Conference Talk: Life and Ministry of J.C. Ryle – Part 1
A Faithful Minister In the “Liverpool Review” dated 21st November 1885, the following was written: “Dr Ryle is simply about the most disastrous episcopal failure ever inflicted upon a long-suffering diocese… he is nothing better than a political fossil.” In 1887, another newspaper wrote: “His name will stink in history”. Despite these unfavourable views, J.C. Ryle was unashamed of his evangelical stand and love for Reformed theology and the Puritans. A minister under Ryle’s leadership testified: “He was great in…