Spurgeon Gems

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test—if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit.”–1894,

“Blessed is that man who has done with chance,[3] who never speaks of luck, but believes that from the least even to the greatest, all things are ordained of the Lord.

“When one knows that his times are in God’s hands, he would not change places with a king! No, nor even with an angel!”–1891,

He who turned Saul of Tarsus from an enemy into an Apostle can do just the same with you.

“I have heard all the news I need when I have heard of eternal salvation by Jesus Christ!”–1893,

“Christ and His Gospel will always be spoken against. If you know a gospel which is approved by the age and patronized[6] by the learned, that gospel is a lie!”–1893,

‘Ever since by faith I saw the stream, Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.’

No sin, whatever it is, shall ruin any man if he shall come to Christ for mercy.

“Beloved, you must know the bitterness of sin before you can know the blessedness of forgiveness! And you must have such a sight of sin as shall break your heart before you can understand the blessedness of the Divine covering, that sacred cover which hides sin effectually, blots it out, and even makes it cease to be. ‘Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered’ ”

every sinner is morally and responsibly insane and, therefore, in a worse condition than if he were only mentally insane.”–1895,