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Do we profess to love Christ? Then let us show it by our lives.

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
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A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone
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Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord' without sanctification there is no salvation (Hebrews 12:14). Then what an enormous amount of so-called religion there is which is perfectly useless!
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A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.
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Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.
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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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Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.
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A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.
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We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.
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The Christian who keeps his heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls.
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Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see a perfect Church.
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If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.
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When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light but never forsake a great principle.
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Let us learn to be patient in the days of darkness, if we know anything of vital union with Christ.
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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands.
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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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