Historical Writings

  • Holy Violence

    Holy Violence A Sermon (No. 252) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 15th, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force,"–Matthew 11:12. WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST preached in the…

  • War! War! War!

    War! War! War! A Sermon (No. 250) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 1st, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Fight the Lord's battles."–1 Samuel 18:17. WE shall not take these words in their literal application, as coming from the lips of Saul, when he gave David his elder…

  • Little Sins

    Little Sins A Sermon (No. 248) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 17th, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Is it not a little one?"–Genesis 19:20. THESE words we shall take for a motto, rather than a text in the ordinary acceptation of that term. I shall not this…

  • The Best of Masters

    The Best of Masters A Sermon (No. 247) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 10th, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Peace I leave with you; my peace l give unto you; not as the world giveth, I give unto you."–John 14:27. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN is peculiarly the…