Sermon 147 - The Sound in the Mulberry Trees
A Sermon
(No. 147)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 31, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shall bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines."--2 Samuel 5:2 ...read
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Sermon 148 - Five Fears
A Sermon
(No. 148)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 23, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him."--Ecclesiastes 8:12.
I HAVE heard it sometimes said by wicked men, when they would arraign the justice of the ...read
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Sermon 149 - Independence of Christianity
A Sermon
(No. 149)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 31, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."--Zechariah 4:6.
GOD'S first and greatest object is his own glory. There was a time, before all time, when there was no day but ...read
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Sermon 150 - India's Ills and England's Sorrows
A Sermon
(No. 150)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 6, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people."--Jeremiah 9:1.
SOMETIMES tears are base things; the off ...read
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Sermon 151 - The Condescension of Christ
A Sermon
(No. 151)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 13, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich"--2 Corinthians 8:9.
THE APOSTLE, in this ch ...read
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Sermon 152 - Things That Accompany Salvation
A Sermon
(No. 152)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 20, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Things that accompany Salvation."--Hebrews 6:9.
I AM not quite certain that my text will warrant all I shall say upon it this day if read and understood in its connection. But I have taken the wo ...read
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Sermon 153 - The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent
A Sermon
(No. 153)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 27, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."--John 3:14.
WE are told ...read
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Sermon 154 - Fast-Day Service + 155
(No. 154-55)
Held at the
CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM,
On Wednesday, October 7th, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON,
Being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a Solemn Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer before Almighty God: in order to obtain Pardon of our Sins, and for imploring His Blessing and Assistance on our Arms for the Restoration of ...read
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Sermon 156 - Fear Not
A Sermon
(No. 156)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 4, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy redeemer the Holy one of Israel."--Isaiah 41:14.
I SHALL SPEAK this morning to those that are discouraged, d ...read
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Sermon 157 - Thy Redeemer
A Sermon
(No. 157)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, October 4, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"And thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel."--Isaiah 41:14.
AND WHY DOES it say, "and thy Redeemer?" What was the use of appending the Redeemers name to this precious exhortation? By God's help it shall ...read
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Sermon 158 - Instability
A Sermon
(No. 158)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 11, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel."--Genesis 49:4.
PERFECT STABILITY has ceased from the world since the day when Adam fell. He was stable enough when in the garden he was obedient to his Mas ...read
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Sermon 159 - The True Christian's Blessedness
A Sermon
(No. 159)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 18, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"We know that all things work together far good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."--Romans 8:28.
I. WE have here the description of a true Christian, and a ...read
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Sermon 160 - Light at Evening Time
A Sermon
(No. 160)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 25, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"It shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light."--Zechariah 14:7.
I SHALL NOT stay to notice the particular occasion upon which these words were uttered, or to discover the time to wh ...read
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Sermon 161 - The Security of the Church
A Sermon
(No. 161)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 1, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."--Psalm 125:2.
THE CHANGES of society may well illustrate the immutability of God. I ...read
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Sermon 162 - The First and Great Commandment
A Sermon
(No. 162)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 8, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment."--Mark 12:30.
OUR SAVIOUR said, "This is ...read
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Sermon 163 - Awake! Awake!
A Sermon
(No. 163)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 15, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober."--1 Thessalonians 5:6.
WHAT SAD things sin hath done. This fair world of ours was once a glorious temple, every pillar of wh ...read
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Sermon 164 - The Loved Ones Chastened
A Sermon
(No. 164)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 22, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."--Revelation 3:19.
THE DEALINGS OF GOD towards the sons of men have always puzzled the wise men of the earth who have tri ...read
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Sermon 165 - The Warning Neglected
A Sermon
(No. 165)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 29, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him."--Ezekiel 33:5.
IN ALL WORLDLY THINGS, men are always enough awake to understand their own interests. There is ...read
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Sermon 166 - The Destroyer Destroyed
A Sermon
(No. 166)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 6, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil"--Hebrews 2:14.
IN GOD'S ORIGINAL empire everything was happiness, and joy, and peace. If there be any evil, a ...read
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Sermon 167 - The Holy Spirit and the One Church
A Sermon
(No. 167)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 13, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit."--Jude 1:19.
WHEN a farmer comes to thrash out his wheat, and get it ready for the market there are two things that he desire ...read
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