Historical Writings

  • The Overflowing Cup

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "My cup runs o ver." Psalm 23:5. THE Psalm culminates in this expression. The poet can mount no higher. He has endeavored to express the blessedness of his condition, in having the Lord for his Shepherd, but after all his efforts, he is conscious of…

  • The Sieve

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Not everyone that says unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in Heaven." Matthew 7:21. IN reading this chapter one is led to feel that it is not, after all,…

  • Immeasurable Love

    A Sermon (No. 1850) Intended for reading on Lord's-Day, July 26th, 1885, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At [14]the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On the evening of June 7th, 1885 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."–John 3:16…

  • The Horns of the Altar

    A Sermon (No. 1826) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At [8]the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On March 23rd, 1884, "And he said, Nay; but I will die here."–1 Kings 2:30 WE MUST tell you the story. Solomon was to be the king after David, but his elder brother, Adonijah, was preferred by Joab, the captain of…

  • Cheering Congratulation

    Cheering Congratulation (No. 3563) A SERMON DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Blessed is he who transgression is forgiven; whose sin is covered." Psalm 32:1. MEN have, all of them, their own ideals of blessedness. Those ideals are often altogether contrary to the sayings which our Savior uttered in His Sermon…

  • Peter Walking on the Sea

    Peter Walking on the Sea (No. 3562) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it is You, bid me come unto You on the water. And He said, Come. And when Peter was come down out…