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Anne Dutton

Infant Grace & Giant Sin

Dear Madam, Do not fear because you see so little grace in you that you have not the truth of grace; and because you see so much sin that you are all sin. For consider, grace is yet but in its infant state; and corruption, that makes against it such great opposition, is like an enraged, mighty giant... Read More
Anne Dutton

It is a sweet thing to suffer with Christ

My Dear Brother, The present state is a state of trial to all God's people. Troubles of various kinds, from within and without, like rolling waves, come thick, one as it were upon the neck of another. But yet, though in the world we have, we shall have trouble, as our Lord has said—how great is the ... Read More
Anne Dutton

Jehovah's grace

Dear brother, Out of Christ, God is a consuming fire; and we, sinners, can no more stand before Him than dry stubble before a devouring flame. But in Christ all the glories of the Godhead shine in the bright form of love! God is the God of peace to every poor sinner who draws near to Him through the... Read More
Anne Dutton

Jesus your Friend

Very Dear Sir, I am glad that you still rejoice in your sweet Jesus, though you have no other that you can call a friend. It is enough, beloved of the Lord, that Christ is your Friend, though all others should fail you, and no man care for your soul. There is such an infinite fullness, such an unsea... Read More
Anne Dutton

Lie down in the bosom of Christ

My Dear Brother in Christ—our Life, our Love, our All, You desire a line from me. What shall I write? Methinks you want to hear of your Beloved; and if His Spirit, sent from the Father and the Son, will please to take of the things of Christ, and show them unto you by so weak, so unworthy a worm, it... Read More
Anne Dutton

Live, and bathe, and dive, to a blessed eternity!

Sir, My work on earth is almost done, glory be to God! A nobler work in heaven will soon come on. Now I would serve the Lord—but then I shall serve Him perfectly, incessantly, and eternally; serve Him without sin, interruption, weakness, and weariness—which attend our present services; serve Him und... Read More
Anne Dutton

My dear husband's death

I have received the news of my dear husband's death, as the ship in which he sailed for England had sunk at sea. This stroke is so great that it almost overcomes my weak nature, and at times I am ready to sink in deep waters. But, glory to my God, I feel the everlasting arms underneath me, and, when... Read More
Anne Dutton

My ingratitude, unkindness, and unfruitfulness

My Dear Brother, Oh, the sweet whispers of God's free distinguishing kindness which I hear at times melt my soul down. Sometimes the Lord draws near to my spirit and talks with me about His love, and of the great things He has done and will do for me. And then I fall down in the dust before Him, ack... Read More
Anne Dutton

No step in your thorny path

Dear Sir, I rejoice to see your faith in the unchangeable love of our three-one God, and your humility under its bright display. But why, my dear Sir, should you say, "I am discouraged because of the difficulty of the way?" You know the Lord led Israel of old "by a right way" through the wilderness,... Read More
Anne Dutton

Not a trouble could touch you!

Dear Madam, At your request I attempt, as the Lord may afford light and assistance, to give you my thoughts on those words of Psalm 71:20, 21—"Though You have showed me great and sore troubles, You shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth. You shall increase m... Read More
Anne Dutton

O proud worms!

Honored Sir, It is well the Lord loves you, for His love is unchangeable and infinite, and in it you have Himself, who has all things, yes, is all things, abundantly and eternally! Ten thousand changes may pass over you with respect to yourself, and the people and things you are concerned with. And ... Read More
Anne Dutton

Of refuges for sinners

My Dear Sister in our precious Lord Jesus, I compassionate you in the affections of Christ; and oh, that the Lord by me would strengthen your weak hands, and say to your fearful heart, Fear not! As to the fear which abides in you, "lest you have not true faith," consider that the Lord has convinced ... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, come, poor, weak thing

My Dear Brother in Christ, What! Do you fear because you have so little strength? You have forgotten where your great strength lies. Not in yourself, but in the Lord; in the Lord Jehovah, in whom there is everlasting strength; even in Him who, as the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, nei... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, free, rich, glorious grace!

My Dear and Honored Brethren, Great things has the Lord done for your souls, in showing you your misery by sin, your lost and undone state by nature, in revealing Christ the glorious remedy, and in drawing your hearts to cleave unto Him by faith and love, as the only Savior. And not a soul of you wh... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, I am confounded at my own vileness

My Dear Brother in our Precious Lord, Oh, I am confounded at my own vileness while He thus displays the riches of His abundant goodness; and my heart breaks within me that God should love me so much and I love Him so little! Wonder at His grace! Praise Him for His infinite, free, distinguishing grac... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, the heights, depths, lengths, and breadths of grace!

My Dear Brother in Christ, Grace unto you, and peace be multiplied. May the God of all grace reward you with the more abundant displays of His love—His free, undeserved, rich and endless love! Oh, my brother, I am surely the most unworthy of love from God, of any that ever found grace in His sight. ... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, the infinite patience of our loving Lord

My very Dear Brother in our precious Lord, It was the end of the Redeemer's love and death, to purify to Himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. What a shame is it that we love Christ no more—that we can bear to think, speak, or act for any other end than His honor! Oh, what black creatur... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, what a heap of empty vanities and cruel vexations

My Dear Sister, How good is the Lord to us! He tries us for a while, and then He comforts us. Light and darkness—joy and sorrow—bitter and sweet—are wisely mixed and graciously overruled for the glory of God in our salvation. Oh, the infinite wisdom of our Leader, the glory of His conduct, the happi... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, why me, the chief of sinners

My very Dear Sister in our precious Jesus, I thank you for your last letter, it has been blessed to me. I have read it again and again, with tears of joyful wonder at the infinite grace of God to vile, unworthy me, in making my poor books of such blessed use to you, to bring you to Jesus and to buil... Read More
Anne Dutton

Oh, why was not I left among the ignorant

Dear Sir, Oh, what a mercy, what a privilege is it that the Word of God is not altogether unto us a sealed book! So it is as to its internal mystery and glory, unto every unregenerate man in the world. Natural men read and read not; they read the words and understand not the sense; even men of lette... Read More

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