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

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

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

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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)

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth upon the altar of peace.

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