Historical Writings

  • Loyal to the Core

    Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.'2 Samuel 15:21. Although the courage…

  • The Hunger-Bite

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "His strength shall be starved." Job 18:12. Bildad was declaring the history of the hypocritical, presumptuous and wicked man. And he intended, no doubt, to insinuate that Job was just such a person–that he had been a deceiver and that, therefore, God's Providence had at…

  • The Best of All Sights

    WRITTEN AT MENTONE, BY C. H. SPURGEON. "But we see Jesus." Hebrews 2:9. IN Holy Scripture faith is placed in opposition to the sight of the eyes and yet it is frequently described as looking and seeing. It is opposed to carnal sight because it is spiritual sight–a discernment which comes not of the body,…

  • The Philosophy of Promise

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1879, BY C.H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "New things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them." Isaiah 42:9. GOD has often foretold things to come by the lips of His Prophets. I need not give you even a single specimen of the…