NO. 1003 A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JULY 30TH, 1871, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “Your own salvation.” — Philippians 2:12. WE select the words, “your own salvation,” as our text this morning, not out of any singularity, or from the slightest wish that the brevity of the text should … Continue reading “YOUR OWN SALVATION.”
NOW, AND THEN.
NO. 1002 DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face.” — 1 Corinthians 13:12. IN this chapter the apostle Paul has spoken in the highest terms of charity or love. He accounts it to be a grace far more excellent … Continue reading “NOW, AND THEN.”
ALTOGETHER LOVELY.
NO. 1001 A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JULY 23RD, 1871, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “Yea, he is altogether lovely.” — Song of Solomon 5:16. WHEN the old Puritan minister had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, and secondly, and thirdly, and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down … Continue reading “ALTOGETHER LOVELY.”
NUMBER ONE THOUSAND; OR, “BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE.”
NO. 1000 A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JULY 16TH, 1871, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” — Luke 15:17. “HE came to himself.” The word … Continue reading “NUMBER ONE THOUSAND; OR, “BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE.””
THE WITHERING WORK OF THE SPIRIT.
NO. 999 A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JULY 9TH, 1871, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the … Continue reading “THE WITHERING WORK OF THE SPIRIT.”
MORE AND MORE.
NO. 998 A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JULY 2ND, 1871, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” — Psalm 71:14. WHEN sin conquered the realm of manhood, it slew all the minstrels except those of the race of Hope. … Continue reading “MORE AND MORE.”
PROSPERITY UNDER PERSECUTION.
NO. 997 DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “Come on let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore … Continue reading “PROSPERITY UNDER PERSECUTION.”
THE ALARUM.
NO. 996 DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “I myself will awake early.” — Psalm 57:8. THE proper subject to treat upon with such a text as this would be the propriety and excellence of early rising, especially when we are desirous of praising or serving God. The dew of dawn … Continue reading “THE ALARUM.”
THE SHEEP AND THEIR SHEPHERD.
NO. 995 DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” — John 10:27. Christians are here compared to sheep. Not a very flattering comparison you may say; but then we do not wish to be flattered, nor would our Lord … Continue reading “THE SHEEP AND THEIR SHEPHERD.”
THE PRAYER OF JABEZ.
NO. 994 DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed!” — 1 Chronicles 4:10. WE know very little about Jabez, except that he was more honorable than his brethren, and that he was called Jabez because his mother bare him with sorrow. It will sometimes happen … Continue reading “THE PRAYER OF JABEZ.”