Exploring

the

Mind and Heart

of the

Prince of Preachers

Five-thousand illustrations selected from the works of

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Fox River Press

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Oswego, IL

Exploring the Mind and Heart of the Prince of Preachers

Five-thousand illustrations, anecdotes axioms, and aphorisms by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Edited by Kerry James Allen

Copyright © 2005 by Fox River Press

Published by

Fox River Press

P.O.Box 1094

Oswego, IL 60543

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We welcome your contact, comments, suggestions, and constructive criticisms. Please direct them to the address and numbers above.

Many thanks to Tim Zollers, who assisted with the arduous task of proof reading. And thanks, Ralph, for the prodding to begin.

All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in printed reviews.

Publisher’s Note: These illustrations have been selected and excerpted from The New Park Street Pulpit, the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit and thirty of Spurgeon’s additional volumes, all originally printed by Passmore and Alabaster and more recently reprinted by Pilgrim Publications. They are presented here in their entirety without alteration of Bible texts or versions or archaic English spelling. Fidelity to Spurgeon’s original writing has been meticulously sought with the exception of the use of a clearer and larger type font (11 point Century Schoolbook).

First Edition

ISBN 0-9711434-3-9

The following dedication appears in the New Park Street Pulpit and Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit volumes:

TO

THE ONE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,

IN

THE TRINITY OF HIS SACRED PERSONS,

BE ALL HONOUR AND GLORY,

WORLD WITHOUT END,

AMEN.

TO THE GLORIOUS FATHER, AS THE COVENANT GOD OF ISRAEL;

TO THE GRACIOUS SON, THE REDEEMER OF HIS PEOPLE;

TO THE HOLY GHOST, THE AUTHOR OF SANCTIFICATION;

BE EVERLASTING PRAISE FOR THAT GOSPEL OF THE

FREE GRACE OF GOD

HEREIN PROCLAIMED UNTO MEN.

This volume of illustrations was only made possible because of the providential hand of God in preserving the written sermons and books of Charles Haddon Spurgeon in the 20th century through the labors of

BOB L. ROSS

and this volume is gratefully dedicated to him. The writings of Charles Spurgeon may have passed into antiquity but for the grace of God and the diligent efforts of this man and his ministry, Pilgrim Publications.

Electronic storage and dissemination was in its infancy when he began (1969), but we trust now that the writings of Spurgeon are again in print and available via the Internet and other forms of digital storage, that they will be preserved to the blessing of millions and the salvation of many worldwide until the glorious return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

“NON NOBIS, DOMINE”

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but ...