Lovers of Spurgeon’s preaching have always had a special affection for the sermons of his New Park Street years, with their youthful vibrancy and freshness. But, when compared with their more numerous Metropolitan Tabernacle successors, a far lower percentage of these actually reached publication. Of the sermons preached mostly on Sundays and Thursdays, an average of roughly 105 per year are extant for the 30 years of his Metropolitan Tabernacle ministry, but an average of only about 70 per year for his seven New Park Street years. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce some 28 of these early gems which appeared only in The Sword and the Trowel, all but one after his death.
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“Rely, therefore, no longer on Moses; but seek Jesus. He will be your Leader into the Land of Promise” (Page 97)
“It is not the temptation that brings the blessing; it is the enduring of it. Enduring is looking up, and saying, ‘My God hath sent these trials, and by his grace I will take them and bear them all for him,’” (Page 25)
“Take away Christ from the sermon, and you have taken away its essence. The marrow of theology is Christ; the very bone and sinew of the gospel is preaching Christ. A Christless sermon is the merriment of hell; it is also a fearful waste of time, and it dyes with the blood of souls the skirts of the man who dares to preach it.” (Page 188)
“It is impossible for a praying soul to be lost; for a praying soul has a measure of faith, and faith saves. A praying heart is a token that for you there is day coming, and not night.” (Page 22)
“When the word tempt is connected with sin, it can never belong to God; but only when the word tempt means to try, to test, which it frequently does.” (Page 24)