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
blessing yield clouds
This depression comes over me whenever the Lord is preparing a larger blessing for my ministry; the cloud is black before it breaks, and overshadows before it yields its deluge of mercy. Depression has now become to me as a prophet in rough clothing, a John the Baptist, heralding the nearer coming of my Lord's richer benison
hands yield doe
God does not need your strength: he has more than enough of power of his own. He asks your weakness: he has none of that himself, and he is longing, therefore, to take your weakness, and use it as the instrument in his own mighty hand. Will you not yield your weakness to him, and receive his strength?
brother wine yield
We must meditate, brothers. These grapes will yield no wine we tread upon it.
yield air oxygen
A mouthful of sea air, or a stiff walk in the wind's face would not give grace to the soul, but it would yield oxygen to the body, which is next best
anxiety empties empty strength today tomorrow
Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength
children furnace god puts sure
As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them
against believe cannot god seem
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem to be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
difficulty grandeur lives men owe tremendous
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties
business dead guided man outfit profits sentiment serves
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most who serves best" and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.
positive perseverance life-changing
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
cannot dares fear refuse trust
Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
doth experience hearing himself people unto
This thing comes to me, not by the hearing of the ear, but by my own personal experience: I know of a surety that Jesus manifests Himself unto His people as He doth not unto the world.
christians label might necks people round wear
There are some people who need to wear a label round their necks to show that they are Christians at all, or else we might mistake them for sinners, their actions are so like those of the ungodly.
apparent means minds power retain rome three
The three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution.