Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers.” [Українська] [Русский]
Charles Spurgeon Quotes
“The surest road to our own happiness is to seek the good of others.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“The message of the gospel is applied by Christ directly and distinctly to our own soul.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“You shall know that he is with you, you shall be sure of it, for his life shall touch your life, his spirit shall flood and overflood your spirit; and then, but not till then, shall you be fit to speak in his name.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Christ died, but he is not dead now. He is risen; he has gone up into his glory; he sits upon the throne of God; but, at the same time, by a very real spiritual presence he is with all his people, as he said to his disciples[…]”
– Charles Spurgeon
“[…]Christ is still alive, and still with his people, still conversing with his chosen ones, still by his Divine Spirit speaking out of his very heart into the hearts of his true disciples.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“We do not want to go to heaven alone; we are most anxious to lead others to the Saviour.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Oh, to be found in him! God grant we may be! To be plants in his garden, supposing him to be the gardener, is all the heaven we can desire.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Since he is the author and finisher of our faith, to what perfection will he conduct us, and to what glory will he bring us!”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Supposing him to be the gardener, and God to come and walk among the trees of the garden, then I expect he will remove the whole of the garden upward with himself to fairer skies; for he rose, and his people must rise with him.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Let us believe great things from the work of Christ by his Spirit in the midst of his people’s hearts, and we shall not be disappointed.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“It is all well with Christ’s cause because it is in his own hands. He shall not fail nor be discouraged. The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“[Christ’s] face is the sun, and his countenance scatters those health-giving beams, and nurturing warmths, and perfecting influences which are needful for maturing the saints in all the sweetness of grace to the glory of God.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“There is no fear of our not being watered when Jesus undertakes to do it. He will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Dwell with us, Lord, as a church and people: by thy Holy Spirit reside with us and in us, and never depart from us, and then no root of bitterness shall spring up to trouble us.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“So, if we are afraid that the devil should get in among us let us always in prayer entreat that there may be no space for the devil, because the Lord Jesus Christ fills all, and keeps out the adversary.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“In the empty tomb of Christ, we see sin forever put away and death destroyed.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Infinite power shall stoop that you may lean upon its shoulder.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“One has a work given him of God to do, and if he does it rightly he cannot do it carelessly.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Here is the history of the grass:
1. Sown
2. Grown
3. Blown
4. Mown
5. Gone;
and the history of man is not much more.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“And so, since Jesus is tutor and university to us, let us feel that we are bound to reflect credit upon so great a teacher, upon so divine a name.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“The Lord loves to use tools which are not rusted with self-conceit.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Bold-hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Depend upon it, happiness lives next door to the spirit of complete acquiescence in the will of God, and it will be easy to exercise that perfect acquiescence when we suppose the Lord Jesus to be the gardener.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Heresies always come from gentlemen at ease who take no actual part in our holy war.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Oh feeble child of God, the Lord taketh care of you! Your heavenly Father feedeth ravens, and guides the flight of sparrows: should he not much more care for you, oh ye of little faith?”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Warm-hearted saints keep each other warm, but cold is also contagious.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“It is quite right that you should think little of yourself: perhaps to droop your head is a part of your beauty: many flowers had not been half so lovely if they had not practised the art of hanging their heads.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Kill hope in a man, and you have killed the man’s best self.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“We cannot go to heaven as worldly men; for there would be nothing there to gratify us.”
— Charles Spurgeon