Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God.… - Samuel Rutherford

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Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

Samuel Rutherford

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Samuel Rutherford (1600?–1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and author. He was one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.

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Alternative Names: Samuel Rutherfoord

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