXIX. To A CHRISTIAN GENTLEWOMAN, on her death-bed 🔒
71. LXX. To LADY KENMURE 🔒
72. LXXI. To LADY ARDROSS 🔒
73. Glossary 🔒