Sermon 106 - Turn or Burn
A Sermon
No. 106
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 7, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready."--Psalm 7:12.
IF THE SINNER turn not, God will whet his sword." So, then, God has a sword, and he will punish man on ac ...read
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Sermon 107 - Faith
A Sermon
(No. 107)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 14, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Without faith it is impossible to please God."--Hebrews 11:6.
THE OLD Assembly's Catechism asks, "What is the chief end of man?" and its answer is, "To glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." The ...read
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Sermon 108 - The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith
A Sermon
(No. 108)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, August 31, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at Exeter Hall, Strand.
"Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me."--Job 23:6.
I SHALL not to-night consider the connexion of these words, or what was particularly intended by Job. I shall use them ...read
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Sermon 109 - Going Home--A Christmas Sermon
A Sermon
(No. 109)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 21, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."--Mark 5:19.
THE CASE of the man here referred to is a very extraordinary one: ...read
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Sermon 110 - Heavenly Worship
A Sermon
(No. 110)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 28th, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the ...read
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Sermon 111 - A Mighty Saviour
A Sermon
(No. 111)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 4, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Mighty to save."--Isaiah 63:1.
THIS, of course, refers to our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who is described as "coming from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah," and who, when it is questioned who he ...read
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Sermon 112 - The War of Truth
A Sermon
(No. 112)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 11, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand."--Exodus 17:9.
THE CHILDREN of Israel we ...read
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Sermon 113 - Confession of Sin--A Sermon With Seven Texts
A Sermon
(No. 113)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 18, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
My sermon this morning will have seven texts, and yet I pledge myself that there shall be but three different words in the whole of them; for it so happens that the seven texts are all alike, occurring ...read
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Sermon 114 - Preaching for the Poor
A Sermon
(No. 114)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 25, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The poor have the gospel preached to them."--Matt. 11:5.
JOHN, the forerunner of Christ, had some followers who continued with him after Christ had come in the flesh, and openly manifested himself ...read
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Sermon 115 - Why Are Men Saved?
A Sermon
(No. 115)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 1, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake."--Psalm 106:8.
IN LOOKING upon the works of God in creation, there are two questions which at once occur to the thoughtful mind, and which must be an ...read
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Sermon 116 - Secret Sins
A Sermon
(No. 116)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 8, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Cleanse thou me from secret faults.--Psalm 19:12.
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS arises partly from pride but mainly from ignorance of God's law. It is because men know little or nothing concerning the terribl ...read
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Sermon 117 - Lovest Thou Me?
A Sermon
(No. 117)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 7th, 1856, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again th ...read
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Sermon 118 - The Blood-Shedding
A Sermon
(No. 118)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 22, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At The Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"Without shedding of blood is no remission."--Hebrews 9: 22.
I will show you three fools. One is yonder soldier, who has been wounded on the field of battle, grievously wounded, well nigh unto death ...read
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Sermon 119 - Rahab's Faith
A Sermon
(No. 119)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 1, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At The Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace."--Hebrews 11:31.
IN ALMOST every capital of Europe there are varieties of triumphal arche ...read
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Sermon 120 - A Faithful Friend
A Sermon
(No. 120)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 8, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At The Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."--Proverbs 18:24.
CICERO has well said, "Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed." Fri ...read
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Sermon 121 - The Leafless Tree
A Sermon
(No. 121)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, March 8, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and it shall be eaten as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed shall be the substance the ...read
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Sermon 122 - Christ About His Father's Business
A Sermon
(No. 122)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 15, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"--Luke 2:49.
Behold then, how great an interest God the Father takes in the work of salvation. It is called "his business;" and though Jesus Chr ...read
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Sermon 123 - Particular Election
A Sermon
(No. 123)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 22, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fail: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the ...read
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Sermon 124 - The Snare of the Fowler
A Sermon
(No. 124)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 29, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler."--Psalm 91:3.
If Moses wrote this Psalm he might represent the fowler as being in his case the king of Egypt, who sought to slay him, or the ...read
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Sermon 125 - The Fruitless Vine
A Sermon
(No. 125)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, March 22, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?"--Ezekiel 15:1-2.
THE JEWISH nation had arro ...read
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