Charles Spurgeon • Feb 23, 1873
IN THE case which is particularly mentioned in this chapter, the nation of Israel had very grievously gone astray and therefore they were visited by a very remarkable chastisement. An unusual plague of locusts devoured all the fruit of the field and the people…
Charles Spurgeon • Sep 1, 1878
IN most places the seasons in the church are the reverse of those of nature. Our wintry season generally comes when our hearers are busy in the fields or resting in their summer retreats and our harvest time for the ingathering of souls comes to us in the wint…
Charles Spurgeon • Mar 24, 1867
THE sight of this vast arena, and of this crowded assembly, reminds me of other spectacles which, in days happily long past, were seen in the amphitheatres of the old Roman Empire. Around, tier upon tier, were the assembled multitudes, with their cruel eyes an…
Charles Spurgeon • Mar 12, 1914
THIS question was addressed to certain holy women who came early to the sepulcher, bringing with them the spices which they had prepared for embalming the body of our Lord. They were met by angels who reminded them that their Lord had promised to rise again, t…
Charles Spurgeon • Nov 15, 1891
JOHN was the beloved disciple, the choicest spirit of the twelve, the one nearest to the heart of Christ. Not only was he that disciple whom Jesus loved, but he was full of love to his Lord in return.
Charles Spurgeon • Feb 26, 1882
I EARNESTLY wished to pursue the story of our Savior’s trials previous to His crucifixion, but when I sat down to study the subject I found myself altogether incapable of the exercise. “When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me.” My emotions grew…
Charles Spurgeon • May 26, 1889
THE apostle tells us, in the eighth verse, that the Gospel was preached to Abraham. Very briefly, very tersely, but very fully was the Gospel proclaimed to him in those words, “In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” The true Gospel is no new thin…
Charles Spurgeon • Jan 19, 1890
THE facts are these. At the time when certain of the Jews returned with Nehemiah to Jerusalem, many of them were in very straitened circumstances, and contrary to the Jewish law, the richer Jews lent them money charging usurious interest amounting to the hundr…
Charles Spurgeon
IT is most delightful to see how familiarly our Lord Jesus talked with His disciples. He was very great, and yet He was among them as one that serves; He was very wise, but He was gentle as a nurse with her children; He was very holy, and far above their sinfu…
Charles Spurgeon • Jul 15, 1915
Men generally venerate antiquity. It were hard to say which has the stronger power over the human mind—antiquity or novelty. While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. Anything new has at least one attraction. Restles…
Charles Spurgeon • May 3, 1917
A FEW reflections will be sure to cross the mind of any thoughtful reader of this narrative.
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 26, 1885
AT this season we are called upon to think of foreign missions. As members of the Baptist Missionary Society we are in happy and hopeful circumstances. God is smiling upon the work both at home and abroad, and is raising up men whose hearts are in the cause. L…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 22, 1866
GOD’S great remedy for man’s ruin of man is the sacrifice of His dear Son. He proclaims to the sons of men that only by the atonement of Jesus can they be reconciled unto Himself. In order that this remedy should be of any use to any man he must receive it by…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 19, 1906
THE race of Ephraim is not extinct. Men are to this very day very much like what they were in the days of the prophets. The same rebukes are still suitable, as well as the same comforts. As man has altered very little, if at all, in his outward bodily conforma…
Charles Spurgeon
IT is the business of the prophet of God and of the minister of Christ to seek comfort for those who are in distress. “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.” It is a part of our calling to seek, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter…
Charles Spurgeon
ELIHU perceived the great ones of the earth oppressing the needy, and he traced their domineering tyranny to their forgetfulness of God, “None says, Where is God my maker?” Surely, had they thought of God they could not have acted so unjustly. Worse still, if…
Charles Spurgeon • May 15, 1913
WHEN we wish to recommend a physician to a friend who is very ill, we are in the habit of mentioning certain cures which he has wrought. And when we can produce several astonishing instances, we feel that we are going the right way to work to convince the judg…
Charles Spurgeon • Jun 20, 1897
ONE likes to know how a great commander feels before a battle. What is his state of mind and how does he look forward to tomorrow’s struggle? While yet the balances are trembling, how does he act?
Charles Spurgeon • Aug 24, 1916
SUCH words could hardly have been spoken at such a time by our Lord Jesus Christ without some deep significance. Let us, then, reverently inquire into their meaning. What thoughts were those that stirred in His own breast? What lessons did He convey to His bel…
Charles Spurgeon • Sep 4, 1879
SOME of you cannot say this and you ought to be very thankful that you are not obliged to do so.
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 7, 1878
WE frequently meet with persons who tell us that they cannot find peace with God. They have been bidden to believe in the Lord Jesus, but they misunderstand the command and while they think they are obeying it, they are really unbelievers and therefore they mi…
Charles Spurgeon • Aug 15, 1897
IF you read this Psalm through, you will notice that when David wrote it, he had been pestered and troubled by certain ungodly men who had made a mock of that which was his greatest delight. They had turned his glory into shame, and had proved that they loved…
Charles Spurgeon
THIS is a part of the necessary qualification of a priest. Under the old Law there were priests who were taken from among men in order that they might speak to God for men and might speak to men for God. They were taken from among men, not from among angels, a…
Charles Spurgeon • Jul 23, 1899
PRUDENT men look before them to see the result of their actions. Their eyes look right on, beyond the present to the future. They look before they leap. It is only the foolish man who goes blindly on, till at last he stumbles and has a desperate and probably f…