Sermon 168 - The First Christmas Carol
A Sermon
(No. 168)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 20, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."--Luke 2:14.
IT IS SUPERSTITIOUS to worship angels; it is but proper to love them. Although it would be a high sin, and an ac ...read
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Sermon 169 - What Have I Done?
A Sermon
(No. 169)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 27, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"What have I done?"--Jeremiah 8:6.
PERHAPS NO FIGURE represents God in a more gracious light than those figures of speech, which represent him as stooping from his throne, and as coming down from h ...read
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Sermon 170 - The Immutability of Christ
A Sermon
(No. 170)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 3, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."--Hebrews 13:8.
IT IS WELL that there is one person who is the same. It is well that there is one stable rock amidst the changing billows o ...read
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Sermon 171 - Paul's Sermon Before Felix
A Sermon
(No. 171)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 10, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee."--Acts 24:25.
T ...read
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Sermon 172 - Search the Scriptures
A Sermon
(No. 172)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 17, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."--Isaiah 8:20.
WHEN men will not learn of God, how huge their folly grows! If the ...read
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Sermon 173 - The Death of Christ
A Sermon
(No. 173)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 24, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall ...read
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Sermon 174 - A Call to the Unconverted
A Sermon
(No. 174)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, November 8, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."--Galatians 3 ...read
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Sermon 175 - The Two Talents
A Sermon
(No. 175)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 31, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithf ...read
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Sermon 176 - The Prodigal's Return
A Sermon
(No. 176)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 7, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"But when he was yet a great way off; his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."--Luke 15:20.
ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN EDUCATION will tell you that they fi ...read
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Sermon 177 - God, the All-Seeing One
A Sermon
(No. 177)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 14, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?"--Proverbs 15:11.
YOU HAVE OFTEN smiled at the ignorance of heathens who bow themselves before gods ...read
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Sermon 178 - The Work of the Holy Spirit
A Sermon
(No. 178)
Delivered on Thursday Evening, November 5, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"--Galatians 3:3.
YES, we are just so foolish. Folly is bound up not only in the heart of a child, but in the heart ...read
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Sermon 179 - The Great Reservoir
A Sermon
(No. 179)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 21, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."--Proverbs 4:23.
WF I SHOULD VAINLY ATTEMPT to fashion my discourse after lofty models, I should this morning compare the h ...read
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Sermon 180 - How To Keep the Heart
A Sermon
(No. 180)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, February 21, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
"The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus."--Philippians 4:7.
IT IS REMARKABLE, that when we find an exhortation given to God's people ...read
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Sermon 181 - Particular Redemption
A Sermon
(No. 181)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 28, 1858 by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many."--Matthew 20:28.
WHEN first it was my duty to occupy this pulpit, and preach in this ...read
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Sermon 182 - Human Inability
A Sermon
(No. 182)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 7, 1858 by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him."--John 6:44.
COMING to Christ" is a very common phrase in Holy Scripture. It is used to express those acts of the soul wherein, lea ...read
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Sermon 183 - The Solar Eclipse
A Sermon
(No. 183)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 14th, 1858 by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"I form the light, and create darkness.'--Isaiah 45:7.
WE ARE ALL expecting to-morrow to witness one of the greatest sights in the universe--the annular eclipse of the sun. It is possible that many o ...read
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Sermon 184 - The Glorious Gospel
A Sermon
(No. 184)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 21, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."--1 Timothy 1:15.
I SUPPOSE that the message delivered by God's ser ...read
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Sermon 185 - The Great Revival
A Sermon
(No. 185)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 28th, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
"The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God."--Isaiah 52:10.
WHEN THE HEROES of old prepared for the fight t ...read
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Sermon 186 - The Form and Spirit of Religion
A Sermon
(No. 186)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 4, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies."--1 Samuel 4:3.
THESE MEN made a great mistake: wh ...read
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Sermon 187 - Providence
A Sermon
(No. 187)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 11, 1858, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."--Matthew 10:30.
DURING THIS WEEK my mind has been much directed to the subject of Providence,and you will not wonder when I relate a portion of one ...read
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