Religious Quotes by Charles Spurgeon

Prayer can never be in excess.

— Charles Spurgeon

Nothing puts life into men like a dying Savior.

— Charles Spurgeon

A church is a soul-saving company or it is nothing.

— Charles Spurgeon

It is not all darkness in a heart which can cry, "My God".

— Charles Spurgeon

As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.

— Charles Spurgeon

The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model.

— Charles Spurgeon

All places are places of worship to a Christian. Wherever he is, he ought to be in a worshiping frame of mind.

— Charles Spurgeon

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper feeling. We believe, whether we see or not.

— Charles Spurgeon

Ministers should be stars to give light, not clouds to obscure.

— Charles Spurgeon

Preach Christ or nothing: don't dispute or discuss except with your eye on the cross.

— Charles Spurgeon

Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt

— Charles Spurgeon

The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.

— Charles Spurgeon

The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of…

— Charles Spurgeon

It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely! Christ is…

— Charles Spurgeon

If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

— Charles Spurgeon

The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals…

— Charles Spurgeon

To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for…

— Charles Spurgeon

Our spiritual manhood in heaven will discard many things which we now count precious, as a full-grown man discards the treasures of…

— Charles Spurgeon

If God does not save men by truth, he certainly will not save them by lies. And if the old gospel is…

— Charles Spurgeon

The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes.

— Charles Spurgeon

Oh, Brethren, it is sickening work to think of your cushioned seats, your chants, your anthems, your choirs, your organs, your gowns,…

— Charles Spurgeon

We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error.…

— Charles Spurgeon

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are…

— Charles Spurgeon

We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we…

— Charles Spurgeon

Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. .…

— Charles Spurgeon

Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that…

— Charles Spurgeon

I look upon the giving away of a religious tract as only the first step for action not to be compared with…

— Charles Spurgeon

The greater our present trials, the louder will our future songs be, and the more intense our joyful gratitude.

— Charles Spurgeon

Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.

— Charles Spurgeon

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.

— Charles Spurgeon

He would have us like children who believe what their father tells them.

— Charles Spurgeon

The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.

— Charles Spurgeon

Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering.

— Charles Spurgeon

If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.

— Charles Spurgeon

Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.

— Charles Spurgeon

God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees.

— Charles Spurgeon

Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.

— Charles Spurgeon

You will never be saved against your will; God drags nobody to heaven by the ears.

— Charles Spurgeon

God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking into hell!

— Charles Spurgeon

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

— Charles Spurgeon