Historical Writings

  • God’s People in the Furnace

    A Sermon (No. 35) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 12, 1855, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."–Isaiah 48:10. WHEN travelling through the country, you have often noticed that in different spots the old rocks peep out from under the soil, as…

  • Preach the Gospel

    A Sermon (No. 34) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 5, 1855, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. "For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; yea woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel."–1 Corinthians 9:16. THE greatest…

  • A Wise Desire

    A Sermon (No. 33) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 8, 1855, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. "He shall choose our inheritance for us."–Psalm 47:4. THE CHRISTIAN IS ALWAYS pleased and delighted when he can see Christ in the Scriptures. If he can but detect the footstep of his lord,…

  • The Power of the Holy Ghost

    A Sermon (No. 30) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 17, 1855, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. "The power of the Holy Ghost."–Romans 15:13. POWER is the special and peculiar prerogative of God, and God alone. "Twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God." God is God; and…