Spurgeon Gems

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The creeping of an aphid upon a rosebud is as surely arranged by the decree of Providence as the march of a pestilence through a nation. Believe this, for if the least is omitted from the supreme government, so may the next be, and the next, until nothing is left in the Divine hands. There is no place for chance, since God fills all things.”–1891, Sermon 2205

“If our preaching does not turn men from drunkenness to sobriety, from thieving to honesty, from unchastity to purity, then our Gospel is not worth a button!

inasmuch as there are mysteries in your faith, to the top of which you cannot climb, be thankful that you need not climb them.”–1893,

“You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences: salvation is all of the grace of God; damnation is all of the will of man.”–1895, Sermon 2411

“Unless the grace of God prevents, that which is best rots into that which is worst. You could not make a devil except with an angel for the raw material—a Judas Iscariot could only be produced out of an Apostle of Jesus Christ.”–1895, Sermon 2412

I do not hesitate to say that the whole doctrine of Evolution, with which many men are fascinated today, is ten thousand times more absurd than the most ridiculous travesty of what is taught in the Word of God, and that it requires more faith, and also far greater gullibility, than to believe any doctrine which is deduced from Holy Scripture.”–1893, Sermon 2306

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Under our feet are our graves and above us are the stars, which will soon look down upon our silent tombs.

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Man is a mere shadow—we have scarcely time to say that we are before we are not!

“If the devil comes to you and you get into an argument with him, he will beat you; for he is a very ancient lawyer, and he has been at the business for so many ages that you cannot match him.

I again wish to say that the best converts, the clearest converts, the most intelligent converts we have ever had have been the young ones!

is not life to have to ask another man’s permission to think.

“It is amazing how unanimous bad men can be. It has always struck me as a very startling thing that you have never heard of any division among the devils in hell. There are no sects among the devils—they seem to work together with an awful unanimity of purpose in their wicked design. In this one thing they seem to excel the family of God. Oh, that we were as hearty and united in the service of God as wicked men are in the service of Satan!”–1892, Sermon 2254