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Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.
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
Cricketer
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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Do something, by God’s help, to make heaven more full and hell more empty.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.
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There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction.
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That Bible is read best, which is practised most.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace.
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Politics, or controversy, or party spirit, or worldliness, have eaten out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The subject of personal godliness has fallen sadly into the background.
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We live in an age when there is a false glare on the things of time and a great mist over the things of eternity.
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The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Such true worship will stand the test of Christ's great principle, “By their fruits you shall know them”. It sanctifies the Christian's life, and makes them walk with God, lifting them above fear and love of the world. It enables a Christian to show God to other folks. Such worship comes from heaven, and has the mark of God upon it.
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