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From his earliest years John Charles Ryle seemed destined for great things. Born in Macclesfield in 1816, the son of a wealthy banker, he later excelled at Eton College and at Oxford University, where he gained a first class degree. His mind was set on a career in politics, but God had greater plans forContinue reading “John Charles Ryle”

Alan MundenEarly in his ministry in Exbury the Rev. J. C. Ryle distributed tracts publishedby the Religious Tract Society. He bought them in bulk in Southampton anddistributed them to his parishioners. On leaving the parish he circulated hisfirst tract “A minister’s parting words to the inhabitants of Exbury”. In 1844soon after his appointment to HelminghamContinue reading “J. C. Ryle — ‘the Prince of Tract-writers’”

May 15th The habit of rising to the occasion That ye may know what is the hope of His calling … Eph. 1:18. Remember what you are saved for—that the Son of God might be manifested in your mortal flesh. Bend the whole energy of your powers to realize your election as a child ofContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

May 15 “Men see not the bright light which is in the clouds.”(Job 37:21) THE world owes much of its beauty to cloudland. The unchanging blue of the Italian sky hardly compensates for the changefulness and glory of the clouds. Earth would become a wilderness apart from their ministry. There are clouds in human, life,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

15 MAY (PREACHED 1770) The grand topics of heaven ‘And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elijah: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.’ Luke 9:30, 31SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Luke 9:28–36 If we had only heard that Moses and Elijah came downContinue reading “365 days with Newton”