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Follow Christ for His own sake, if you follow Him at all.

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
Follow
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Parents, do you wish to see your children happy? Take care, then, that you train them to obey when they are spoken to, -to do as they are bid.... Teach them to obey while young, or else they will be fretting against God all their lives long, and wear themselves out with the vain idea of being independent of His control.
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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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Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.
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We should no more tolerate false doctrine that we would tolerate sin.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity it is the very unity of hell.
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The best of men are men at best
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