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If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.

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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Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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