What the Stones Say: Or, Sermons in Stones
Overview
Spurgeon was a master illustrator. His sermons are full of vivid accounts and memorable illustrations which bring the message of the Gospel to life. In What the Stones Say, Spurgeon uses stones to illustrate the message of the Gospel. He draws from the imagery of stones in the Bible and the stories of stones in daily life. This volume also contains useful illustrations for preachers and teachers to use in their own ministries. The Logos Bible Software edition of What the Stones Say was originally published in London by Christian Herald Pub. Co in 1894.
Product Details
- Title: What the Stones Say: Or, Sermons in Stones
- Author: Charles Spurgeon
- Publisher: A. C. Armstrong & Son
- Publication Date: 1894
- Pages: 126
About Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on June 19, 1834. He converted to Christianity in 1850 at a small Methodist chapel, to which he detoured during a snowstorm. While there, he heard a sermon on Isaiah 45:22 and was saved—“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.” He began his own ministry of preaching and teaching immediately, and preached more than 500 sermons by the age of twenty.
In 1854, at nineteen years of age, Spurgeon began preaching at the New Park Street Chapel in London. He was appointed to a six month trial position, which he requested be cut to three months should the congregation dislike his preaching. He gained instant fame, however, and the church grew from 232 members to more than five thousand at the end of his pastorate. Many of his sermons were published each week and regularly sold more than 25,000 copies in twenty languages. Throughout his ministry, Spurgeon estimated that he preached to more than 10,000,000 people. Dwight L. Moody was deeply influenced by Spurgeon’s preaching, and founded the Moody Bible Institute after seeing Spurgeon’s work at the Pastor’s College in London.
Spurgeon read six books per week during his adult life, and read Pilgrim’s Progress more than 100 times. In addition to his studying and preaching, Spurgeon also founded the Pastor’s College (now Spurgeon’s College), various orphanages and schools, mission chapels, and numerous other social institutions.
Charles Spurgeon suffered from poor health throughout his life. He died on January 31, 1892, and was buried in London.
Sample Pages from the Print Edition
Top Highlights
“The power thus to use ordinary circumstances and common things was possessed in a remarkable degree by my late beloved father. He culled the great majority of his illustrations from the field rather than from the hot-house. There are more buttercups and daisies in his sermons than there are rare orchids and choice exotics. Being a master of metaphor, he gathered from every source.” (Pages vii–viii)
“Diamond dust is like truth: no matter how small the truth is, it is worth dying for. Everything that is true is essential. True, every truth is not essential to salvation; but all truth is essential to something. Sweep up the diamond dust, then; treasure it, for it is very precious.” (Page 35)
“The only way to cut a diamond is by a diamond: diamond dust must be used if the gem is to be cut. In like manner, the best way to understand Scripture is by Scripture itself.” (Page 33)
“And so may it be with us when we come to die: let us hope that we shall find the enemy ‘as still as a stone,’ as we sing the praises of our God who triumphs gloriously.” (Page 10)
“But every man, however much God may have helped him in the past, will grow weary, unless he be upheld by the loving sympathies and earnest prayers of those around him.” (Page 12)
- Title: What the Stones Say: Sermons in Stones
- Authors: Charles Spurgeon, J. L. Keys, Thomas Spurgeon
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sermons, English › 19th century
- Resource ID: LLS:WHATSTONES
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-03-08T19:07:57Z