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
prayer heart hands
Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer.
christ ifs
You cannot have Christ, if you will not serve Him.
children should-have fatherhood
Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.
giving grace raw-materials
Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do get them saved, they will shake the very gates of Hell!
gratitude prayer children
When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.
prayer opportunity would-be
We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.
library study christ
Above all I commend the study of Christ. Let Him be your library.
strong men world
Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your poverty when the Lord God is your helper. Show the strong man how strong you are in your weakness when underneath you are the everlasting arms.
patience patient should
The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.
men long alive
As long as a man is alive and out of hell, he cannot have any cause to complain.
scripture wounds
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.
flavor salt doe
As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.
soul grace doe
The grace that does not change my life will not save my soul.
years murmuring praying
Ten minutes praying is better than a year's murmuring.