Sermon 208 - Righteous Hatred
A Sermon
(No. 208)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 8, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"Ye that love the Lord, hate evil."--Psalm 97:10.
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION is a golden chain with which the hands of men are fettered from all hatred. The spirit of Christ is love. Wherever he governs, l ...read
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Sermon 209 - The Way of Salvation
A Sermon
(No. 209)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 15, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."--Acts 4:12.
IT IS A VERY HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCE when the servants of God are ...read
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Sermon 210 - "As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be"
A Sermon
(No. 210)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 22, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"As thy days, so shall thy strength be;"--Deuteronomy 33:25.
BELOVED, IT SEEMS A SAD THING that every day must die and be followed by a night. When we have seen the hills clad with verdure to their su ...read
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Sermon 211 - The Voice of the Blood of Christ
A Sermon
(No. 211)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 29, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"The blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."--Hebrews 12:24.
OF all substances blood is the most mysterious, and in some senses the most sacred. Scripture teacheth us,--an ...read
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Sermon 212 - The New Heart
A Sermon
(No. 212)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 5, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."--Ezekiel 36:26.
BEHOLD A WO ...read
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Sermon 213 - The Fatherhood of God
A Sermon
(No. 213)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 12, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"Our Father which art in heaven."--Matthew 6:9.
I THINK there is room for very great doubt, whether our Saviour intended the prayer, of which our text forms a part, to be used in the manner in whic ...read
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Sermon 214 - His Name--Wonderful!
A Sermon
(No. 214)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 19, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"His name shall be called Wonderful."--Isaiah 9:6.
ONE EVENING LAST WEEK I stood by the sea-shore when the storm was raging. The voice of the Lord was upon the waters; and who was I that I should t ...read
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Sermon 215 - His Name--The Counsellor
A Sermon
(No. 215)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 26, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor."--Isaiah 9:6.
LAST SABBATH MORNING we consid ...read
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Sermon 216 - Confession and Absolution
A Sermon
(No. 216)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 3, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"And the publican, standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner."--Luke 18:13.
THE HEROES OF OUR Saviour's sto ...read
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Sermon 217 - Declension from First Love
A Sermon
(No. 217)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, September 26, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."--Revelation 2:4.
IT IS A GREAT THING to have as much said in our commendation as was said concerning the church at ...read
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Sermon 218 - Self-Examination
A Sermon
(No. 218)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 10, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates."--2 Corinthians 13:5.
I HAD INTENDED to ...read
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Sermon 219 - An Appeal To Sinners
A Sermon
(No. 219)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, September 14th, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at Exeter Hall, Strand.
DEARLY BELOVED,
It hath pleased the Lord by a painful illness to interrupt for a little while my usual labors. As I was unable to preach last Lord's day, accept this week the issue of an old sermon. Though it ha ...read
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Sermon 220 - God's Barriers Against Man's Sin
A Sermon
(No. 220)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 16th, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
BELOVED FRIENDS AND KINDRED IN CHRIST,
The days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like months since I went up to the house of the Lord. My heart and my flesh are crying out for the assembly of the ...read
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Sermon 221 - This sermon was originally printed
together with a pastoral letter from C. H. S.
Comfort Proclaimed
A Sermon
(No. 221)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, September 21, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At Exeter Hall, Strand.
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."--Isaiah 40:1.
WHAT A SWEET TITLE: "My people!" What a cheering revelation: "Your God!" How ...read
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Sermon 222 - The Christian's Heaviness and Rejoicing
A Sermon
(No. 222)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 7th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations."--1 Peter 1:6.
THIS VERSE TO A WORLDLY MAN looks amazingly like a contradiction; ...read
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Sermon 223 - The Evil and Its Remedy
A Sermon
(No. 223)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 14th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great."--Ezekiel 9:9.
"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."--1 John 1:7.
ISHALL HAVE two texts this morning ...read
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Sermon 224 - Samson Conquered
A Sermon
(No. 224)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 21st, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And she said, the Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed fro ...read
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Sermon 225 - Satan's Banquet
A Sermon
(No. 225)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 28th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept ...read
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Sermon 226 - The Feast of the Lord
A Sermon
(No. 226)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, November 28th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept ...read
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Sermon 227 - Compel Them to Come In
A Sermon
(No. 227)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 5th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Compel them to come in."--Luke 14:23.
I FEEL in such a haste to go out and obey this commandment this morning, by compelling those to come in who are now tarrying in the highways and hedges, that ...read
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