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
suffering miserable-person wealth
No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.
men miserable stranger
He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it.
cannot dares fear refuse trust
Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
positive perseverance life-changing
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
jesus may ifs
Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we go.
brought cheek facts native
When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.
prayer weight length
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length
prayer wheels providence
Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.
trying want scripture
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original
thinking light grace
The more grace we have, the less we shall think of ourselves, for grace, like light, reveals our impurity.
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves
sea highways
That which,like a sea, threatens to drown you- shall be a highway for your escape
moving grace firsts
True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes of a wheel move at once when the wheel moves, and so all the graces commence action when regeneration is wrought by the Holy Ghost. Repentance, however, there must be.