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People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.

J. C. Ryle

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
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Bishop Of Liverpool
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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