The Church

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1886. "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O …

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… In aid of the Baptist Young Men’s Missionary Association. “I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou …

Preaching in the Open Air

… Edward Leach was then Pastor of the Baptist Church there, and a larger chapel was needed for his increasing congregation. In the afternoon, Mr. Spurgeon laid the memorial …

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. You that fear the Lord, praise Him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear Him …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… Spurgeon that So-and-so joined the church through hearing him?' and instantly that dear man of God told me the cheering news." It would not be possible …

Later Services at the Music Hall

… We have had special work, special trial, special deliverance, and we ought pre-eminently to be a church, loving God, and spending and being spent in His service …

Lessons on Divine Grace

1 Corinthians 15:10

… You were present, one night, at the Church meeting when the solemn sentence of excommunication was pronounced upon him—and while the minister uttered it, all the members …

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… There is a something—every preacher has felt it—there is a something in a congregation itself which affects the preacher, even as he affects the congregation. I …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… What a sad reflection it is that there should be a congregation of evil doers as well as a congregation of the upright, a church of Satan as …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… Preach the gospel, and the congregation will come of themselves. The only infallible way of getting a good congregation, is to do this. “Oh!” said a Socinian once …

The Lord with Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

… It only remains that they shall tell it to the Church. The Church is grieved. It hears the case patiently and waits upon God in prayer. It asks …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… enlargement for the eight following Lord’s-days, during which period the church and congregation would worship in the large room at Exeter Hall, Strand, on Lord’s …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… a few things to you, the congregation clustering around this pulpit, which may be useful in the future of the Church. I shall speak of him as a …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation and you shall gather the whole congregation of the children of Israel together: and you shall …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… Spurgeon corrected this exaggeration, and explained the need for a large permanent home for his church and congregation. He said : — " There have been a great many rumours abroad …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… On the evening of this day, in accordance with the resolution passed at the church-meeting, October 6, the church and congregation assembled to hear our Pastor in …

Open-Air Preaching — Remarks Thereon

… Possibly they remember the dull Sundays of their childhood and the dreary sermons they have heard when for a few times they have entered a church, but it …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… You read in the 17th verse, “And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… Spurgeon reported that a meeting of the church and congregation had been held, on Tuesday, March 30, to welcome the senior Pastor, on his return from the Continent …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… to stand in the midst of the Christian Church upholding our integrity! Surely we ought to say, "In the congregation will I bless the Lord." And then, again …

Open-Air Preaching — A Sketch of Its History

… two miles from Bristol, opened its church to him, and a numerous congregation coming together, he first read prayers in the church, and then preached in the churchyard …

Public Meeting Of The Various Denominations

… What, then, must they think of the church and congregation of this place? What must have been their untiring efforts, their constant diligence, the exercise of faith in …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… In the congregation. Rulers must understand that they are not placed over stocks and stones, nor over swine and dogs, but over the congregation of God: they must …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… Some of the choicest letters he ever wrote to the church and congregation under his charge were sent home from foreign lands, whence his thoughts flew back to …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

I REMEMBER well the first place in which I addressed a congregation of adults, and the illustration above sets it clearly before my mind’s eye. It was …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… It is so in that delightful form of music in which we express with accord, hearts and voices keeping tune together, in the great congregation our sense of …

First Forgiveness, Then Healing

Luke 5:20

… For this palsied man who was let down by ropes through the ceiling was the most remarkable person in that congregation! We may readily forget those Pharisees and …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… There were present the representatives of many churches, yet they were one Church—a part of the general assembly and Church of the First-Born. They were not …

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Psalm 149:4-6

… I think I have, to a large extent, attained my wish in this congregation. I miss such a large number of our friends on Sunday nights and I …

Attention!

… We need the earnest, candid, wakeful, continued attention of all those who are in the congregation. If men’s minds are wandering far away they cannot receive the …

A Memorable Visit to Stambourne.–Mr. Knill’s Prophecy

… one Sabbath, the Baptist Church at Waterbeach, I did so; I was invited to continue, and have now been the minister of the congregation for one year and …

The Burden of the Word of the Lord

Malachi 1:1

… you! I am sorrowfully afraid that it will thin my congregation and lessen the number of Church members. I have but little to complain of among my people …

The Sin-Offering for the Common People

Leviticus 4:27-31

… It then proceeds, in the 13th verse and onwards, to give the sin-offering for the whole congregation, and it is most notable that the sin-offering for …

Psalm 7

Psalm 7

… Verse 7. "So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about." Thy saints shall crowd to thy tribunal with their complaints, or shall surround it with their …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… Christ has honoured this institution by comparing Himself to the Husband of the Church, and by designating the Church as His bride. ‘I have espoused you,’ says the …

"Out Of The Depths"

Psalm 40:12

… They were the words, also, of a preacher, one who could say, "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation...I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation …

Negotiations For Peace

Acts 10:36

… Happy preacher to have such a congregation! God make this congregation to be of the same sort. The preacher, also, was a right faithful messenger from Heaven. No …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… Providence has thrown me into a great sphere of usefulness, — a congregation of often 450, a loving and praying church, and an awakened audience. Many already own that …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… I am always very jealous about this matter; if we do not, as a church and congregation, if we do not, as individuals, always give God the glory …