Sermon 268 - The Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the New Tabernacle + 269,270 - part 1
FOR THE CONGREGATION OF THE REV. C.H. SPURGEON
Took Place
On Tuesday, August 16th, 1859.
(No. 268-270)
PRECISELY at two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. SPURGEON, accompanied by Sir MORTON PETO, Bert., M.P., and other friends, ascended the temporary platform erected around the stone; and the proceedings shortly after commenced by singing t ...read
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Sermon 268 - The Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the New Tabernacle + 269,270 - part 2
EVENING MEETING
A PUBLIC TEA MEETING was held in the evening in REA'S Repository which was appropriately fitted up for the occasion. About two thousand persons sat down to tea at five o'clock, and at half-past six, the cloth having been removed, and the seats re-arranged, the chair was taken by the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR.
The Doxology havi ...read
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Sermon 271 - Faith Illustrated
A Sermon
(No. 271)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 21st, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against t ...read
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Sermon 272 - Limiting God
A Sermon
(No. 272)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 28th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"They limited the Holy One of Israel,"--Psalm 78:41.
MAN IS ALWAYS ALTERING what God has ordained. Although God's order is ever the best, yet man will never agree therewith. When God gave forth the ...read
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Sermon 273 - Christ Triumphant
A Sermon
(No. 273)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 4th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it."--Colossians 2:15.
TO THE EYE OF REASON the cross is the centre of sorrow and the lowest ...read
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Sermon 274 - Paul's Desire to Depart
A Sermon
(No. 274)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 11th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better."--Philippians 1:23.
WE KNOW THAT DEATH is not the end of our being. By a confident faith we are persuaded that better thing ...read
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Sermon 275 - Who Can Tell?
A Sermon
(No. 275)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 18th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?"--Jonah 3:9.
THIS WAS THE FORLORN HOPE of the Ninevites: "Who can tell if God will turn and re ...read
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Sermon 276 - A Divided Heart
A Sermon
(No. 276)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 25th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty."--Hosea 10:2.
THIS passage may be taken as referring to the people of Israel as a nation, and it is not less applicable to the church of ...read
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Sermon 277 - The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant
A Sermon
(No. 277)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 4th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The blood of the everlasting covenant."--Hebrews 13:20.
ALL GOD'S dealings with men have had a covenant character. It hath so pleased Him to arrange it, that he will not deal with us except thro ...read
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Sermon 278 - Grieving the Holy Spirit
A Sermon
(No. 278)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 9th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."--Ephesians 4:30.
THERE IS SOMETHING very touching in this admonition, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God." ...read
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Sermon 279 - Come and Welcome
A Sermon
(No. 279)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 16th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."--Revelation 22:17.
THE CR ...read
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Sermon 280 - The Chaff Driven Away
A Sermon
(No. 280)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 23rd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away."--Psalm 1:4.
AND WHO are the ungodly? Are they open and wilful sinners--men who take God's name in vain, and curse, and ...read
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Sermon 281 - The Saviour's Many Crowns
A Sermon
(No. 281)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 30th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"On his head were many crowns."--Revelation 19:12.
AH, WELL YE KNOW what head this was, and ye have not forgotten its marvellous history. A head which once in infancy reclined upon the bosom of a ...read
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Sermon 282 - Christ's Estimate of His People
A Sermon
(No. 282)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, January 23rd, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are und ...read
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Sermon 283 - The Sweet Uses of Adversity
A Sermon
(No. 283)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 13th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me."--Job 10:2.
AND WILL GOD CONTEND with man? If God be angry, can he not take away the breath of his nostrils, and lay him low in the dust of earth? If t ...read
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Sermon 284 - One Antidote for Many Ills
A Sermon
(No. 284)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 9th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved."--Psalm 80:10.
THIS SEEMS TO BE the only prayer the Psalmist puts up in this Psalm, as being of itself sufficient ...read
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Sermon 285 - Man's Ruin and God's Remedy
A Sermon
(No. 285)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 20th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live."--Numbers 21:8.
I D ...read
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Sermon 286 - A Woman's Memorial
A Sermon
(No. 286)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 27th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her."--Matthew 26:13.
THE EVANGEL ...read
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Sermon 287 - Dilemma and Deliverance
A Sermon
(No. 287)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 4th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."--Psalm 9:10.
THERE ARE MANY MEN who are exceedingly well read in heathen mythologies; who can tell you the history of any one of the heathen go ...read
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Sermon 288 - "Let Us Pray"
A Sermon
(No. 288)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 6th, 1859, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"But it is good for me to draw near to God."--Psalm 73:23.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS by which the true believer draws near to God. The gates of the king's palace are many; and through the love of Jesus, ...read
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