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  PRACTICAL RELIGION - SELF-INQUIRY (PART 7)
  by J.C. Ryle
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Let me now conclude with a few words of practical application.

(a) Is any reader of this paper asleep and utterly thoughtless about
Christianity?

Oh, awake and sleep no more! Look at the churchyards and cemeteries. One
by one the people around you are dropping into them, and you must lie
there one day. Look forward to a world to come, and lay your hand on
your heart, and say, if you dare, that you ready to die and meet God.
Ah! You are like one sleeping in a boat drifting down the stream towards
the falls of Niagara! \"What meanest thou, oh sleeper! Arise and call on
thy God!\"--\"Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give you light!\"\" (Jonah 1:6; Ephesians 5:14).

(b) Is any reader of this paper feeling self-condemned, and afraid that
there is no hope for his soul?

Cast aside your fears, and accept the offer of our Lord Jesus Christ to
sinners. Hear Him saying, \"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\" (Matthew 11:28). \"If any man
thirst, let him come unto me and drink.\" (John 7:37). Him that cometh
unto me I will in no wise cast out.\" (John 6:37).

Doubt not that these words are for you as well as for anyone else. Bring
all your sins, and unbelief, and sense of guilt, and unfitness, and
doubts, and infirmities--bring all to Christ. \"This man receiveth
sinners,\" and He will receive you (Luke 15:2). Do not stand still,
wavering between two opinions, and waiting for a convenient season. On
your feet! He\\

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