Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Charles HaddonSpurgeonwas a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1834
care safe danger
The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.
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A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.
sympathy christian duty
Sympathy is especially a Christian duty.
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Good thoughts are blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed, and much sought after. Like rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up in the jar of memory.
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Great faith must have great trials.
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When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.
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Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.
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Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling.
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It needs more skill than I can tell To play the second fiddle well.
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The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.
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For a successful season of prayer, the best beginning is confession.
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When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.
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When the heart is full of joy, it always allows its joy to escape. It is like the fountain in the marketplace; whenever it is full it runs away in streams, and so soon as it ceases to overflow, you may be quite sure that it has ceased to be full. The only full heart is the overflowing heart.
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You need not to know much about Heaven-it is where Christ is, and that is Heaven enough for us.