J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
adversity prosperity mercy
Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.
hearing be-good preaching
There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.
heart tongue absurd
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.
prayer reading sunday
I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays.
soul would-be needs
If we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plain-we must begin with Christ. We must go to Him as sinners, with no plea but that of utter need, and cast our souls on Him by faith. . . . If we would grow in holiness and become more sanctified, we must continually go on as we began, and be ever making fresh applications to Christ.
simple people stories
Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.
may fruit found
Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion.
naked earth possession
Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us.
prayer christianity true-christianity
Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity.
strong book order
I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure help in the day of need. I want them to be diligent in studying their Bibles, and becoming familiar with its contents, in order that the grand old Book may stand by them and talk with them when all earthly friends fail.
prayer believe differences
What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.
victory earth ransom
The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won.
prayer heart forgiving
No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.
prayer men may
A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.