Historical Writings

  • Circumcision and Uncircumcision

    Circumcision and Uncircumcision (No. 3454) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1866. "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by love." Galatians 5:6. MAN appears to the most superficial observer to…

  • The Wandering Bird

    The Wandering Bird (No. 3453) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place." Proverbs 27:8. SOLOMON spoke from observation. He had seen certain persons of a vagrant kind…

  • Belief in the Resurrection

    Belief in the Resurrection (No. 3452) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870. "He is risen." Mark 16:6. OUR Lord always told His disciples that He would rise. They were astonished to hear that He would die at…

  • Grand Glorying

    Grand Glorying (No. 3451) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORDS-DAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1868. "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto…

  • Dangerous Lingering

    Dangerous Lingering (No. 3450) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He lingered." Genesis 19:16. LOT was highly favored. In the midst of a general destruction, angels were sent to take care of him. He had received a warning which many had not heard–and…

  • Buying the Truth

    Buying the Truth (No. 3449) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING JUNE 26, 1870 "Buy the truth, and sell it not." Proverbs 23:23. John Bunyan pictures the pilgrims as passing at one time through Vanity Fair, and in Vanity Fair…