Historical Writings

  • Ecce Rex

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1877, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He said unto the Jews, Behold your King." John 19:14. PILATE said much more than he meant and, therefore, we shall not restrict our consideration of his words to what he intended. John tells us considering Caiaphas, "and this…

  • Enlivening and Invigorating

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Quicken me according to Your Word." Psalm 119:25. You will frequently find David uttering this petition. It is a favorite prayer of his, "Quicken me, O Lord!" And, as David was like the rest of us–indeed, his experience is the mirror of the experience of…

  • Faith Purifying the Heart

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1877, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Purifying their hearts by faith." Acts 15:9. THE Jewish or Pharisaic party violently opposed the Gospel from without. Wherever the Apostles went, the Jews who believed not, being moved with envy, stirred up the people against them. They could…