Shall We Know One Another and Other Papers

For J. C. Ryle (1816?1900) the question Shall We Know One Another? was a heartfelt inquiry of one who buried three wives. His first wife, Matilda, died after less than two years marriage, when he was thirty-one. Two-and-a-half years later, he married his second wife, Jessie, only to lay her in the grave within ten years. His third wife, Henrietta, died after twenty-seven years of holy matrimony, when he was seventy-two. Well could he write, ?The closest relation on earth?the marriage bond?has an end.?

The Other Papers of this volume reveal both the narrow lens and broad scope of a biblical worldview. From planet Earth to Christian contentment, and from Nero?s household to words for women, a wide spectrum is considered?all grounded in holy Scripture?all centered in Christ.