"All these continued in common agreement in prayer and supplication." Acts 1:14.
In all churches that are not fully bound and bound by liturgies and rituals, it has been common to hold meetings for social prayer.
We call them prayer meetings.
Now, it may be profitable, from time to time, to look at some of our institutions, see if they are scriptural to realize their defects, see in what sense they can be improved or observe their merits so that we can be further induced to carry them .
The subject of this message was suggested by the fact that we will meet for a day of prayer tomorrow, it is the prayer meetings assemblies of the people of God for worship of this peculiar kind that consists of each expressing his desire before the Lord. Let me share with you this message
C.H. Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Spurgeon quickly became known as one of the most influential preachers of his time. Well known for his biblical powerful expositions of scripture and oratory ability. In modern evangelical circles he is stated to be the "Prince of Preachers." He pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle in downtown London, England.His church was part of a particular baptist church movement and they defended and preached Christ and Him crucified and the purity of the Gospel message. Spurgeon never gave altar calls but always extended the invitation to come to Christ. He was a faithful minister in his time that glorified God and brought many to the living Christ.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian John Gill).
The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000 - all in the days before electronic amplification.
In 1861 the congregation moved permanently to the new Metropolitan Tabernacle.
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