Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 10 The prevailing theme seems to be the oppression and persecution of the wicked, we will, therefore, for our own guidance, entitle it, THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED. DIVISION. The first verse, in an exclamation of surprise, explains the intent of the Psalm, namel... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 11 SUBJECT. Charles Simeon gives an excellent summary of this Psalm in the following sentences: "The Psalms are a rich repository of experimental knowledge. David, at the different periods of his life, was placed in almost every situation in which a believer,... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 12 TITLE. This Psalm is headed "To the Chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David," which title is identical with that of the sixth Psalm, therefore refer the reader to our remarks on the dedication of Psalm 6. We may read this song of complaining faith ... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 13 OCCASION. The Psalm cannot be referred to any especial event or period in David's history. All attempts to find it a birthplace are but guesses. It was, doubtless, more than once the language of that much tried man of God, and is intended to express the fe... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 14 TITLE. This admirable ode is simply headed, "To the Chief Musician, by David." The dedication to the Chief Musician stands at the head of fifty-three of the Psalms, and clearly indicates that such psalms were intended, not merely for the private use of bel... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 15 SUBJECT, etc. This Psalm of David bears no dedicatory title at all indicative of the occasion upon which it was written; but it is exceedingly probable that, together with the twenty-fourth Psalm, to which it bears a striking resemblance, its composition w... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 16 TITLE. Michtam of David. This is usually understood to mean THE GOLDEN PSALM, and such a title is most appropriate, for the matter is as the most fine gold. Ainsworth calls it "David's jewel, or notable song." Dr. Hawker, who is always alive to passages fu... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 17 TITLE and SUBJECT. A prayer of David. David would not have been a man after God's own heart, if he had not been a man of prayer . He was a master in the sacred are of supplication. He flies to prayer in all times of need, as a pilot speeds to the harbor in... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 18 TITLE. "To the Chief Musician a Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul." We have another form of this Psalm,... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 19 SUBJECT. It would be idle to inquire into the particular period when this delightful poem was composed, for there is nothing in its title or subject to assist us in the inquiry. The heading, "To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David," informs us that David ... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 20 SUBJECT. We have before us a National Anthem, fitted to be sung at the outbreak of war, when the monarch was girding on his sword for the fight. If David had not been vexed with wars, we might never have been favored with such psalms as this. There is a ne... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 21 SUBJECT. The title gives us but little information; it is simply, To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David . Probably written by David, sung by David, relating to David, and intended by David to refer in its fullest reach of meaning to David's Lord . It is ... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 22 TITLE. "To the chief Musician. To the tune, "The Hind of the morning". A Psalm of David." This ode of singular excellence was committed to the most excellent of the temple songsters; the chief among ten thousand is worthy to be extolled by the chief Musici... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
The Treasury of David
The Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 23 Verse 1. "The Lord is my shepherd." What condescension is this, that the infinite Lord assumes towards his people the office and character of a Shepherd! It should be the subject of grateful admiration that the great God allows himself to be compared t... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 24 TITLE. A Psalm of David. From the title we learn nothing but the authorship. This is interesting and leads us to observe the wondrous operations of the Spirit upon the mind of Israel's sweet singer, enabling him to touch the mournful string in Psalm twenty... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 25 TITLE. A Psalm of David. David is pictured in this Psalm as in a faithful picture. His holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so that we see the very heart of "the man after God... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 26 TITLE. A Psalm of David. The sweet singer of Israel appears before us in this Psalm as one enduring reproach. In this he was the type of the great Son of David, and is an encouraging example to us to carry the burden of slander to the throne of grace . It ... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Preface To Volume 2, Psalms 27-52
Preface to Volume 2, Psalms 27-52 Greatly encouraged by the generous reception given my first volume, I labored diligently and am now able to present the second installment of work. Whether life and health will be given to complete my task, which probably extend to six volumes, remains with our grac... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 27 TITLE AND SUBJECT. Nothing whatever can be drawn from the title as to the time when this Psalm was written, for the heading, "A Psalm of David," is common to so many of the Psalms; but if one may judge from the matter of the song, the writer was pursued by... Read More
Charles Spurgeon
Treasury of David
Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 28 TITLE AND SUBJECT. Again, the title "A Psalm of David," is too general to give us any clue to the occasion on which it was written. Its position, as following the twenty-seventh, seems to have been designed, for it is a most suitable sequel to it. It is an... Read More
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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.