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    Eternal Life: With an Essay on Eternity By John Charles Ryle
    Eternal Life: With an Essay on Eternity By John Charles Ryle
    Eternal Life: With an Essay on Eternity By John Charles Ryle
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    Eternal Life: With an Essay on Eternity By John Charles Ryle

    By Henry Drummond and John Charles Ryle

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    “Eternal Life” is a 1896 treatise by Scottish writer Henry Drummond on the subject of eternal life, with reference to Christianity and contemporary science. Rev Prof Henry Drummond (1851–1897) was a Scottish biologist, evangelist, lecturer, and writer. He had an incredible religious influence on his own generation, and his sermon "The Greatest Thing in the World" is still popular within Christian circles. Other notable works by this author include: “Natural Law in the Spiritual World” (1883), “Tropical Africa” (1888), and “The Greatest Thing in the World: an Address” (1890). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with an essay on eternity by John Charles Ryle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Press
    Release dateOct 11, 2019
    ISBN9781528787994
    Eternal Life: With an Essay on Eternity By John Charles Ryle

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      Eternal Life - Henry Drummond

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      ETERNAL LIFE

      With an Essay on

      Eternity

      By John Charles Ryle

      By

      HENRY DRUMMOND

      First published in 1896

      This edition published by Read Books Ltd.

      Copyright © 2019 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available

      from the British Library

      Contents

      ETERNITY

      ETERNAL LIFE

      ETERNITY

      An Extract from Practical Religion By John Charles Ryle

      "The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

      —2 Cor. iv. 18.

      A subject stands out on the face of this text which is one of the most solemn and heart-searching in the Bible. That subject is eternity.

      The subject is one of which the wisest man can only take in a little. We have no eyes to see it fully, no line to fathom it, no mind to grasp it; and yet we must not refuse to consider it. There are star-depths in the heavens above us, which the most powerful telescope cannot pierce; yet it is well to look into them and learn something, if we cannot learn everything. There are heights and depths about the subject of eternity which mortal man can never comprehend; but God has spoken of it, and we have no right to turn away from it altogether.

      The subject is one which we must never approach without the Bible in our hands. The moment we depart from God's Word written, in considering eternity and the future state of man, we are likely to fall into error. In examining points like these we have nothing to do with preconceived notions as to what is God's character, and what we think God ought to be, or ought to do with man after death. We have only to find out what is written. What saith the Scripture? What saith the Lord? It is wild work to tell us that we ought to have noble thoughts about God, independent of, and over and above, Scripture. Natural religion soon comes to a standstill here. The noblest thoughts about God which we have a right to hold are the thoughts which He has been pleased to reveal to us in His written Word.

      I ask the attention of all into whose hands this paper may fall, while I offer a few suggestive thoughts about eternity. As a mortal man I feel deeply my own insufficiency to handle this subject. But I pray that God the Holy Ghost, whose strength is made perfect in weakness, may bless the words I speak, and make them seeds of eternal life in many minds.

      I.

      The first thought which I commend to the attention of my readers is this:—We live in a world where all things are temporal and passing away.

      That man must be blind indeed who cannot realize this. Everything around us is decaying, dying, and coming to an end. There is a sense no doubt in which matter is eternal. Once created, it will never entirely perish. But in a popular practical sense, there is nothing undying about us except our souls. No wonder the poet says:—

      "Change and decay in all around I see:

      O Thou that changest not, abide with me!"

      We are all going, going, going, whether high or low, gentle or simple, rich or poor, old or young. We are all going, and shall soon be gone.

      Beauty is only temporal. Sarah was once the fairest of women, and the admiration of the Court of Egypt; yet a day came when even Abraham, her husband, said, Let me bury my dead out of my sight. (Gen. xxiii. 4.)—Strength of body is only temporal. David was once a mighty man of valour, the slayer of the lion and the bear, and the champion of Israel against Goliath; yet a day came when even David had to be nursed and ministered to in his old age like a child.—Wisdom and power of brain are only temporal. Solomon was once a prodigy of knowledge, and all the kings of the earth came to hear his wisdom; yet even Solomon in his latter days played the fool exceedingly, and allowed his wives to turn away his heart. (1 Kings xi. 2.)

      Humbling and painful as these truths may sound, it is good for us all to realize them and lay them to heart. The houses we live in,

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