Historical Writings

  • Untrodden Ways

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "For you have not passed this way before." Joshua 3:4. THEY had come out of Egypt. They had gone up and down in the wilderness, but they had never before crossed the Jordan. It was new ground…

  • Ingratitude of Man

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not." John 1:11. I WOULD very frankly confess at the outset that I am not about to preach from the words of this text and that I…

  • “Waters To Swim In”

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Waters to swim in." EzekieI47:5. THE whole vision, though bearing other meanings, may be applied to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It began at Jerusalem as a tiny rivulet. By our Savior's preaching, a…

  • Testimony And Experience

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the saying of the woman, who testified, 'He told me all that I ever did.'So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged…

  • The Sphere Of Instrumentality

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Jesus said, Take away the stone." John 11:39. "Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go." John 11:44. THERE lay Lazarus in the grave, dead. His restoration to life was utterly hopeless upon any ordinary…