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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.

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
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
John Ryle
John C. Ryle
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So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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