Historical Writings

  • The Heavenly Race

    The Heavenly Race A Sermon (No. 198) Delivered on Friday Afternoon, June 11, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON on the Grand Stand, Epsom Race-Course. "So run, that ye may obtain."–1 Corinthians 9:24. WE ARE CONTINUALLY insisting upon it from day to day, that salvation is not of works, but of grace. We lay this…

  • The Spies

    The Spies A Sermon (No. 197) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 6, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it,…

  • A Present Religion

    A Present Religion A Sermon (No. 196) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 30, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "Beloved, now are we the sons of God."–1 John 3:2. I SHALL not pretend to preach from the whole of my text this morning, short though it be. The…

  • Looking Unto Jesus

    Looking Unto Jesus A Sermon (No. 195) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 23, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed."–Psalm 34:5. FROM THE CONNECTION we are to understand the pronoun "him" as referring to the word…

  • Human Responsibility

    Human Responsibility A Sermon (No. 194) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 16, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin."–John 15:22. THE PECULIAR SIN of the Jews,…

  • The World Turned Upside Down

    The World Turned Upside Down A Sermon (No. 193) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 9, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also."–Acts 17:6. THIS IS JUST an old version of an oft-repeated story. When disturbances arise in…