Historical Writings

  • Notes of a Sermon

    PREACHED BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF INVALID LADIES AT MENTONE, BY C. H. SPURGEON, Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.'John 11:3. THAT DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED is not at all backward to record that Jesus loved Lazarus too: there are no jealousies among those who are chosen by the Well-beloved. Jesus loved Mary, and…

  • A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit." 1 Samuel 1:15. The special cause of Hannah's sorrow arose from the institution of polygamy, which, although it was tolerated under the old Law, is always exhibited to us in…

  • The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

    Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington My soul doth magnify the Lord.'Luke 1:46. MARY HAD RECEIVED a wonderful intimation from heaven of which she herself scarcely understood the full length and breadth. Her faith had apprehended a great promise, which as yet her mind hardly comprehended. Her prayer, Behold the handmaid…

  • Cheer Up, My Comrades!

    Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington And Josiah set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord'2 Chronicles 35:2. JOSIAH, as you remember, in the early part of his reign set his face against the idolatries that prevailed, to root them out…