Sermons & Devotionals by C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) 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 newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.

C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

CATHOLICISM

We must warn with judicious boldness those who are inclined towards the errors of Rome; we must instruct the young in gospel truth, and tell them of the black doings of Popery in the olden times. ME301 The thick pollutions of thine abominable church forbid the idea of descent from any apostle but th... Read More

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CHANGE

Make as few changes as you can; trees often transplanted bear little fruit. If you have difficulties in one place you will have them in another; if you move because it is damp in the valley, you may find it cold on the hill. Where will the ass go that he will not have to work? Where can a cow live a... Read More

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CHARISMATIC CORRECTION

Certain people are always on the look out for wonders and if they don’t see them they invent them. PT148 If I were to see all the devils in hell, I should not think myself damned because of that, and if you have seen all the angels in heaven, you must not think you are saved because of that. 653.560... Read More

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CHASTISEMENT

The chastening must answer its purpose, or it cannot be brought to an end. Who would desire to see the gold taken out of the fire before its dross is consumed? Wait, O precious thing, till thou hast gained the utmost of purity! AP116 God had one Son without sin, but not a single child without the ro... Read More

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CHILDLESSNESS

Do not be in a hurry to change your trials, dear friends. We have heard of some who have repined that they had no children, and, like Rachel, their cry was, “Give me children, or else I die.” Ere long they have had children who proved to be far worse than none. Better no son than an Absalom. 987.231... Read More

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CHILDREN

Children are a charge always; a comfort sometimes. 1194.532... Read More

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CHILDREN - CATECHISING

For my part, I am more and more persuaded that the study of a good Scriptural catechism is of infinite value to our children, and I shall see that it is reprinted as cheaply as possible for your use. Even if the youngsters do not understand all the questions and answers in the “Westminster Assembly’... Read More

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CHILDREN -CONVERSION OF

We are not among those who are suspicious of youthful piety: we could never see more reason for such suspicions in the case of the young than in the case of those who repent later in life. Of the two we think the latter are more to be questioned than the former: for a selfish fear of punishment and ... Read More

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CHILDREN -DEATH OF

We know that infants enter the kingdom, for we are convinced that all of our race who die in infancy are included in the election of grace, and partake in the redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus. Whatever some may think, we believe that the whole spirit and tone of the word of God, as well as t... Read More

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CHILDREN -DEDICATION OF

I hope many of us, so soon as our children saw the light, if not before, presented them to God with this anxious prayer, that they might sooner die than live to disgrace their father’s God. We only desired children that we might in them live over again another life of service to God; and when we loo... Read More

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CHILDREN -LOST

There cannot be tears in heaven; but if there might, the celestials would look over the bulwarks of the new Jerusalem and weep their fill at the sight of their children in the flames of hell, for ever condemned, for ever shut out from hope. What if those to whom we gave being should be weeping and g... Read More

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CHILDREN -REBELLIOUS

To bury a child is a great grief, but to have that child live and sin against you is ten times worse. 673.69 No cross is so heavy to carry as a living cross. Next to a woman who is bound to an ungodly husband, or a man who is unequally yoked with a graceless wife, I pity the father whose children ar... Read More

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CHILDREN -SIN IN

Very well, I am willing to look at children, and I am unwilling that any should say a word that is harsh or severe against children’s nature; but I will say that any man who declares children to be born perfect never was a father; for if he would only watch his own child, not merely when that child ... Read More

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CHILDREN -TEACHING

Do not leave your children to wander out without the guardianship of holy knowledge, for there are seducers abroad who will mislead them if they can. AM172 The voices of childhood echo throughout life. The first learned is generally the last forgotten. CC47 Do not hesitate to tell the child his ruin... Read More

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CHILDREN -TRAINING

An ounce of obedience is better than a ton of learning. CC78 You are twisting the sapling, and the old oak will be bent thereby. CC94 To be snatched out of the vortex of vice is cause for great gratitude, but to have been kept out of it is better. GS213 Prevention is better than cure, and grace give... Read More

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CHRISTIANITY

No confined holiness—that is superstition; universal holiness—that is Christianity; not the bowls upon the altar holy—that is Judaism; but the bells upon the horses holy—that is true living godliness and vital Christianity. 399.413 There is a great difference between nominal Christianity and real Ch... Read More

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CHRISTLIKENESS

A man is made by that which he feeds upon, and for the best manhood you need the best food. As certain silk-worms have their silk coloured by the leaves on which they feed, so if we were to feed on Christ, and nothing else but Christ, we should become pure, holy, lowly, meek, gentle, humble; in a wo... Read More

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CHRISTMAS

I hold it to be one of the greatest absurdities under heaven to think that there is any religion in keeping Christmas-day. 57.25 We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not bel... Read More

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CHURCH

The cold water of persecution is often thrown on the church’s face to fetch her to herself when she is in a swoon of indolence or pride. FA163 A church is a soul-saving company or it is nothing. GF46 The elect church is saved that she may save, cleansed that she may cleanse, blessed that she may ble... Read More

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CHURCH -ATTENDANCE

Never neglect the means of grace; God may bless us when we are not in His house, but we have the greater reason to hope that He will when we are in communion with His saints. ME691 It is an improvement certainly when we see others regular in coming twice, and some who drop in on week nights to the l... Read More

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