Historical Writings

  • The Holdfast

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1878, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life." Proverbs 4:13. FAITH may be well described as taking hold upon Divine instruction. God has condescended to teach us and it is ours…

  • “Your Salvation”

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1878, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word: for my eyes have seen Your salvation." Luke 2:28-30. LAST Lord's-day morning [No. 1416,…

  • The Faithful Saying

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1878, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." 1 Timothy 1:15. IT is worthy of notice that Paul, in the passage before…

  • Great Difference

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1878, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Where is the God of Judgment?" Malachi 2:17. "Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves Him not." Malachi 3:18. You were not here, I am…

  • No Difference

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1878, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on thejust and on the unjust." Matthew 5:45. [On this night the Tabernacle was free to all comers, the regular congregation having vacated…