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

CONSISTENCY

Everything is holy to a holy man. To the pure all things are pure. GS289 He is not righteous who is not always righteous. GS289 Some men profess a great deal; but we must not believe any one unless we see that his deeds answer to what he says. ME266... Read More

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CONTENTION

Questions upon points wherein Scripture is silent; upon mysteries which belong to God alone; upon prophecies of doubtful interpretation; and upon mere modes of observing human ceremonials, are all foolish, and wise men avoid them. ME648... Read More

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CONTENTMENT

Now, contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated; it will not grow in us by nature; it is the new nature alone that can produce it, and even then we must be specially careful and watchful that we maintain and cultivate the grace which God has sown in u... Read More

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CONTRAST

For he that is of God doeth the works of God—his life is the work of God, it is a life which has much that is God-like about it, and he is upheld by the power of God, the ever blessed spirit. But the ungodly man’s life is very different—he lives for himself, he seeks his own pleasure, he hates all t... Read More

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CONVERSION

If the Saviour has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character. ME79 True religion is something more than correct opinions. A man may as well descend to hell being orthodox as heterodox. 827.474 Conversion is the myst... Read More

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CONVERSION -IN OLD AGE

I remember, too, the instance of a man who was converted by a sermon which he heard Mr. Flavel preach, and which was blessed to him eighty-three years after he had heard it, when he was at the age of ninety-eight. The Word came with power to his soul after all that interval of time. 3233.29... Read More

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CONVERSION -NEED FOR

The sea cannot rest because it is the sea, and the sinner cannot be quiet because he is a sinner. How could you, O natural unregenerate man, ever enter into the kingdom of heaven as you are? You are not capable of it; it is not possible to you. Holiness has in it no attractions for you, since you lo... Read More

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CONVERTS, NEW

Watch with ceaseless care over those new-born babes who are strong in desires, but strong in nothing else. CC6 Whether we teach young Christians truth or not, the devil will be sure to teach them error. CC9 Bad nursing in their spiritual infancy often causes converts to fall into a despondency from ... Read More

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COUNSEL

Dear me, what good advice some people can give! Advice is usually given gratis, and this is very proper, since in most cases that is its full value. 1426.424 I am often asked for advice, but I generally find that people have made up their minds long before they come to their minister, and only want ... Read More

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COUNSEL -FOR THE HUSBANDS

Happy is the man who is happy in his wife. Let him love her as he loves himself, and a little better, for she is his better half. PP91 When the king is abroad the queen must reign at home, and when he returns to his throne he is bound to look upon her as his crown, and prize her above gold and jewel... Read More

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COUNSEL -FOR THE WIVES

She is a wicked wife who drives her husband away by her long tongue. PT94 God save us all from wives who are angels in the streets, saints in the church, and devils at home. PT95 You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God’s fear, and minding the house... Read More

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COUNSEL -FOR THE YOUNG

Now, to my mind, it seems that a father’s experience is the best evidence that a young man can have of the truth of anything. GS46 That man is not worth hanging who does not love his mother. PP111 The third of Genesis reveals Ruin; the third of Romans teaches Redemption; the third of John sets forth... Read More

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COUNTERFEITS

Every precious thing in this world is sure to be counterfeited. 2157.422... Read More

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COURAGE

The weakest of minds are those which go forward because they are borne along by the throng; the truly strong are accustomed to stand alone, and are not cast down if they find themselves in a minority. DG31 Lambs become lions when the Lamb is slain. 1404.162... Read More

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COVENANTALISM

Oh that the church of God would cast off the old Jewish idea which still has such force around us, namely, that natural birth brings with it covenant privileges! 1925.569... Read More

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COVETOUSNESS

Of all dust the worst for the eyes is gold dust. PP61 Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, but covetousness wants all things. PP67 Misers never rest till they are put to bed with a shovel: they often get so wretched that they would hang themselves only they grudge themselves the expense of... Read More

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COWARDICE

A weak cause is afraid of even the feeblest adversary. MT20 Do not judge a man by any solitary word or act, for if you do you will surely mistake him. Cowards are occasionally brave, and the bravest men are sometimes cowards. 1340.111 Yet cowardice treads upon the heels of boasting: he that thinks h... Read More

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CREATIONISM

There is nothing said about long ages of time, but, on the contrary, “the evening and the morning were the first day”, and “the evening and the morning were the second day”, and so on. GF32 For our part, we find it far more easy to believe that the Lord made us than that we were developed by a long ... Read More

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CRITICISM

He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it. ME542 What we wish to see we shall see or think we see. Faults are always thick where love is thin. PT68 A very plain-spoken enemy may do us ten times more service than an indulgent friend. TN248 Remember, you ... Read More

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CROSS -ENEMIES OF

Mouths that spit on Jesus shall give me no kisses. Those who hate the doctrine of the atonement hate my life and soul, and I desire not their esteem. 1859.503 This is the old story of speculation against dogmatism. It is always the way: the adversaries of the cross of Christ assert nothing, but they... Read More

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