Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. J. C. Ryle More Quotes by J. C. Ryle More Quotes From J. C. Ryle 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. J. C. Ryle simple stories people Men fall in private long before they fall in public. J. C. Ryle christian men fall Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity. J. C. Ryle true-christianity christianity prayer 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. J. C. Ryle differences prayer believe People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell. J. C. Ryle faces heaven people A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples. J. C. Ryle zealous savior disciple Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see a perfect Church. J. C. Ryle church christian perfect Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us. J. C. Ryle naked possession earth Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion. J. C. Ryle fruit found may Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts. J. C. Ryle devil sin heart Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. J. C. Ryle real christian men 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, for peace and reconciliation with God.... 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. J. C. Ryle soul would-be needs A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. J. C. Ryle eye grace men Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness. J. C. Ryle selfishness want christ One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world. J. C. Ryle soul kingdoms world Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. J. C. Ryle next important reading There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is abundance of hearing, reading, talking, professing, visiting, contributing to the poor and teaching at schools. But is there, together with all this, a due proportion of private prayer? Are believing men and women sufficiently careful to be frequently alone with God? J. C. Ryle prayer christian believe I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctified by the Holy Ghost, because we have picked up a few religious feelings. J. C. Ryle soul religious feelings The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God. J. C. Ryle seeds word-of-god preacher A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God J. C. Ryle law perfect thinking
