Practical Religion
By J.C. Ryle
1977
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PRACTICAL RELIGION is like a clear and concise handbook for the true Christian, a trusted guide on how to live every day of your life rejoicing in faith, acting in love, being comforted in sickness and sorrowful circumstances, doing every good to others, and raising your eyes towards your eternal reward. Ryle's clear style makes this book unique and readable, profitable, and enjoyable by all sorts of believers - by scholars and farmers, by the rich and the poor, by the young and the old, by men and women. Once you will read this book first, it will become one of those you will feel the need to take it with you anywhere you go. John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) was an Anglican preacher and theologian, and an author of over 100 books and tracts, widely distributed during his lifetime and some time after his death. This book has been originally published in 1878. Current edition has been proofread, typeset for eBook readers, and updated for modern readers.
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J.C. Ryle
Author · 55 books
Ryle started his ministry as curate at the Chapel of Ease in Exbury, Hampshire, moving on to become rector of St Thomas', Winchester in 1843 and then rector of Helmingham, Suffolk the following year. While at Helmingham he married and was widowed twice. He began publishing popular tracts, and Matthew, Mark and Luke of his series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels were published in successive years (1856-1858). His final parish was Stradbroke, also in Suffolk, where he moved in 1861, and it was as vicar of All Saints that he became known nationally for his straightforward preaching and firm defence of evangelical principles. He wrote several well-known and still-in-print books, often addressing issues of contemporary relevance for the Church from a biblical standpoint. He completed his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels while at Stradbroke, with his work on the Gospel of John (1869). His third marriage, to Henrietta Amelia Clowes in 1861, lasted until her death in 1889.
