Historical Writings

  • One Greater Than the Temple

    Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 23rd, 1876, by C.H. SPURGEON, At the [5]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "But I say unto you, that in this place is one greater than the temple." Matthew 12:6 OUR LORD INTENDED, of course, to assert that he himself was greater than the temple, but he used the most modest form of…

  • For the Sick and Afflicted

    Delivered by C.H. SPURGEON, At the [4]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more." Job 34:31, 32 EVEN WHEN ADDRESSING our fellow-men there…

  • The Oil of Gladness

    Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 16th, 1876, by C.H. SPURGEON, At the [3]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." Psalm 45:7 WE KNOW THAT THE ANOINTING received by our Lord Jesus Christ was the resting of the Spirit…

  • A God Ready to Pardon

    Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 9th, 1876, by C.H. SPURGEON, At the [2]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Thou art a God ready to pardon." Nehemiah 9:17 WHEN A MAN'S CONSCIENCE is so awakened to the existence of sin that he cannot perceive any plea for mercy within himself, it is his wisdom to look for a plea…

  • Pride Catechized and Condemned

    Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 2nd, 1876, by C.H. SPURGEON, At the [1]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" 1 Corinthians 4:7 PRIDE GROWS APACE…

  • “God With Us”

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1875, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "They shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Matthew 1:23. THOSE words, "being interpreted," salute my ear with much sweetness. Why should the word, "Emmanuel," in the Hebrew, be interpreted at all?…