Sermon 1016 - Beauty for Ashes
A Sermon
(No. 1016)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he mig ...read
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Sermon 1017 - The Talking Book
A Sermon
(No. 1017)
Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, October 22nd, 1871 by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"When thou awakest, it shall talk with thee"--Proverbs 6:22.
IT IS A VERY HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCE when the commandment of our father and the law of our mother are also the commandment of God and the law o ...read
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Sermon 1018 - Pleading
A Sermon
(No. 1018)
Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, October 29th, 1871 by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying."--Psalm 70:5
YOUNG painters were anxious, in olden times, to study under the great ma ...read
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Sermon 1019 - Household Salvation
A Sermon
(No. 1019)
Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, November 5th, 1871 by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. An ...read
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Sermon 1020 - "The Sun of Righteousness"
A Sermon
(No. 1020)
Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, November 12th, 1871 by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his ci ...read
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Sermon 1021 - Heaven's Nurse Children
A Sermon
(No. 1021)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms."--Hosea 11:3.
IF you note well the opening part of this chapter, you will find that it consists of a wonderful chain of mercies; every one single line is a rare jewel, and the whole pa ...read
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Sermon 1022 - Sleep Not
A Sermon
(No. 1022)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Let us not sleep, as do others."--1 Thessalonians 5:6.
WE DO NOT usually sleep towards the things of this world. We rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, for Mammon's sake. In this age of competition, most men ar ...read
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Sermon 1023 - Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion
A Sermon
(No. 1023)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh more."--Psalm 65:1-2.
UPON Zion there was erected an altar dedicated to God for the offering of sacrifi ...read
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Sermon 1024 - The Throne of Grace
A Sermon
(No. 1024)
Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 19th, 1871, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"The throne of grace."--Hebrews 4:16
THESE words are found embedded in that gracious verse, "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help ...read
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Sermon 1025 - A Visit to the Harvest Field
A Sermon
(No. 1025)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waited for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts ...read
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Sermon 1026 - Joy Born at Bethlehem
A Sermon
(No. 1026)
Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, December 24th, 1871, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ ...read
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Sermon 1027 - The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People
A Sermon
(No. 1027)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, December 31st, 1871, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"The joy of the Lord is your strength."--Nehemiah 8:10.
"And the singers sang aloud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them ...read
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Sermon 1028 - The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple
A Sermon
(No. 1028)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, January 7th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for ...read
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Sermon 1029 - A Call to Holy Living
A Sermon
(No. 1029)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, January 14th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"What do ye more than others?"--Matthew 5:47.
IT IS A VERY GREAT FAULT in any ministry if the doctrine of justification by faith alone be not most clearly taught. I will go further, and add, that it ...read
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Sermon 1030 - The Pilgrim's Longings
A Sermon
(No. 1030)
Delivered by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: f ...read
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Sermon 1031 - How Can I Obtain Faith?
A Sermon
(No. 1031)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, January 21st, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."--Romans 10:17.
IT IS DIFFICULT to make men understand that the salvation of the gospel is not by works but entirely by grace, that ...read
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Sermon 1032 - The Two Yokes
A Sermon
(No. 1032)
Delivered on Lord's Day Evening, January 14th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron."--Jeremiah 28:13.
ALL THROUGH THE BOOK of Jeremiah you will observe that the prophet taught the ...read
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Sermon 1033 - Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds
A Sermon
(No. 1033)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, January 28th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."--Mark 9:24.
LAST SABBATH MORNING we treated upon the way by which faith comes to t ...read
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Sermon 1034 - The Only Atoning Priest
A Sermon
(No. 1034)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, February 4th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on ...read
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Sermon 1035 - The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church
A Sermon
(No. 1035)
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, February 11th, 1872, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her tha ...read
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