Historical Writings

  • The Old Way of the Wicked

    The Old Way of the Wicked A sermon (No. 859) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, MARCH 7, 1869, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trod? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood: Which said unto God, Depart…

  • Timely Reflections

    Timely Reflections A sermon (No. 857) Delivered on Lord's-day Evening, DECEMBER 27, 1868, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed."- Romans 13:11. BUT what "salvation" is this? The question is important because we very commonly speak of "salvation" as that state of Divine Grace into which…

  • The Importunate Widow

    The Importunate Widow A sermon (No. 856) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, FEBRUARY 21, 1869, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint, saying, There was in a city a judge which feared not God, neither regarded…

  • Everyday Usefulness

    Everyday Usefulness A sermon (No. 855) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, FEBRUARY 14, 1869, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And he brought him to Jesus."- John 1:42. WE have a most intense desire for the revival of religion in our own midst and throughout all the Churches of our Lord Jesus. We see that…

  • Fire–the Need of the Times

    Fire–the Need of the Times A sermon (No. 854) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, FEBRUARY 7, 1869, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!"- Luke 12:49. OUR Lord was here certainly alluding to the opposition and persecution which the Gospel…