Sermon 500 - Ebenezer!
A Sermon
(No. 500)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, March 15th, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."--1 Samuel 7:12.
IT IS CERTAINLY A VERY DELIGHTFUL THI ...read
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Sermon 501 - Grace Abounding
A Sermon
(No. 501)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, March 22nd, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"I will love them freely."--Hosea 14:4.
THIS SENTENCE IS A BODY of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fullness is a true Master in ...read
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Sermon 502 - A Jealous God
A Sermon
(No. 502)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, March 29th, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"For the Lord, whose name is jealous, is a jealous God."--Exodus 34:14.
THE PASSION OF JEALOUSY IN MAN is usually exercised in an evil manner, but it is not in itself necessarily sinful. A man may ...read
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Sermon 503 - Death and Life in Christ
A Sermon
(No. 503)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, April 5th, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he ...read
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Sermon 504 - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
A Sermon
(No. 504)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, April 12th, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for ...read
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Sermon 531 - The Warrant of Faith
A Sermon
(No. 531)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, September 20th, 1863, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ."--1 John 3:23.
THE old law shines in terrible glory with its ten commandments. There are some who love ...read
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Sermon 549 - A Desperate Case--How to Meet It
A Sermon
(No. 549)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, January 10th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of musta ...read
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Sermon 550 - The Ship on Fire--A Voice of Warning
A Sermon
(No. 550)
Delivered on Sunday Evening, November 8th, 1863, on the
burning of the Ship "Amazon," by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Escape for thy life."--Genesis 19:17.
"Thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life."--Genesis 19:19.
HERE IS THE A ...read
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Sermon 551 - Faith and Life
A Sermon
(No. 551)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, January 24th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; grace and peace be mult ...read
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Sermon 552 - Do You Know Him?
A Sermon
(No. 552)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, January 31st, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"That I may know him."--Philippians 3:10.
THE object of the apostle's life--that for which he sacrificed everything: country, kindred, honor, comfort, liberty, and life itself, was, that he migh ...read
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Sermon 553 - Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls
A Sermon
(No. 553)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 7th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"I will be gracious upon whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy upon whom I will show mercy."--Exodus 33:19.
BECAUSE GOD IS THE MAKER, and creator, and sustainer of all things, he has a ri ...read
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Sermon 554 - Enduring to the End
A Sermon
(No. 554)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 14th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"He that endureth to the end shall be saved."--Matthew 10:22.
THIS PARTICULAR TEXT was originally addressed to the apostles when they were sent to teach and preach in the name of the Lord Jesus ...read
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Sermon 555 - Nothing But Leaves
A Sermon
(No. 555)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 21st, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"He found nothing but leaves."--Mark 11:13.
MOST of the miracles of Moses were grand displays of divine justice. What were the first ten wonders but ten plagues? The same may be said of the pro ...read
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Sermon 556 - The Sinner's Friend
A Sermon
(No. 556)
By the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"A friend of publicans and sinners."--Matthew 11:19.
MANY A TRUE WORD is spoken in jest, and many a tribute to virtue has been unwittingly paid by the sinister lips of malice. The enemies of our Lord Jesus Christ thought to brand him with infa ...read
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Sermon 557 - Where to Find Fruit
A Sermon
(No. 557)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 28th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"From me is thy fruit found."--Hosea 14:8.
THE text has a double significance. It may indicate the fruit upon which we feed, or the fruit which we are enabled to produce. If it shall mean the f ...read
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Sermon 558 - A Bundle of Myrrh
A Sermon
(No. 558)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 28th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts."--Song of Solomon 1:13.
CERTAIN DIVINES have doubted the inspiration of Solomon's Song; others have con ...read
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Sermon 559 - The Cripple at Lystra
A Sermon
(No. 559)
by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked."--Acts 14:9-10.
I HAVE READ in your hearing the story of the ...read
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Sermon 560 - Christ is Glorious--Let Us Make Him Known
A Sermon
(No. 560)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, March 20th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth."--Micah 5:4.
Y ...read
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Sermon 561 - Expiation
A Sermon
(No. 561)
By the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin."--Isaiah 53:10.
BOTH Jews and Gentiles knew pretty well what an offering for sin meant. The Gentiles had been in the habit of offering sacrifices. The Jews, however, had by far the clearer idea of ...read
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Sermon 562 - "Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth"
A Sermon
(No. 562)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, March 27th, 1864, by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable."--1 Corinthians 15:19.
YOU WILL UNDERSTAND that the apostle is arguing with professedly Christian people, who were d ...read
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