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C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861 the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.
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C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

ANIMALS, TREATMENT OF

Poor dumb animals cannot speak for themselves, and therefore every one who has his speech should plead for them. PP50 There’s a deal to be done with animals with kindness, and nothing with cruelty. He who is unmerciful to his beast is worse than a beast himself. PT158 Mr. Rowland Hill used to say th... Read More
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ANNIHILATIONISM

Let us think what that death is! It is not non-existence; I do not know that I would lift a finger to save my fellow-creature from mere non-existence. I see no great hurt in annihilation; certainly nothing that would alarm me as a punishment for sin. WCo133 While you shall not see life, you shall ex... Read More
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ANTEDILUVIANS

Man becomes a bad enough sinner when he lives to be seventy; but what he became at seven hundred or more is somewhat difficult to guess. We wonder not that there were giants in those days—giants in crime as well as in stature. 1891.158... Read More
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ANTINOMIANISM

We have in spiritual matters things called liberty which are no liberty. There is Antinomian liberty—God deliver us from that! A man saith, “I am not under the law of God, therefore I will live as I like.” A most blessed truth followed by a most atrocious inference. 565.223 Oh! to be a child, and to... Read More
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ANTIQUITY

We cannot be certain that a thing is right because it is old, for Satan is old, and sin is old, and death is old, and hell is old; yet none of these things are right and desirable on that account. TN95... Read More
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APATHY

But there are districts, especially rural districts, where indifference prevails; and the same state of things exists in various parts of London. It is not infidelity; the people do not care enough about religion to even oppose it. SW117 No wonder that sinners are given to slumber when saints sleep ... Read More
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APOLOGETICS

I question whether Butler and Paley have not both of them created more infidels than they ever cured, and whether most of the defences of the gospel are not sheer impertinences. The gospel does not want defending. If Jesus Christ is not alive, and cannot fight his own battles, then Christianity is i... Read More
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APOSTASY

The first step astray is a want of adequate faith in the divine inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures. DG13 In looking carefully over the history of the times, and the movement of the times, of which we have written briefly, this fact is apparent: that where ministers and Christian churches have held... Read More
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ARGUMENT

Reason is folly with the unreasonable. PP58 Some people like rows—I don’t envy their choice; I’d rather walk ten miles to get out of a dispute than half-a-mile to get into one. PT73 Satan greatly approves of our railing at each other, but God does not. 820.392 I notice, however, that, while it is tr... Read More
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ARMINIANISM

I believe it is a mistake about God himself which has been the root and foundation of all the mistakes in theology. Our conviction is, that Arminian theology, to a great extent, makes God to be less than he is. 394.370 The basis and groundwork of Arminian theology lies in attaching undue importance ... Read More
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ARROGANCE

Certain men might have been something if they had not thought themselves so. A consciously great man is an evidently little one. GF48 We know many persons who are always doing a great deal, and yet do nothing; fussy people, people to the front in every movement, persons who could set the whole world... Read More
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ASSERTIVENESS

When we are injured, we are bound as Christians to bear it without malice; but we are not to pretend that we do not feel it, for this will but encourage our enemies to kick us again. He who is cheated twice by the same man, is half as bad as the rogue; and it is very much so in other injuries—unless... Read More
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ASSISTANCE

When we have good work to do for our Lord, we are glad of the company of kindred spirits, determined to make the good work succeed; but if we have no such comrades, we must go alone. There is no absolute necessity for numbers. Who knows? The friends we invite might be more hindrance than assistance.... Read More
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ASSURANCE

If thou canst believe, thou art saved. I cannot help quoting my brother Hill’s expression the other day: “He that believeth on me hath everlasting life” (John vi. 47) You know how he put it: “H A T H spells got it.” So it does; it is a curious but a perfectly correct way of spelling it. If you take ... Read More
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ATHEISM

If a spot could be found wherein there would be no God, what a fine building speculation might be made there. Millions would emigrate to “No God’s land,” and would feel at ease, as soon as they trod its Godless shores. BA174 The atheist is, morally, as well as mentally, a fool, a fool in the heart a... Read More
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ATHEISM -PRACTICAL

Let me ask you, how many atheists are now in this house? Perhaps not a single one of you would accept the title, and yet, if you live from Monday morning to Saturday night in the same way as you would live if there were no God, you are practical atheists; and as actions speak more loudly than words,... Read More
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ATONEMENT

Never has there been a sin pardoned, absolutely and without atonement, since the world began. 255.241 What the sun is to the heavens, that the doctrine of a vicarious satisfaction is to theology. Atonement is the brain and spinal cord of Christianity. Take away the cleansing blood, and what is left ... Read More
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ATONEMENT -DEFINITE

I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual. BA143 I may be called Antinomian or Calvinist for preaching a limited atonement; but I had rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that i... Read More
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ATONMENT -UNLIMITED

Again let me remind you that the Scriptures plainly teach us that the atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ has a universal bearing; and it seems to me that those who limit the value of the atonement do most seriously err from the faith. I believe the sacrifice of Jesus Christ was so infinite that, if ... Read More
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BACKSLIDING

Chosen vessels of mercy, notwithstanding their backslidings, are brought back; but ah! remember that nine out of ten of those who backslide never were God’s people. 590.531 It is very easy to go back in the heavenly pilgrimage, but it is very hard to retrieve your steps. 623.198 By little and by lit... Read More

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