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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
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition.
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Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.
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If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
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Oh, dear friend, if you love your children, I charge you, do not let the early impression of a habit of prayer slip by. If you train your children to do anything, train them, at least, to have a habit of prayer.
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Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples.
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A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God
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No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart.
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Those who confine God's love exclusively to the elect appear to me to take a narrow and contracted view of God's character and attributes....I have long come to the conclusion that men may be more systematic in their statements than the Bible, and may be led into grave error by idolatrous veneration of a system
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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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We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.
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Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.
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Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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