J. C. Ryle Quotes


A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him. Such a one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach and work and give money, he will cry and sigh and pray.


Citations

Ryle, J. C. Practical Religion. William Hunt and Company, 1878, p. 165.

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See {583384} for a good example of the political intellectual process of zealots and ideologues.


In 1932 FDR was elected president by a desperate nation in the midst of the great depression. A month before the presidential inauguration an assassin attempted to murder the President-elect, but instead fatally shot the Mayor of Chicago who was talking with Roosevelt:


J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
  • Born: May 10, 1816
  • Died: June 10, 1900
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Charles Ryle was an English evangelical Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool.