“the Church in her worst time still hath a blessed verdure of grace about her; nay, she has sometimes exhibited most verdure when her winter has been sharpest. She has prospered most when her adversities have been most severe.” — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“passion. Like the moon, we borrow our light; bright as we are when grace shines on us, we are darkness itself when the Sun of Righteousness withdraws himself.” — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you began, and let the Lord be all in all to you.” — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The man who talks about his experience as a Christian, who never does anything for Christ, is, I am afraid, only an idle dreamer.”–1894,… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The blood of Jesus Christ is as blessed and divine a payment for the transgressions of blaspheming Peter as for the shortcomings of loving… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“A certain man placed a fountain by the wayside, and he hung up a cup near to it by a little chain. He was… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The roar of the sea may be joyous to a rejoicing spirit, but to the son of sorrow the wide, wide ocean is even more forlorn than the wide, wide world. This is not our rest, and the restless billows tell us so. There is a land where there is no more sea--our faces are steadfastly set towards it; we… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share
“Beloved, no sin of a believer can now be an arrow mortally to wound him, no condemnation can now be a sword to kill… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The greatest of human actions will appear to be insignificant when we come to die, and especially those upon which men most pride themselves --these will yield them the bitterest humiliation. We shall then say what madmen we must have been to have wasted so much time and energy upon such paltry things. When we shall discover that they were… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share
“Paul saith, 'Not of works, lest any man should boast.' Now, faith excludes all boasting. The hand which receives charity does not say, 'I am to be thanked for accepting the gift'; that would be absurd. When the hand conveys bread to the mouth it does not say to the body, 'Thank me; for I feed you.' It is a… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share
“He made a pit and digged it. He was cunning in his plans and industrious in his labors. He stooped to the dirty work of digging. He did not fear to soil his own hands. He was willing to work in a ditch if others might fall therein. What mean things men will do to wreak revenge on the godly.… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share
“The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faith; we cheerfully wait when we are certain that we shall not wait in vain. It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share
“You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences: salvation is all of the grace of God; damnation is all… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
