The Sword and The Trowel Volume 1

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

In 1865, Spurgeon began publication of The Sword and the Trowel, a monthly magazine which not only contains valuable materials on the Scriptures, but also serves as one of the best autobiographical sources on the life of Spurgeon.

473 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 19, 2010

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian, John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues, Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861, the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.