Historical Writings

  • Satanic Hindrances

    Satanic Hindrances DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1865, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Satan hindered us." 1 Thessalonians 2:18. PAUL, Silas and Timothy were very desirous to visit the Church at Thessalonica, but they were unable to do so for the singular reason announced in the text, namely, "Satan hindered…

  • Preceding Grace

    Preceding Grace [This sermon was originally titled "Prevenient Grace."] A SERMON PREACHED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. " When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by His Grace, to reveal His Son in me." Galatians 1:15. You all know the story of the Apostle…

  • The Great Itinerant

    The Great Itinerant DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1865, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Who went about doing good." Acts 10:38. You will observe, if you read the chapter before us, that Peter's sermon was short and much to the point. He preached Jesus Christ to Cornelius immediately and unmistakably….

  • Memory–The Handmaid Of Hope

    Memory–The Handmaid Of Hope DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1865, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "This I recall to my mind, therefore ha ve I hope." Lamentations 3:21. MEMORY is very often the servant of despondency. Despairing minds call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past and every gloomy…

  • A Blow For Puseyism

    A Blow For Puseyism DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1865, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "It is the spirit that quickens. The flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." John 6:63. OUR Lord had plainly told His hearers that He…