Historical Writings

  • Crowding to Touch the Savior

    Crowding to Touch the Savior A Sermon (No. 841) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 13, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at Bloomsbury Chapel. "For He had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon Him for to touch Him, as many as had plagues." Mark 3:10. OUR Lord had been persecuted and therefore He put forth…

  • Do Not Sin Against the Child

    Do Not Sin Against the Child A Sermon (No. 840) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 8, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [48]Metropolitan Tabernacle Newington. "Spoke I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child?'" Genesis 42:22. THUS Reuben reminded his brothers of his admonition concerning Joseph–thus would I address you with…

  • The Head of the Church

    The Head of the Church A Sermon (No. 839) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 1, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [47]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "He is the head of the body, the church." Colossians 1:18. As if to show us that this title of "Head of the Church" is to be held in highest…

  • Sins of Omission

    Sins of Omission A Sermon (No. 838) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, October 25, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant which…

  • Sown Light

    Sown Light A Sermon (No. 836) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, October 11, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [45]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart." Psalm 97:11. THIS appears to be the doctrine of the entire Psalm, and the verse which follows, "Rejoice in the…