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I believe that the want of our age is not more "free" handling of the Bible, but more "reverent" handling, more humility, more patient study, and more prayer.

— J. C. Ryle Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865)

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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven,—the crucified Son of God.

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865)

All the sciences in the world never smoothed down a dying pillow. No earthly philosophy ever supplied hope in death.

Startling Questions (1853)

The heart is the part of man which God chiefly notices in religion.

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

When does the building of the Spirit really begin to appear in a man's heart? It begins, so far as we can judge, when he first pours out his heart to God in prayer.

Home Truths (1859)

The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.

A Call to Prayer (1867)

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