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The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
J. C. Ryle
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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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People are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world.
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If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed.
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Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.
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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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