Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins. J. C. Ryle More Quotes by J. C. Ryle More Quotes From J. C. Ryle A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour. J. C. Ryle visitors inspirational-life dying The doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the world. J. C. Ryle doctrine world christ Nothing so hardens the heart of man as a barren familiarity with sacred things. J. C. Ryle sacred-things heart men A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections. J. C. Ryle christian may tree 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. J. C. Ryle lasts idols firsts The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world. J. C. Ryle yield tables world The Christianity that saves is a thing personally grasped, personally experienced, personally felt and personally possessed. J. C. Ryle possessed felt christianity What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness of another. J. C. Ryle pride self christian 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. J. C. Ryle rip kings writing Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst. J. C. Ryle proportion scripture book What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character. J. C. Ryle character men heaven Death is a solemn event for everyone. It is the winding up of all earthly plans and expectations. It is a separation from all we have loved and lived with. It is often accompanied by much bodily pain and distress. It opens the door to judgement and eternity - to heaven or to hell. It is an event after which there is no change, or space for repentance. J. C. Ryle pain space doors 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. J. C. Ryle christian home children To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively absurd. You might as well compare the sun with a rushlight, or Skiddaw with a molehill, or St. Paul's with an Irish hovel, or the Portland vase with a garden pot, or the Kohinoor diamond with a bit of glass. God seems to have allowed the existence of these pretended revelations, in order to prove the immeasurable superiority of His own Word. J. C. Ryle garden bible book Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer. J. C. Ryle eye prayer hands Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible reading. By reading that book we may learn what to believe, what to be, and what to do; how to live with comfort, and how to die in peace.” Happy is that man who possesses a Bible! Happier still is he who reads it! Happiest of all is he who not only reads it, but obeys it, and makes it the rule of his faith and practice! J. C. Ryle reading believe book Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be. J. C. Ryle battle grace wish The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying. J. C. Ryle causes doe needs Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty. J. C. Ryle assurance vigor energy The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Ghost is the chief means by which men are built up and established in the faith, after their conversion. It is able to cleanse them, to sanctify them, to instruct them in righteousness, and to furnish them thoroughly for all good works. J. C. Ryle heart men mean
