It was after the Sunday evening service and Ken, one of the elders of the church, was visiting with me in the local diner. He had been sharing with me the horrors of a division that had taken place in the church during the past months that had resulted in the pastor resigning and the congregation be... Read More
Being the substance of a discourse preached in the parish church of St. Ann, Black-friars; on Sunday, Apri1 29, 1770 This sermon was first preached at St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, April 22. Some persons then present, to whose judgment and request I pay the highest deference, desired me to retrieve as... Read More
A sermon (No. 849) delivered on Lord's Day morning, January 10th, 1869, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. "All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits."----Proverbs 16:2. During the last two years some of the most notable commercial ... Read More
A Sermon (No. 2073) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, March 3rd, 1889, C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ."--Acts 20:21 This was the practical drift of Paul's tea... Read More
A Sermon (No. 3278) Published on Thursday, November 30th, 1911, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On Thursday Evening, January, 11th, 1866. "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."--Psalm 51:7. I DARESAY you have most of you heard of a little book which an ol... Read More
"I looked... behold, a door was opened in heaven. .. and, behold a throne... and... I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment... and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God" (Revelation 4.1-5). The language of the text is figu... Read More
I print the Psalms as poetry; they are so in Hebrew. G.V.W. [Publisher's note: In Present Testimony the Psalms are rendered in full as the Authorised Version, here only the notes are reproduced.] First Book (Pss. 1 - 51) "The faithful are looked at as not yet driven out from Jerusalem; hence covenan... Read More
Psalms 32, 51. A man may stand for himself, and not for God, and then he finds all God's power against him; or he may stand for God, and then God's power is with him. This you see in Psalm 32. But sometimes a man will choose to renounce self, and to get into God's circumstances. Then comes the quest... Read More
We sing so many songs about joy. We sing songs like "Joy Unspeakable" and "Let The Joy Overflow" and "Joy To The World". We sing, "The windows of heaven are open, the blessings are falling tonight. There's joy, joy, joy in my heart since Jesus made everything right" (The Windows of Heaven) and "Floo... Read More
Does the Holy Spirit love us? There can be but one answer to this question. Yes! He does. As truly as the Father loves us, as truly as the Son loves us, so truly does the Spirit love us. The grace or free love which a sinner needs, and which has been revealed and sealed to us through the Seed of the... Read More
If Only
A Caveat Against Unsound Doctrines
Sermon 849 - Unsound Spiritual Trading
Sermon 2073 - Two Essential Things
Sermon 3278 - The Wordless Book
Heart Purity
A Study of the Psalms: Part 2
The Condition of Blessing
Joy
The Gospel of the Holy Spirit's Love