Historical Writings

  • The Stern Teacher

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Therefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might bejustified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." Galatians 3:24-26. NEITHER the Jewish Law of Ten Commandments, nor its Law of ceremonies were ever…

  • Abundant Pardon

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1874, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:7. IN our childhood we learned from Dr. Watts' Catechism that Isaiah was that Prophet who spoke more of Jesus Christ than all the rest. In the chapter before us Isaiah had…

  • “I and the Children”

    DELIVERED ON LORD'S DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1874, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Behold, Iand the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwells in Mount Zion." Isaiah 8:18. WE might possibly have had some difficulty in…

  • Girding on the Harness

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1874, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that takes it off" 1 Kings 20:11. THESE two kings were about to proceed to…

  • Hindrances to Prayer

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1874, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "That your prayers be not hindered." 1 Peter 3:7. TO many persons this discourse will have but little reference because they do not pray. I fear, also, there are some others whose prayers are so worthless that…

  • For Whom Did Christ Die?

    Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, September 6th, 1874, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Christ died for the ungodly.''Romans 5:6. In this verse the human race is described as a sick man, whose disease is so far advanced that he is altogether without strength: no power remains in his system to throw off…