Historical Writings

  • “Prisoners of Hope”

    "Prisoners of Hope" (No. 2839) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JULY 12, 1903. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1877. "As for you also, by the blood ofyour covenant Have sent forth your prisoner out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you…

  • God’s Glory in Hiding Sin

    God's Glory in Hiding Sin (No. 2838) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JULY 5, 1903. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1877. "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter." Proverbs…

  • Prayerful Importunity

    Prayerful Importunity (No. 2836) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JUNE 21, 1903. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERSHAM BAPTIST CHAPEL, IN NOVEMBER, 1857. "And shall not God avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him, though He bears long with them?" Luke 18:7. YOU remember…

  • Patients for the Great Physician

    Patients for the Great Physician (No. 2835) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON HOSPITAL SUNDAY. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1863. "And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick." Luke 5:31. IF you had never…

  • Conceit Rebuked

    Conceit Rebuked (No. 2834) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JUNE 17, 1903. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1877. "Should it be according to your mind?" Job 34:33. ELIHU thought that Job had spoken too boastfully and that there was too much of self…