The Church

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man

… Brethren, the whole process of interpretation is to be carried on in your study ; you are not to show your congregation the process, but to give them the …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… Smith left, there came, with the passing years, a sad time of barrenness and desolation upon the church at New Park Street; the cause languished, and almost died …

Our Place—at Jesus' Feet

Luke 7:38

… Thus do I pray now—"Lord, have mercy upon my congregation. Save the people. Lord, have mercy upon those whom I have prayed for many a time, who …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… His children, his servants, his congregation shall be blessed by his gracious influence. As the Upas tree drops with deadly poison, so the tree of Grace in a …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… The strength of the Church lies not in the oratory of the pulpit, but in the oratory of the closet! That Church of God that shall do most …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… In the name of our Protestant religion, I ask whether a minister of the Church of England is allowed to bow before the altar of a Popish church …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… THREE SPECIALLY- SELECTED SERMONS TO HIS CHURCH, CONGREGATION, READERS AND FRIENDS, CONSISTING OF A RETROSPECT, A PROSPECT [No. 1883] AND AN EXHORTATION [No. 1884.] IT is not an …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… One young sprig of divinity must needs go through the streets in a gown, and another of the High Church order has recorded it in the newspapers with …

Psalm 75

Psalm 75

… Then follows a warning voice from the church to her enemies, Ps 75:6-8, and a closing song anticipatory of the glory due to God and the …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… There never was the same congregation here twice and there never will be. Almost every week two members of this Church depart for the upland country and leave …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Expect Him now. "Ah," says one, "I have been working without success"—you are a poor minister whose congregation is falling off, whose Church is not increased by …

The Joy of Harvest

… A man cannot be saved, and always hold his tongue about it; as well look for dumb choirs in heaven as for a silent church on earth. If …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… Worst of all, when he looked round upon the congregation, and saw their happy countenances, he said to himself, “These people know nothing about the depravity of their …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… will always be where the congregation is the most respectable: respectability being measured by clothes and cash. Time was in the church of God when they most esteemed …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… When the original founder of Stambourne Meeting quitted the Church of England, to form a separate congregation, he would seem to have been in possession of a fair …

Real Contact With Jesus

… They are glad if they can look around and gaze at the congregation, they find in that something to interest them; but getting near to the Lord Jesus …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… That Church had come to be so bad that He said, "I will spue you out of My mouth." And yet what was the remedy for that Church …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… They, themselves, are very superior people because they are regular Church-goers or Chapel-goers. They have a sitting, a hymnbook and a Bible—is not that a …

The History of Sundry Fools

Psalm 107:17-20

… I may stand here, and beat my very heart out in trying to make plain how men are to believe and live, and yet out of my congregation …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… So must it be with belief in the Prayer-book, no one man can believe it all; possibly High Church, Low Church, and Broad Church can manage it …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… Who knows but in this congregation there may be someone who affects a high social position, supported by a deep mercantile immorality? Merchants there have been that have …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… THREE SPECIALLY- SELECTED SERMONS TO HIS CHURCH, CONGREGATION, READERS AND FRIENDS, CONSISTING OF A RETROSPECT, A PROSPECT [No. 1883] AND AN EXHORTATION [No. 1884.] THIS exhortation may be …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… Begin to go to church as soon as possible ; but you will not be an inch nearer Heaven if you think that, by attending the sanctuary, you will …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… Let this our church, thy church, be still knit together in unity; and this night may they commence a fresh era of prayer. They are a praying people …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890

… That a church and congregation should have gathered so long, in such a spot, is a miracle of grace on God's part, and of inertness on the …

The Way of Salvation

Acts 4:12

… You have been baptized in your infancy; you regularly take the Lord’s Supper; you attend your church or chapel; and if you knew any other ceremonies you …

The Strait Gate

Luke 13:24

… places with the youngest, brightest, richest, noblest spirit to be found outside the Church of God! No, kings and emperors, boast no more of your beggarly crowns—their …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… On the way to Mentone, he made a short stay at Cannes, and from there wrote, on January 31 : — "To my Beloved Church and Congregation, " Dear Friends, "The …

A Double Silver Wedding

… the spontaneous giving — the universal giving — the delighted giving of the entire church and congregation. Everyone has seemed jealous of being excluded ; so all, both rich and poor …

A Typical Week’s Work (Continued)

… Spurgeon's writings, knew that he regarded the prayer-meeting as the thermometer of the church ; and, judging by that test, the spiritual temperature of the large community …

Love

1 John 4:19

… And do you want to fill Christ’s hands with your liberality? His Church is the treasure-house of his alms, and the hand of his church is …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… The new room was a great boon to the busy Pastor, and many a powerful sermon for the congregation at the Tabernacle, or weighty address for the students …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… Divine Grace as you and I have seen in this Church and in the midst of this congregation. If He had meant to destroy us, would He have …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… It has about it a ring like that or church bells, and like the bells it sounds both merrily and solemnly, at first ringing out a lively peal …

The Fullness Of Christ—Received!

John 1:16

… They go to church, or perhaps to chapel, because there is a family pew there and all their family used to go. They speak about "our church" and …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… But it so happened that, soon after, the doctor went to visit a member of his Church and while he was away, a stormy wind blew and blew …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… He often gives the foes of Zion some other work to do, and so gives rest to his church. What a glorious idea is this of Jehovah blocking …

Timely Reflections

Romans 13:11

… Alas, there are many in this congregation who have done violence to the Holy Spirit! There are many who have been accused, convicted, startled, made to pray— and …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… Underneath the church are the ever lasting arms; but underneath Christ there were no arms at all, but his Father’s hand pressed heavily against him; the upper …

Effectual Calling

Luke 19:5

… a Thomas, there—God’s chosen ones—they are steel filings in the congregation of ashes, and my gospel, the gospel of the blessed God, like a great …