Historical Writings

  • A Welcome Discovery

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink." Genesis 21:19. You know the story of Hagar–of her being sent out from Abraham's tent with her son Ishmael. It…

  • Christ Asleep in the Vessel

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1873, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Master, care You not that we perish?" Mark 4:38. THE day had been a very illustrious one. Our Lord had remarkably displayed His teaching and healing powers. Great crowds had been attracted and He had both delivered…

  • The Apple Tree in the Woods

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1873, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my Beloved among the sons." Song of Solomon 2:3. BY the apple tree would probably be intended by the oriental writer either the citron, or…

  • The Spur

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with allyour might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go." Ecclesiastes 9:10. I FIND that these words, and those which precede them, have been considered by some…

  • The Way To Honor

    DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Whoe ver keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he who waits on his master shall be honored." Proverbs 27:18. IF a man in Palestine carefully watched his fig tree and kept it in proper condition, he was sure to be abundantly…