Sermon 228 - The Blood
A Sermon
(No. 228)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 12th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"When I see the blood, I will pass over you."--Exodus 12:13.
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SAFE. "All the saints are in his hand;" and the hand of God is a place for safety, as well as a place of honou ...read
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Sermon 229 - Love
A Sermon
(No. 229)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 19th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"We love him, because he first loved us."--1 John 4:19.
DURING the last two Sabbath days I have been preaching the gospel to the unconverted. I have earnestly exhorted the very chief of sinners t ...read
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Sermon 230 - The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church
A Sermon
(No. 230)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 26th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"The Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward."--Isaiah 52:12.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST is continually represented under the figure of an army; yet its Captain is the Princ ...read
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Sermon 231 - Faith in Perfection
A Sermon
(No. 231)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 2nd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."--Psalm 138:8.
I HAVE SELECTED THIS TEXT, or, rather, it has been giv ...read
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Sermon 232 - Perfection in Faith
A Sermon
(No. 232)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, January 2nd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."--Hebrews 10:14.
THINK OF THIS MORNING'S TEXT--"The Lord WILL perfect that which concerneth me." Is it not very grateful to ob ...read
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Sermon 233 - Free Grace
A Sermon
(No. 233)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 9th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel."--Ezekiel 36:32.
There are two sins of man that are bred in ...read
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Sermon 234 - Corn in Egypt
A Sermon
(No. 234)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 16th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and bu ...read
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Sermon 235 - The Fainting Warrior
A Sermon
(No. 235)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 23rd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"O wretched man that I am I who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord."--Romans 7:24, 25.
IF I chose to occupy your time with controversial matte ...read
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Sermon 236 - The Shameful Sufferer
A Sermon
(No. 236)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 30th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God."--Hebrews 12:2.
OH what shall I do, my Saviour to prais ...read
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Sermon 237 - Hypocrisy
A Sermon
(No. 237)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 6th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."--Luke 12:1.
This age is full of shams. Pretence never stood in so eminent a position as it does at the present hour. There be few, I ...read
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Sermon 238 - Reform
A Sermon
(No. 238)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 13th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars ...read
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Sermon 239 - Jacob and Esau
A Sermon
(No. 239)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 16th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."--Romans 9:15.
DO NOT IMAGINE for an instant that I pretend to be able thoroughly to elucidate the great mysteries of predestination. There are some men wh ...read
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Sermon 240 - Prayer Answered, Love Nourished
A Sermon
(No. 240)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 27th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplication."--Psalm 116:1.
IN the Christian pilgrimage it is well for the most part to be looking forward. Whether it be for hope, for jo ...read
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Sermon 241 - Predestination and Calling
A Sermon
(No. 241)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 6th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called."--Romans 8:30
THE GREAT BOOK OF GOD'S DECREES is fast closed against the curiosity of man. Vain man would be wise; he would break the seven se ...read
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Sermon 242 - Christ Precious to Believers
A Sermon
(No. 242)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 13th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Unto you therefore which believe he is precious."--1 Peter 2:7.
THIS TEXT CALLS to my recollection the opening of my ministry. It is about eight years since as a lad of sixteen, I stood up for the ...read
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Sermon 243 - Weak Hands and Feeble Knees
A Sermon
(No. 243)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 20th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Strenghten ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees."--Isaiah 35:8.
IT IS THE DUTY of all men to be careful of the sons of sorrow. There be some who from their very birth are marked by melanc ...read
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Sermon 244 - The Bed and Its Covering
A Sermon
(No. 244)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, January 9th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it."--Isaiah 28:20.
GOD HAS SO made men, that there are two things essenti ...read
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Sermon 245 - The Way to God
A Sermon
(No. 245)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 27th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"No man cometh unto the Father, but by me."--St. John 14:6.
THERE ARE many men in this world, who so far from coming to God, are going as far as they can from him. Nothing would delight such men so ...read
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Sermon 246 - Mr. Fearing Comforted
A Sermon
(No. 246)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 3rd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"--Matthew 14:31.
TT SEEMS AS if doubt were doomed to be the perpetual companion of faith. As dust attends the chariotwheels so do doubts naturally ...read
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Sermon 247 - The Best of Masters
A Sermon
(No. 247)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 10th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace l give unto you; not as the world giveth, I give unto you."--John 14:27.
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN is peculiarly the history of Jesus, the Son of God. Matthew deals with J ...read
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