NO. 793 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2ND, 1868, BY C. H. SPURGEON AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks … Continue reading “NEARER AND DEARER.”
MARY MAGDALENE.
NO. 792 ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JANUARY 26TH, 1868, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.” — Mark 16:9. Experimental preaching when truthful, is almost always profitable. As the spouse of old desired to see the footsteps of the flock, so souls in distress … Continue reading “MARY MAGDALENE.”
THE ARROWS OF THE BOW BROKEN IN ZION.
NO. 791 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JANUARY 19TH, 1868, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.”-Psalm 76:3. The writer of this song of triumph gloried as a patriot in the defeat of his country’s foes: he did … Continue reading “THE ARROWS OF THE BOW BROKEN IN ZION.”
KING’S GARDENS.
NO. 790 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29TH, 1867, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “The king’s garden.”-Nehemiah 3:15. There have been many very famous king’s gardens, such as those “hanging gardens” in Nineveh, wherein Sardanapalus delighted himself, and that remarkable garden of Cyrus, in which he took such great interest, because, … Continue reading “KING’S GARDENS.”
LINGERERS HASTENED.
NO. 789 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JANUARY 12TH, 1868 BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE NEWINGTON. “And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, … Continue reading “LINGERERS HASTENED.”
CREATION’S GROANS AND THE SAINTS’ SIGHS.
NO. 788 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, JANUARY 5TH, 1868, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “We know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the … Continue reading “CREATION’S GROANS AND THE SAINTS’ SIGHS.”
A SONG, A SOLACE, A SERMON, AND A SUMMONS.
NO. 787 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29TH, 1867, BY C. H. SPURGEON AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “For his mercy endureth for ever.”-Psalm 136. THIS one hundred and thirty-sixth Psalm was constantly sung in the Temple by appointed singers, among whom the names of Heman and Jeduthun are mentioned. These we are told, in … Continue reading “A SONG, A SOLACE, A SERMON, AND A SUMMONS.”
THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS.
NO. 786 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22ND, 1867, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”-1 Timothy 3:16. … Continue reading “THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS.”
WANTED, A GUESTCHAMBER!
NO. 785 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15TH, 1867, BY C. H. SPURGEON AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?”-Mark 14:14. As far as we know, out of the many thousands who had come to Jerusalem from the utmost ends of … Continue reading “WANTED, A GUESTCHAMBER!”
THE ROSE AND THE LILY.
NO. 784 DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8TH, 1867, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”- Song of Solomon 2:1. Here are sweet flowers blooming serenely and this wintry weather. In the garden of the soul you may gather fragrant flowerets … Continue reading “THE ROSE AND THE LILY.”