A unique insight into the history of the Metropolitan Tabernacle detailing its struggles in times of persecution, the lives of its earliest pastors and a snapshot of the immense activity that supported the renowned preaching ministry of C. H. Spurgeon. Told with Spurgeon’s characteristic humour and peppered with pointed anecdotes, this work should be read by all Christians as a means of inspiring renewed commitment and service, such as was once the standard in the churches of our predecessors.
Other editions omit the final chapters; this edition is complete and includes the numerous pictures in the original book.
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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