--- title: "16 Brethren Quotes By Charles Spurgeon" description: "16 Brethren quotes by Charles Spurgeon. Plus more from Charles Spurgeon and more Brethren sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have_2672443.png" --- > [Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have-been-so-good-to-us/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have_2672443.png) > [Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-always-called-mean-spirited-by/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-alwa_424281.png) > [Leave Christ out? O my brethren, better leave the pulpit out altogether. If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/leave-christ-out-o-my-brethren-better-leave-the-pulpit-out-altogether/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_leave-christ-out-o-my-brethren-better-le_2089800.jpg) > [This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/this-is-the-sum-my-brethren-preach-christ-always-and-evermore-he-is/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_this-is-the-sum-my-brethren-preach-chris_2901896.png) > [Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/oh-men-and-brethren-what-would-this-heart-feel-if-i-could-but-believe/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/charles-spurgeon-82_believe_oh-men-and-brethren-what-would-this-hear_1258489.jpg) > [The reputations of the Lord's people should be very precious in our sight...We may ourselves one of these dark days need forbearance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-reputations-of-the-lord-s-people-should-be-very-precious-in-our/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_the-reputations-of-the-lord-s-people-sho_2328784.png) > [It will be an ill day when our brethren take to bragging and boasting and call it 'testimony to the victorious Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/it-will-be-an-ill-day-when-our-brethren-take-to-bragging-and-boasting/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/charles-spurgeon-82_aim_it-will-be-an-ill-day-when-our-brethren_1528962.png) > [My brethren, do you believe in the Holy Ghost?...Have we such a reliance upon the Holy Ghost? Do we believe that, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/my-brethren-do-you-believe-in-the-holy-ghost-have-we-such-a-reliance/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/charles-spurgeon-82_apostles_my-brethren-do-you-believe-in-the-holy-g_2390092.png) > [Brethren, do something; do something, do something! While societies and unions make constitutions, let us win souls. I pray you, be men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/brethren-do-something-do-something-do-something-while-societies-and/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/charles-spurgeon-82_action_brethren-do-something-do-something-do-so_2205589.jpg) > [A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. Before long,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindrance-he-is-in-the-body-like-a/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/charles-spurgeon-82_benefits_a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindranc_1655470.jpg) > [“Ministers, deacons, and elders may all be wise, but if the sacred Dove departs, and the spirit of strife enters, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be-wise-but-if-the-sacred-dove/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be_2133502.png) > [The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-fact-is-brethren-we-must-have-conversion-work-here-we-cannot-go/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/charles-spurgeon-82_born_the-fact-is-brethren-we-must-have-conver_2686116.jpg) > [But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-something-to-be-made-out-of/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/charles-spurgeon-82_blessed_but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-s_407433.png) > [My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/my-brethren-let-me-say-be-like-christ-at-all-times-imitate-him-in/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/charles-spurgeon-82_all-time_my-brethren-let-me-say-be-like-christ-at_1293024.jpg) > [Oh, Brethren, it is sickening work to think of your cushioned seats, your chants, your anthems, your choirs, your organs, your gowns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/oh-brethren-it-is-sickening-work-to-think-of-your-cushioned-seats/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/charles-spurgeon-82_anthem_oh-brethren-it-is-sickening-work-to-thin_3127856.jpg) > [Dear brethren, this is exactly what we have to do, we have to pawn the present for the future. We must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/dear-brethren-this-is-exactly-what-we-have-to-do-we-have-to-pawn-the/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_dear-brethren-this-is-exactly-what-we-ha_936119.png) ## Other authors on Brethren ## More by Charles Spurgeon > [The more holy, the more humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-more-holy-the-more-humble/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [He is not humanity deified. He is not Godhead humanized. He is God. He is man. He is all that God is, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/he-is-not-humanity-deified-he-is-not-godhead-humanized-he-is-god-he/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing Christians their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/lord-send-your-life-throughout-the-entire-church-visit-your-church/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Christ came to bring healing to those who are spiritually sick-you say that you are perfectly well, so you must go your own way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/christ-came-to-bring-healing-to-those-who-are-spiritually-sick-you/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Who among you today is doing the most for your Master's kingdom? I will tell you. Lend me a spiritual thermometer by which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/who-among-you-today-is-doing-the-most-for-your-master-s-kingdom-i/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [I do not know when I am more perfectly happy than when I am weeping for sin at the foot of the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-do-not-know-when-i-am-more-perfectly-happy-than-when-i-am-weeping/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things, and ministers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/light-physical-is-said-by-solomon-to-be-sweet-but-gospel-light-is/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing. Go in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-are-to-go-to-christ-do-not-put-on-your-good-doings-and/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Don't you know that day dawns after night, showers displace drought, and spring and summer follow winter? Then, have hope! Hope forever, for God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/don-t-you-know-that-day-dawns-after-night-showers-displace-drought/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [“A mother can translate baby-talk: she comprehends incomprehensible noises. Even so doth our Father in heaven know all about our poor baby talk, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/a-mother-can-translate-baby-talk-she-comprehends-incomprehensible/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-is-our-portion-christ-our-companion-the-spirit-our-comforter/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Jesus poured out his soul in life before he poured it out unto death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/jesus-poured-out-his-soul-in-life-before-he-poured-it-out-unto-death/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [There are believers who by God's grace, have climbed the mountains of full assurance and near communion, their place is with the eagle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/there-are-believers-who-by-god-s-grace-have-climbed-the-mountains-of/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-we-want-revivals-we-must-revive-our-reverence-for-the-word-of-god/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/believe-only-half-of-the-praise-and-half-of-the-criticism/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brethren/charles-spurgeon/#itemlist", "name": "16 Brethren Quotes By Charles Spurgeon", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have-been-so-good-to-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have_2672443.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have_2672443.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_brethren-who-are-we-that-god-should-have_2672443.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?” — Charles Spurgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-always-called-mean-spirited-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-alwa_424281.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-alwa_424281.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_oh-my-brethren-bold-hearted-men-are-alwa_424281.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!” — Charles Spurgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Leave Christ out? 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Our one aim is to win souls; and this we are not to talk about, but do in the power of God!'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/brethren-do-something-do-something-do-something-while-societies-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/charles-spurgeon-82_action_brethren-do-something-do-something-do-so_2205589.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/charles-spurgeon-82_action_brethren-do-something-do-something-do-so_2205589.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/charles-spurgeon-82_action_brethren-do-something-do-something-do-so_2205589.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Brethren, do something; do something, do something! 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Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindrance-he-is-in-the-body-like-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/charles-spurgeon-82_benefits_a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindranc_1655470.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/charles-spurgeon-82_benefits_a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindranc_1655470.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/charles-spurgeon-82_benefits_a-prayerless-church-member-is-a-hindranc_1655470.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. 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Our system was never intended to promote the glory of priests and pastors, but it is calculated to educate manly Christians, who will not take their faith at second-hand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be-wise-but-if-the-sacred-dove/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be_2133502.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be_2133502.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/charles-spurgeon-82_brethren_ministers-deacons-and-elders-may-all-be_2133502.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ministers, deacons, and elders may all be wise, but if the sacred Dove departs, and the spirit of strife…” — Charles Spurgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot, we will not, we must not, we dare not. Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep in the tomb and be heard no more. 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O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-something-to-be-made-out-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/charles-spurgeon-82_blessed_but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-s_407433.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/charles-spurgeon-82_blessed_but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-s_407433.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/charles-spurgeon-82_blessed_but-these-dear-boys-and-girls-there-is-s_407433.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. 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We must be satisfied to give up anything which Christ may require of us for the sake of that which is to come. Our inheritance is not on this side of Jordan. Our joy is yet to be revealed. 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