Historical Writings

  • The Universal Remedy

    The Universal Remedy A Sermon (No. 834) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, October 4, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [43]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "With His stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5. I RECEIVED, one day this week, a short communication worded on this wise: "Wanted, a cure for a weak and doubting faith, especially when…

  • The Best Cloak

    The Best Cloak A Sermon (No. 832) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON at the [41]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "And was clad with zeal as a cloak.'" Isaiah 59:17. THE solitary champion who is here spoken of, who looked and, "saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor"–and therefore His own arm…

  • The Alter

    The Alter A Sermon (No. 831) Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, September 20, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON. "The altar that sanctifies the gift" Matthew 23:19. Had man remained perfect, his communion with God would have been as unrestricted as that of an obedient child with an affectionate father. Adam might have worshiped his God…

  • Gray Hairs

    Gray Hairs A Sermon (No. 830) Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, September 13, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [40]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knows not." Hosea 7:9. THE Prophet here testified that the kingdom of Israel had learned the way of the surrounding heathen, and…