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
encouraged god great heaven people permission throne time
You and I, the people of God, have permission to come before the throne of Heaven at any time we will, and we are encouraged to come there with great boldness.
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I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.
none stranded suffer
What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.
carnal experience lived
We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.
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To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it - this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.
despise leading opportunity
To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.
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Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.
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The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.
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Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.
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One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.
forget forgiven hour life perfect shall within
Oh, hour of forgiven sin, moment of perfect pardon, our soul shall never forget you while, within you, life and being find immortality!
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Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.
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Conversion is a change of masters. Will we not do as much for our new master, the Lord Jesus, as we did once for our old tyrant lusts?
cannot till vital
We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with Him; and we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it.