The enduring value of the C.H. Spurgeon Autobiography lies in its record of God's grace. Through out these pages the Saviour stands above the servant. That Christ is worthy of a devotion and a service incomparably greater than any redeemed sinner can render is the supreme lesson of the book.
'In his heart', wrote Archibald Brown, 'Jesus stood unapproached, unrivalled. He worshipped Him; he adored Him. He was our Lord's delighted captive.' Whatever Spurgeon did he did it for Christ. None can read these pages without being indelibly impressed with the author's words, 'there is no time for serving the Lord like the very earliest days of youth.'
He was converted to Christ at the age of 16 and immediately began preaching. He preached in the streets and in the fields before he was 21. In his first church, he began with 100 members. It grew until he was preaching to 10,000 people in the Surrey Music Hall. His church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, seated 6,000 people. He withdrew from every movement among English Baptists which tended to criticize the Authorized Version 1611 in any way.
Before his death, he published more than 2,000 sermons and 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions.
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