Historical Writings

  • A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

    A Sermon From a Sick Preacher (No. 3014) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, IN THE YEAR 1869. "Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious." 1 Peter 2:7. [Not only was this the first text from which Mr. Spurgeon…

  • Warning and Encouragement

    Warning and Encouragement (No. 3013) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, IN THE YEAR 1864. "I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove,…

  • God Comforting His People

    God Comforting His People (No. 3012) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1867. "The LORD has comforted His people." Isaiah 49:13. THE JOY of the Prophet was too great for him to give adequate expression to it with…

  • Faith First, Confession Following

    Faith First, Confession Following (No. 3011) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1867. "For with the heart, man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:10. [For two other sermons on this…

  • Jacob’s Model Prayer

    Jacob's Model Prayer (No. 3010) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1867. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said unto me, Return unto your country, and…

  • Our Champion

    Our Champion (No. 3009) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1906. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, IN THE YEAR 1861. "And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar…