The loss of a soul is the heaviest loss that can befall a man. The worst and most painful of diseases - the most distressing bankruptcy of fortune - the most disastrous shipwrecks - are a mere scratch of a pin compared to the loss of a soul. All other losses are bearable, or but for a short time, but the loss of a soul is for evermore. It is to lose God, and Christ, and heaven, and glory, and happiness, to all eternity. It is to be cast away forever, helpless and hopeless in hell.
~ J.C. Ryle
(from J.C. Ryle Quotes)
How The Dutch Reformed Lost The Psalms
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The king’s arbitrary actions roused very little public dissent. Most clergy
were happy to get paid regularly again and their parishioners welcomed the
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