His Sermons roused a sleeping Church — J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)

Posted on June 11, 2019 
Filed under Encouragement, History, People

“At the age of 64, after thirty-six years in rural parishes, when most people are ready to retire, he was called to be the first bishop of Liverpool. So he moved from parishes of 300 and 1,300 to a city of over 700,000 with all the urban problems he had never met face-to-face. He served in this post for twenty years, until two months before his death on June 10, 1900, at the age of 84.”

– John Piper pens a portrait of Bishop J. C. Ryle.

Wonderful encouragement for the start of the working week.