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CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON

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ENGLISH BAPTIST CLERGYMAN & EDUCATOR

CHARLES H. SPURGEON June 19, 1834 - January 31, 1892 Charles H. Spurgeon was born in Kelvington, Essex, England. At age 15, in 1850, he became concerned about his spiritual need and was converted at a small Methodist chapel during a snowstorm. Only 4 years later, at age 19, he was called to be the pastor of London's largest Baptist congregation at the New Park Street Church that had once been pastored by John Gil. The crowds increased, quickly outgrowing the church, and they moved to Exeter Hall and then to Surrey Music Hall. In an age without sound amplification, he frequently spoke to crowds of 10-20,00. In 1861, the construction of a new church was completed, and the congregation moved into the new Metropolitan Tabernacle. The church, under Spurgeon's leadership, established a newspaper and the Stockwell Orphanage. Spurgeon also founded the Pastor's College in which hundreds were trained. He was a voracious reader, averaging 6 books a week and owning a library of 12,000 volumes. His sermons and writings fill 63 volumes.

CLICK ON THE CITATION TO VIEW THE ARTICLE "All Of Grace" "Here is my fountain, and here is my cup: find fault if you please; but do drink of the water of life." PART 1 PART 2 "The Death Of The Christian" There are four things we shall mark in the text. First, we shall consider that death is inevitable, because it says, "Thou shalt come." Secondly, that death is acceptable, because it does not read, "I will make thee go to thy grave," but "thou shalt come there." Thirdly, that death is always timely: "Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age." Fourthly, that death to the Christian is always honorable, for the promise declareth to him, "Thou shalt go to thy grave in full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." "For Whom Did Christ Die?" "In this verse the human race is described as a sick man, whose disease is so far advanced that he is altogether without strength: no power remains in his system to throw off his mortal malady, nor does he desire to do so; he could not save himself from his disease if he would, and would not if he could. I have no doubt that the apostle had in his eye the description of the helpless infant given by the prophet Ezekiel; it was an infant---an infant newly born-an infant deserted by its mother before the necessary offices of tenderness had been performed; left unwashed, unclothed, unfed, a prey to certain death under the most painful circumstances, forlorn, abandoned, hopeless." "The Immutability Of God" "There are three things this morning. First of all, an unchanging God; secondly, the persons who derive benefit from this glorious attribute, 'the sons of Jacob;' and thirdly, the benefit they so derive, they 'are not consumed.' We address ourselves to these points." "Infant Salvation" Now, let every mother and father here present know assuredly that it is well with the child, if God hath taken it away from you in its infant days. You never heard its declaration of faith, it was not capable of such a thing, it was not baptized into the Lord Jesus Christ, not buried with him in baptism; it was not capable of giving that 'answer of a good conscience towards God;' nevertheless, you may rest assured that it is well with the child, well in a higher and a better sense than it is well with yourselves; well without limitation, well without exception, well infinitely, 'well' eternally." "The Lord's Supper, Simple But Sublime" "This simple feast of the Lord's supper, consisting of the breaking and eating of bread, and the pouring forth and drinking of wine, has two objects upon its very surface. It is intended as a memorial of Christ, and it is intended as a showing or a manifestation of our faith in Christ, and of Christ's death, to others. These are the two objects: 'This do ye in remembrance of me:'; and 'Thus ye do shew the Lord's death till he come...'" "The Mustard Seed: A Sermon For The Sunday-School Teacher" "The parable may be understood to relate to our Lord Himself, who is the living seed. You know also how His church is the tree that springs from Him, and how greatly it grows and spreads its branches until it covers the earth. From the one man Christ Jesus, despised and rejected of men, slain and buried, and so hidden away from among men--from Him, I say, there arises a multitude which no one can number. These spread themselves, like some tree which grows by the rivers of waters, and they yielded both gracious shelter and spiritual food. I called it a great little parable, and so it is: it has a world of teaching within the smallest compass. The parable is itself like a grain of mustard seed, but its meanings are as a great tree." "The Parable Of The Lost Sheep" "But the text tells us there was more joy over that one lost sheep than over the ninety-and-nine that went not astray. Who are these just persons that need no repentance? Well, you should never explain a parable so as to make it run on four legs if it was only meant to go on two. There may not be such persons at all, and yet the parable may be strictly accurate. If all of us had been such persons, and had never needed repentance, we would not have given as much joy to the heart of Christ as one sinner does when he repents. But suppose it to mean you and I who have long ago repented—who have, in a certain sense, now no need of repentance, because we are justified men and women—we do not give so much JOY to the heart of God, for the time being, as a sinner does when he first returns to God. It is not that it is a good thing to go astray, or a bad thing to be kept from it." "Puritan Catechism" "I am persuaded that the use of a good Catechism in all our families will be a great safeguard against the increasing errors of the times, and therefore I have compiled this little manual from the Westminster Assembly's and Baptist Catechisms, for the use of my own church and congregation. Those who use it in their families or classes must labour to explain the sense; but the words should be carefully learned by heart, for they will be understood better as years pass."

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