Charles Spurgeon Pastor
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United Kingdom
- Born: Jun 19, 1834
- Died: Jan 31, 1892
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.
It is estimated that in his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000 people, Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later had to leave the denomination. In 1857, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously.
Spurgeon was a prolific author of many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
happiness
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
men
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
men
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
strength
It's not the having, it's the getting.
finance
It is not well to make great changes in old age.
age
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
best
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
travel, trust & truth
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
men