J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
blessed stranger this-life
Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!
humility mark conversion
The surest mark of true conversion is humility.
prayer reading mean
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper.
spiritual mean men
When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual mindedness more marked.
faithful doe records
Let us remember, there is One who daily records all we do for Him, and sees more beauty in His servants' work than His servants do themselves... And then shall His faithful witnesses discover, to their wonder and surprise, that there never was a word spoken on their Master's behalf, which does not receive a reward.
prayer eye hands
Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
christian hands looks
The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for his return. They looked backward to the cross and the atonement for sin, and rejoiced in Christ crucified. They looked upward to Christ at the right hand of God, and rejoiced in Christ interceding. They looked forward to the promised return of their Master, and rejoiced in the thought that they would see him again. And we ought to do the same
inspirational-life gone fickle
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.
heart evil sin
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
inspirational-life dying visitors
A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.
christian children home
The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in the same army, travelers to the same home. When he meets them, he feels as if he had long known them. He is more at home with them in a few minutes, than he is with many worldly people after an acquaintance of several years. And what is the secret of all this? It is simply affection to the same Savior and love to the same Lord.
christian children way
If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.
christian simple two
Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.
eye men grace
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.