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# There is no middle course
- URL: https://www.theholyfight.com/there-is-no-middle-course/
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:06:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T21:06:46.000Z
- Description: J. C. Ryle, Holiness
- Author: Sean Catlett
- Tags: Library, J. C. Ryle

> You must either rule or serve sin, and the devil, and the world. There is no middle course. You must either conquer or be lost.

**J. C. Ryle**, *Holiness* (1879)

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J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) was the first Anglican Bishop of Liverpool. *Holiness* is his best-known book.

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