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Charles Spurgeon

(1834–1892) Pastor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Charles Spurgeon was a pastor from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for Old Testament Readings & Devotionals.

Quick Facts About Charles Spurgeon

Born: June 19, 1834
Died: January 31, 1892
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession: Pastor
Notable works: Old Testament Readings & Devotionals
Spouse: Susannah Spurgeon

About Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Baptist preacher often called the 'Prince of Preachers.' He was influential among Christians of many denominations, defended the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposed the liberal and pragmatic theological trends of his time.

Quotes by Charles Spurgeon · Page 33

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.

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Inspirational

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Our great object of glorifying God is to be mainly achieved by the winning of souls Do not close a single sermon…

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Glorifying god

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The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe…

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Care

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There are two sins of men that are bred in the bone and that continually come out in the flesh. One is…

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Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!

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Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

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Hypocrite

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Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim.

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Blind

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If your religion does not make you holy, it will damn you. It is simply painted pageantry to go to hell in.

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“Zeal--what is it? How shall I describe it? Possess it, and you will know what it is. Be consumed with love for…

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I must pour out my heart in the language which his Spirit gives me; and more than that, I must trust in…

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Emotion

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Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers…

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I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to…

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No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you.…

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Money gained on Sabbath-day is a loss, I dare to say. No blessing can come with that which comes to us, on…

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Blessing

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Man loves his own ruin. The cup is so sweet that though he knows it will poison him, yet he must drink…

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It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all,…

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If there is one doctrine I have preached more than another, it is the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints even…

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Doctrine

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I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of the gospel if thou canst eat it all thyself.

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It is only serving God that is doing immortal work; it is only living for Christ that is living at all.

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Christ

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Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles.

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The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who…

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To be a soul winner is the happiest thing in the world. And with every soul you bring to Jesus Christ, you…

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Christ

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It is never worth while to make rents in a garment for the sake of mending them? Nor to create doubts in…

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Doubt

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There is somebody in the world whom you have to bring to Christ. I do not know where he is, or who…

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Christ

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Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon…

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Blessing

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The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father's love to him, and the honor which he…

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Father

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I believe that much of the secret of soul-winning lies in having bowels of compassion, in having spirits that can be touched…

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I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of…

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Dark

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True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual…

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Fitness

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God looketh upon any thing we say, or any thing we do, and if He seeth Christ in it, He accepteth it;…

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Christ

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Beloved Friends, we may well continue to praise God, for our God continues to give us causes for praise!

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Beloved

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...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it…

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Christian prayer

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If you get condemnation out of the Gospel, you put the condemnation into it yourselves! It is not the Gospel, but your…

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Condemnation

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Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip

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Eternal

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He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the…

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Divine

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Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, desperately kind, fixedly upright.

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Behavior

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I believe that when Paul plants and Apollos waters, God gives the increase; and I have no patience with those who throw…

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As the rain soaks into the ground, so pray the Lord to let his gospel soak into your soul.

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Christianity

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Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day. This dropping well is not intermittent.

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Believer

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We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us…

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Charles Spurgeon by topic

Men (242) Inspirational (204) Christ (204) Religion (201) Christian (193) God (157) Love (149) Prayer (143) Jesus (141) Lord (137) Christianity (126) Heart (113) Sin (107) Soul (105) Faith (98) Life (83) Heaven (82)