Sermon 248 - Little Sins
A Sermon
(No. 248)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 17th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Is it not a little one?"--Genesis 19:20.
THESE words we shall take for a motto, rather than a text in the ordinary acceptation of that term. I shall not this morning attempt to explain the connecti ...read
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Sermon 249 - A Vision of the Latter-Day Glories
A Sermon
(No. 249)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 24th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And it shall come to pas in the last days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto ...read
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Sermon 250 - War! War! War!
A Sermon
(No. 250)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 1st, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Fight the Lord's battles."--1 Samuel 18:17.
WE shall not take these words in their literal application, as coming from the lips of Saul, when he gave David his elder daughter, Merab, to wife; but shal ...read
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Sermon 251 - The Necessity of the Spirit's Work
A Sermon
(No. 251)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 8th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And I will put my Spirit within you."--Ezekiel, 36:27.
The miracles of Christ are remarkable for one fact, namely that they are none of them unnecessary. The pretended miracles of Mahomet, and of the ...read
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Sermon 252 - Holy Violence
A Sermon
(No. 252)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 15th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force,"--Matthew 11:12.
WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST preached in the wilderness of Judea, the ...read
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Sermon 253 - A Psalm of Remembrance
A Sermon
(No. 253)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 22nd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"We have known and believed the love that God hath to us."--1 John 4:16.
IT IS VERY pleasant to read descriptions of the Holy Land from observant travellers, who, in glowing language, have depicted it ...read
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Sermon 254 - The Wounds of Jesus
A Sermon
(No. 254)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, January 30th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"He shewed them his hands and his feet."--Luke 24:40.
I HAVE selected this sentence as the text, although I shall not strictly adhere to it. What was to be seen on Christ's hands and feet? We are tau ...read
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Sermon 255 - Justice Satisfied
A Sermon
(No. 255)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 29th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."--Romans 3:26.
"Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."--1 John 1:9.
WHEN THE SOUL is seriously impressed ...read
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Sermon 256 - The Believer's Challenge
A Sermon
(No. 256)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 5th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us"--Romans 8:34.
THE PROTEST OF an innocent ...read
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Sermon 257 - The Scales of Judgment
A Sermon
(No. 257)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 12th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."--Daniel 5:27.
THERE IS A WEIGHING TIME for kings and emperors, and all the monarchs of earth, albeit some of them have exalted themse ...read
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Sermon 258 - His Name--the Mighty God
A Sermon
(No. 258)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 19th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The mighty God."--Isaiah 9:6.
OTHER TRANSLATIONS of this divine title have been proposed by several very eminent and able scholars. Not that they have any of them been prepared to deny that this tra ...read
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Sermon 259 - A Home Mission Sermon
A Sermon
(No. 259)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 26th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."--Ecclesiastes 9:10.
IF GOD had willed it we m ...read
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Sermon 260 - An Earnest Invitation
A Sermon
(No. 260)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 3rd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."--Psalm 2:12.
IT WILL NOT BE NEEDFUL for me this m ...read
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Sermon 261 - The Call of Abraham
A Sermon
(No. 261)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 10th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."--Hebrews 11:8.
ABRAHAM'S FAITH was ...read
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Sermon 262 - Distinguishing Grace
A Sermon
(No. 262)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, February 6th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"For who maketh thee to differ from another?"--1 Corinthians 4:7.
OR, AS IT IS in the Greek: "For who distinguisheth thee?" "Who giveth thee distinguishing and discriminating mercy?" "Who maketh t ...read
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Sermon 263 - The Story of God's Mighty Acts
A Sermon
(No. 263)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 17th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old."--Psalm 44:1.
PERHAPS there are no stories that stick by us so long as those wh ...read
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Sermon 264 - How Saints May Help the Devil
A Sermon
(No. 264)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 24th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"That thou mayest bear thing own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them."--Ezekiel 16:54.
IT IS NOT a comfortable state to be at enmity with ...read
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Sermon 265 - The Meek and Lowly One
A Sermon
(No. 265)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 31st, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my ...read
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Sermon 266 - The Blind Beggar
A Sermon
(No. 266)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 7th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that i ...read
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Sermon 267 - The Tabernacle of the Most High
A Sermon
(No. 267)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 14th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."--Ephesians 2:22.
UNDER THE OLD Mosaic dispensation God had a visible dwelling-place among men. The bright shekina ...read
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