Excerpt from The Modern Whitfield: Sermons of the Rev. C. H, Spurgeon, of London
A burning and shining light has suddenly burst upon the moral world. At its first rising, many were doubtful of its source and power; but, in its early morning, it has already caught the eye of thousands, who 1630108 in its beams.
The preaching of Mr. Spurgeon in London is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the present times. The loftiest and humblest minds, the rich and the poor, the titled and the lowly, in uncounted crowds, throng the courts where he minis ters, listen with rapture to his glowing words; hundreds are pricked to the heart, and God is honored in the conversion of sinners and the joy of his people.
What is the secret Of the wonderful success attending the labors of a youth of twenty-two? Whence came he? Where was he trained for such service? Will he soon burn out and be forgotten? These are the earnest inquiries which a brief sketch Of his history will, in part at least, answer.
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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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