Historical Writings

  • Forgiveness Made Easy

    Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."–Ephesians 4:82. THE HEATHEN moralists, when they wished to teach virtue, could not point to the example of their gods, for, according to their mythologists, the gods were a compound of every imaginable, and,…

  • Three Crosses

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "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 the world." Galatians 6:14. WHENEVER we rebuke other people we should be prepared to clear ourselves of their…

  • The Best Beloved

    Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Yea, he is altogether lovely."–Solomons Song 5:16. NO WORDS can ever express the gratitude we owe to Him who loved us even when we were dead in trespasses and sins: the love of Jesus is unutterably precious and worthy of daily praise. No songs can…

  • Wake Up! Wake Up!

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "That, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." Romans 13:11. THIS exhortation, as you will readily perceive, is not addressed to the ungodly. These words are not spoken…

  • The Moral of a Miracle

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God." Mark 11:22. THIS exhortation stands in connection with the miracle of the withering of the fig tree that was clad with leaves but bore no fruit. The peculiarity of the parable calls for a few words…