Historical Writings

  • King’s Gardens

    King's Gardens A Sermon (No. 790) Delivered on Lord's-Day Evening, December 29 , 1867, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the [3]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "The king's garden." Nehemiah 3:15. THERE have been many very famous king's gardens, such as those "hanging gardens" in Nineveh, in which Sardanapalus delighted himself, and that remarkable garden of Cyrus in…

  • Lingerers Hastened

    Lingerers Hastened A Sermon (No. 789) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 12, 1868, by C. H. SPURGEON, at the [1]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto him: and…

  • The Great Mystery of Godliness

    The Great Mystery of Godliness A sermon (No. 786) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, DECEMBER 22, 1867, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received…

  • Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

    Wanted, A Guest Chamber! A sermon (No. 785) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, DECEMBER 15, 1867, by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "The Master says, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with My disciples."- Mark 14:14. As far as we know, out of the many thousands who had come to…