J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
new-life outcomes principles
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
sickness good-things ifs
Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God.
mercy-of-god joy heaven
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
humility proud born
We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
zealous savior disciple
A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples.
humble pride men
Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.
idols lasts firsts
Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often made idols, and all must bow down to them or be punished.
kings rip writing
It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of kings, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or make violent speeches about them on platforms. Any fool can rip and rend a costly garment, but not every man can cut out and make one. To expect perfection in kings, prime ministers, or rulers of any king, is senseless and unreasonable. We would exhibit more wisdom if we prayed for them more, and criticized less.
genuine wells asks
If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.
sake christ ifs
Follow Christ for His own sake, if you follow Him at all.
kings war mind
We are evidently no friends of Satan. Like the kings of this world, he wars not against his own subjects. The very fact that he assaults us should fill our minds with hope.
christianity felt possessed
The Christianity that saves is a thing personally grasped, personally experienced, personally felt and personally possessed.
humility mark conversion
The surest mark of true conversion is humility.
alteration man mere state wrought
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and not a supernatural, divine revelation, how is it that it has wrought such a complete alteration in the state of man kind?