Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon

by Charles Ray

Publisher:

Passmore & Alabaster

, 1903

Overview

Charles Spurgeon’s wife had a profound effect on her husband’s ministry. This biography traces the events of her life, her influence on her husband, and her fundraising and charity efforts. This volume also contains excerpts from her correspondence and various autobiographical materials. The Logos Bible Software edition of Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon was originally published in London by Passmore and Alabaster in 1903.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Once and once only she broke down, when her dear one was about to leave in the early morning for a distant mission, and the tears could not be kept back. ‘Wifey,’ said her husband, ‘do you think that when any of the children of Israel brought a lamb to the Lord’s altar as an offering to Him they stood and wept over it when they had seen it laid there?’ and when she replied in the negative he added, tenderly, ‘Well, don’t you see, you are giving me to God in letting me go to preach the Gospel to poor sinners, and do you think He likes to see you cry over your sacrifice?’” (Pages 36–37)

“I fear I am not so full of love to God as I used to be. I lament my sad decline in spiritual things.” (Page 29)

“the love of my heart, and the light of my earthly life.” (Page 6)

“as the woman who found solace in suffering by ministering to the needs of others, she will stand out through all time.” (Page 3)

“he seemed to know how to extract and carry off the sweet spoils from the most unpromising-looking tome among them.” (Pages 102–103)

Product Details

• Title: Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon
• Author: Charles Spurgeon
• Publisher: Passmore and Alabaster
• Publication Date: 1903
• Pages: 119

About Charles Ray

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.