J.C. Ryle is an evangelical champion...One of the bravest and best of men.

Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His own shoulders.

The assurance of every truth of Scripture is just the beauty of it. First because He has promised to do it; and God's promises are bonds that never yet were dishonored. Secondly, because Christ Jesus hath taken an oath that He will do it.

It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, "Ready for either".

We cannot rely on ourselves, for we have learned by bitter experience the folly of self-confidence. We are compelled to look to the Lord alone. Blessed is the wind that drives the ship into the harbor. Blessed is the distress that forces us to rest in our God.