Historical Writings

  • Departed Saints Yet Living

    Departed Saints Yet Living (No. 1863) SUGGESTED BY THE DECEASE OF THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1885, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord, 'the God of Abraham, the…

  • The Lowly King

    The Lowly King (No. 1861) Delivered on Thursday Evening, June 25th, 1885, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the [15]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the…

  • “Behold, He Prays”

    "Behold, He Prays" (No. 1860) A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1885, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus, for, behold, he prays." Acts 9:11. THESE words are the hallmark of genuine conversion. "Behold, he prays" is a surer…

  • The Cross Our Glory

    The Cross Our Glory (No. 1859) A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1885, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "But God forbid that I should glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Galatians 6:14….

  • God Our Continual Resort

    God Our Continual Resort (No. 1858) A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1885, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Be You my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort." Psalm 71:3. DAVID, in his younger days, had been obliged to hide himself away with his followers in the great caverns…