Pulpit (Pasadena, Tex.: Pilgrim Publications, Vol. 2, pp. 161–168). Spurgeon’s preaching was so popular that he occasionally begged the members of his congregation to stay away from church so that newcomers might hear him. The sermon given on the evening of August 10, 1879, reports that “the regular congregation unanimously left their seats to be occupied by strangers, who crowded the building to its utmost capacity” (The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit [Pasadena, Tex.: Pilgrim Publications] Vol.
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