(_HEAVEN HARD TO BE WON--MANY COME SHORT IN ATTAINING--IDOL SINS TO BE
RENOUNCED--LIKENESS TO CHRIST._)
[390] This seems to have been the letter referred to by Mrs. Veitch,
wife of Mr. William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, when she says: "One
day, having been at prayer, and coming into the room, where one was
reading a letter of Mr. Rutherford's (then only in MS.), directed to
one John Gordon of Rusco, giving an account how far one might go, and
yet prove a hypocrite and miss heaven, it occasioned great exercise
to me" ("Memoir of the Life of Mrs. William Veitch," p. 1).
DEAR BROTHER,--I earnestly desire to know the case of your soul, and
to understand that ye have made sure work of heaven and salvation.
1. Remember, salvation is one of Christ's dainties He giveth but to a
few.