Historical Writings

  • The Star and the Wise Men

    The Star and the Wise Men (No. 1698) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, December 24th, 1882, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the [1]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is…

  • The Word of a King

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON. AT THE OPENING OF A NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL, TRINITY ROAD, UPPER TOOTING. "Where the word of a king is, there is power." Ecclesiastes 8:4. KINGS in Solomon's day had a vast amount of power, for their word was absolute. They did according to their own will and none could check…

  • The Bird Escaped from the Snare

    DELIVERED AT THE THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped." Psalm 124:7. THIS text describes a soul-matter. The Psalmist is not speaking of a temporal deliverance, although, even…

  • The Orphan’s Father

    DELIVERED AT THE THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "For in You the fatherless finds mercy." Hosea 14:3. THE Lord God of Israel, the one only living and true God, has this for a special mark of His Character, that in Him the fatherless finds mercy. "A Father of…

  • The Use of the Bow

    DELIVERED AT THE THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher)." 2 Samuel 1:17,18 THE…