Hittite— its mystery-Charles Spurgeon
Hittite— its mystery-Charles Spurgeon It was reported of alanus, when he promised his auditory to discourse the next sunday more clearly of the trinity, and to make plain that mystery, while he was studying the point by the sea-side, he spied a boy very busy with a little spoon trudging often between the sea and […]
Hypocritical Confessions – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocritical Confessions – Charles H Spurgeon You have beard, no doubt, of beggars who tie a leg up when they go a-begging, and then make a hideous lamentation of their lameness. Why, this is just your case, sir, when you go to church a-praying, which is begging, you tie your righteous heart up, and then […]
Hypocrites Their Sinister Motives – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrites Their Sinister Motives – Charles H Spurgeon See yonder eagle, how it mounts! Does it care for the ethereal blue, or aspire to commune with the stars of heaven! Not a whit; such airy considerations have no weight with the ravenous bird; and yet you will not wonder that it soars aloft when you […]
Hypocrites Seeking Their Own Advantage – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrites Seeking Their Own Advantage – Charles H Spurgeon God is in the hypocrite’s mouth, but the world is in his heart, which he expects to gain through his good reputation. I have read of one that offered his prince a great sum of money to have leave once or twice a-day to come into […]
Hypocrites Season For – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrites Season For – Charles H Spurgeon After a refreshing shower which has made all the flowers to smile till the teardrops of joy stand in their eyes, you will see your garden-paths spotted over with slugs and snails. These creatures lay concealed till the genial rain called them forth to make their slimy way […]
Hypocrites Discovered On Nearer Inspection – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrites Discovered On Nearer Inspection – Charles H Spurgeon How many are like that famous painting of the olden time, in which the artist depicted what seemed at a distance a holy friar with a book before him, and his hands crossed in devotion, looking like a saint indeed, but when you came close to […]
Hypocrisy Of No Service – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy Of No Service – Charles H Spurgeon Coals of fire cannot be concealed beneath the most sumptuous apparel, they-will betray themselves with smoke and flame; nor can darling sins be long hidden beneath the most ostentatious profession, they will sooner or later discover themselves, and burn sad holes in the man’s reputation. Sin needs […]
Hypocrisy Present Age Suitable To – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy Present Age Suitable To – Charles H Spurgeon There was an age of chivalry, when no craven courted knighthood, for it involved the hard blows, the dangerous wounds, the rough unhorsings, and the ungentle perils of the tournament; nay, these were but child’s play: there were distant eastern fields, where Paynim warriors must be […]
Hypocrisy A Fall Fatal – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy A Fall Fatal – Charles H Spurgeon ‘The meteor, if it once fall, cannot be rekindled.’ When those who once flashed before the eyes of the religious public with the blaze of a vain profession, fall into open and scandalous sin, it is impossible to renew their glory. Once break the egg of hypocrisy, […]
Hypocrisy Easy But Dangerous – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy Easy But Dangerous – Charles H Spurgeon The counterfeit will always have some admirers, from its cheapness in the market. One must dig deep in dark mines for gold and silver; the precious treasure must be brought from far across the seas; it must be melted down, it must pass through many assays, and […]
Hypocrisy 3 – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy 3 – Charles H Spurgeon The shops in the square of San Marco were all religiously closed, for the day was a high festival. We were much disappointed, for it was our last day, and we desired to take away with us some souvenirs of lovely Venice; but our regret soon vanished, for on […]
Hypocrisy 2 – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy 2 – Charles H Spurgeon In the pursuit of pastoral duty, I stood a little while ago in a cheesemonger’s shop, and being in a fidgety humour, and having a stick in my hand, I did what most Englishmen are sure to do, I was not content with seeing, but must needs touch as […]
Hypocrisy – Charles H Spurgeon
Hypocrisy – Charles H Spurgeon In the olden times even the best rooms were usually of bare brick or stone, damp, and moldy, but over these in great houses when the family was resident, were hung up arras or hangings of rich materials, between which and the wall persons might conceal themselves, so that literally […]
Humility And Cheerpulness – Charles H Spurgeon
Humility And Cheerpulness – Charles H Spurgeon ‘Observe the peculiar characters of the grass which adapt it especially for the service of man, are its apparent humility and cheerfulness. Its humility, in that it seems created only for lowest service, appointed to be trodden on, and fed upon. Its cheerfulness, in that it seems to […]
Humility 3 – Charles H Spurgeon
Humility 3 – Charles H Spurgeon Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field, and the lily of the valley. When […]
Humility 2 – Charles H Spurgeon
Humility 2 – Charles H Spurgeon The whole Roman language, even with all the improvements of the Augustan age, does not afford so much as a name for humility (the word from whence we borrow this, as is well known, bearing in Latin a quite different meaning), no, nor was one found in all the […]
Humility – Charles H Spurgeon
Humility – Charles H Spurgeon Wise men know their own ignorance and are ever ready to learn. Humility is the child of knowledge. Michael Angelo was found by the Cardinal Earnese walking in solitude amid the ruins of the Coliseum, and when he expressed his surprise, the great artist answered, ‘I go yet to school […]
Hope 2 – Charles H Spurgeon
Hope 2 – Charles H Spurgeon It is reported that in the Tamul language there is no word for hope. Alas! poor men, if we were all as destitute of the blessed comfort itself as these Tamul speakers are of the word! What must be the misery of souls in hell where they remember the […]
Hope – Charles H Spurgeon
Hope – Charles H Spurgeon Once on a time, certain strong laborers were sent forth by the great King to level a primeval forest, to plough it, to sow it, and to bring to him the harvest. They were stout-hearted and strong, and willing enough for labor, and much they needed all their strength and […]
Holy Water – Charles H Spurgeon
Holy Water – Charles H Spurgeon Holy water, indeed! a vile mixture, neither fit for man nor beast. You see this liquid virtue at the doors of all the churches ready for the brows of the faithful, but what is far more curious, you observe it in little pots placed for use in the cemeteries; […]
Heavenward – Charles H Spurgeon
Heavenward – Charles H Spurgeon My horse invariably comes home in less time than he makes the journey out. He pulls the carriage with a hearty goodwill when his face is towards home. Should not I also both suffer and labor the more joyously because my way lies towards heaven, and I am on pilgrimage […]
Heaven Its Variety – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven Its Variety – Charles H Spurgeon We cannot stay to read the catalogue now, but heavenly joys shall be like the tree of life in the New Jerusalem, which, brings forth twelve manner of fruits, and yields her fruit ever month. Robert Hall used to cry, ‘O for the everlasting rest!’ but Wilberforce would […]
Heaven A Sustaining Prospect – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven A Sustaining Prospect – Charles H Spurgeon One Palmer, of Reading, being condemned to die, in Queen Mary’s time, was much persuaded to recant, and among other things a friend said to him, ‘Take pity on thy golden years and pleasant flowers of youth, before it be too late.’ His reply was as beautiful […]
Heaven To Be Shut Out Of At Last – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven To Be Shut Out Of At Last – Charles H Spurgeon Several years ago we heard an old minister relate the following incident:: ‘He had preached the Word for many a year in a wood hard by a beautiful village in the Inverness-shire Highlands, and it was his invariable custom, on dismissing his own […]
Heaven None Admitted But Those Like Jesus – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven None Admitted But Those Like Jesus – Charles H Spurgeon At heaven’s gate there stands an angel with charge to admit none but those who in their countenances bear the same features as the Lord of the place. Here comes a monarch with a crown upon his head. The angel pays him no respect, […]
Heaven An Incentive To Diligence – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven An Incentive To Diligence – Charles H Spurgeon Julius Caesar coming towards Rome with his army, and hearing that the senate and people had fled from it, said, ‘They that will not fight for this city, what city will they fight for?’ If we will not take pains for the kingdom of heaven, what […]
Heaven Our Future Condition In – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven Our Future Condition In – Charles H Spurgeon You will very often perceive in your rain-water certain ugly little things, which swim and twist about in it, always trying if they can to reach the surface and breathe through one end of their bodies. What makes these little things so lively, these innumerable little […]
Heaven – Charles H Spurgeon
Heaven – Charles H Spurgeon ‘Who,’ saith an old divine, ‘chides a servant for taking away the first course at a feast when the second consists of far greater delicacies?’ Who then can feel regret that this present world passeth away, when he sees that an eternal world of joy is coming? The first course […]
Heart Seat Of Spiritual Disease – Charles H Spurgeon
Heart Seat Of Spiritual Disease – Charles H Spurgeon Some malady which you do not understand troubles and alarms you. The physician is called. Thinking that the illness proceeds from a certain inflammatory process on a portion of your skin, you anxiously direct his attention to the spot. Silently, but sympathizing, he looks at the […]
Heart Must Be Renewed – Charles H Spurgeon
Heart Must Be Renewed – Charles H Spurgeon A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; whilst the root abides in strength and vigor, the beating down of the present fruit will not hinder it from bringing forth more. This is the folly of some men; they […]
Heart Hardness Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Heart Hardness Of – Charles H Spurgeon Lightfoot says:: ‘I have heard it more than once and again, from the sheriffs who took all the gunpowder plotters, and brought them up to London, that every night when they came to their lodging by the way, they had their music and dancing a good part of […]
Heart (Broken) Its Prevalence With God – Charles H Spurgeon
Heart (Broken) Its Prevalence With God – Charles H Spurgeon What man among you can stand against his children’s tears? When King Henry II., in the ages gone by, was provoked to take up arms against his ungrateful and rebellious son, he besieged him in one of the French towns, and the son being near […]
Heart Its Aberrations – Charles H Spurgeon
Heart Its Aberrations – Charles H Spurgeon The compass on board an iron vessel is very subject to aberrations; yet, for all that, its evident desire is to be true to the pole. True hearts in this wicked world, and in this fleshly body, are all too apt to swerve, but they still show their […]
Hearing Useless Alone – Charles H Spurgeon
Hearing Useless Alone – Charles H Spurgeon What a mistake to imagine that, by hearing first one preacher and then another, we can derive benefit to our souls! More is wanted than such hearing. A raven may fly from cage to cage, but it is not thereby changed into a dove. Go from room to […]
Hearing For Others – Charles H Spurgeon
Hearing For Others – Charles H Spurgeon The negro preachers are often marked by great shrewdness and mother wit; and will not only point the truth, but barb it, so that if once in it will stick fast. One of these was once descanting with much earnestness on different ways in which men lose their […]
Hearing Carelessly – Charles H Spurgeon
Hearing Carelessly – Charles H Spurgeon We crossed and recrossed the river several times by the ferry-boat at Basle. We had no object in the world but merely amusement and curiosity, to watch the simple machinery by which the same current is made to drift the boat in opposite directions from side to side. To […]
Hearing – Charles H Spurgeon
Hearing – Charles H Spurgeon v’I have an ear for other preachers,’ Sir John Cheke used to say, ‘but I have a heart for Latimer.’ Here is a very clear and main distinction. Too often men hear the Word sounding its drums and trumpets outside their walls, and they are filled with admiration of the […]
Hearers – Charles H Spurgeon
Hearers – Charles H Spurgeon Jedidiah Buxton, the famous peasant, who could multiply nine figures by nine in his head, was once taken to see Garrick act. When he went back to his own village, he was asked what he thought of the great actor and his doings. ‘Oh!’ he said, ‘he did not know, […]
Head Christ – Charles H Spurgeon
Head Christ – Charles H Spurgeon Everyone knows that it would be far better to lose our feet than our head. Adam had feet to stand with, but we have lost them by his disobedience; yet glory be to God, we have found a Head, in whom we abide eternally secure, a Head which we […]
Happiness Of Believers – Charles H Spurgeon
Happiness Of Believers – Charles H Spurgeon One of my hearers had seven children, who had come in rapid succession; he was hard-working and well spoken of. His children were all asleep when I went in, and as I expressed the pleasure the sight of their peaceful little faces gave me, the father said, ‘Ay, […]
Habits Destructive Power Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Habits Destructive Power Of – Charles H Spurgeon The surgeon of a regiment in India relates the following incident:: ‘A soldier rushed into the tent, to inform me that one of his comrades was drowning in a pond close by, and nobody could attempt to save him in consequence of the dense weeds which covered […]
Hope for salvation from the law-Charles Spurgeon
Hope for salvation from the law-Charles Spurgeon A contented citizen of Milan, who had never passed beyond its walls during the course of sixty years, being ordered by the governor not to stir beyond its gates, became immediately miserable, and felt so powerful an inclination to do that which he had so long contentedly neglected, […]
Heat Forms Porcelain
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How to Get More Done
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How Long Things Last
How Long Things Last Experts estimate that if a normal cassette tape is played about 100 times a year, sound quality will deteriorate somewhat after about 10 years. But the tape itself will play on. A lightening bolt lasts 45 to 55 microseconds. The average running shoe worn by the average runner on an average […]
Head Knowledge or Heart Knowledge
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He Insulted the Governor
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How Did Sin Get into Sinclair?
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Heart Transplant
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He Tried to Save Himself
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Heading the Wrong Direction
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Headlines of Antichrist’s Death
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He Was Turned Away from Church
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How Mosaics Evangelize: Researcher George Barna-George Mueller
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He Wished He Had Praised More
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He Chose to Be Happy
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How People Spend Their Lives
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Hold the Fort
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He Gave for Us
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Heaven Cannot Be Earned
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Honoring Her Husband
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Harry Hopkin’s Influence
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How Faith Is Destroyed
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Humorous Labels
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Holding Her Tongue
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Hypocrites, Providence revealing – Charles Spurgeon
Hypocrites, Providence revealing – Charles Spurgeon A LION may lie all day asleep, you may scarce know but what it is tame; but when the night brings the time for it to go forth to its prey, then it howls, and displays its ferocity. And so an ungodly man may lie down in the church […]
Hypocrites in the Church – Charles Spurgeon
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Hypocrite, Picture of a – Charles Spurgeon
Hypocrite, Picture of a – Charles Spurgeon I RECOLLECT when a child seeing on the mantel-piece a stone apple, wonderfully like an apple, too, and very well colored. I saw that apple years after, but it was no riper. It had been in unfavorable circumstances for softening and sweetening, if it ever would have become […]
Hypocrisy no Excuse for the Sins of others – Charles Spurgeon
Hypocrisy no Excuse for the Sins of others – Charles Spurgeon FRIEND, you cannot have a greater abhorrence of hypocrites than I have. If you can find a fair chance of laughing at them, pray do so. If by any means you can stick pins into their wind-bags, and let the gas of their profession […]
Humility of True Servants of God – Charles Spurgeon
Humility of True Servants of God – Charles Spurgeon THOSE who express great concern for prominent ministers, because of their temptations, do well, but they will be even more in the path of duty if they have as much solicitude about themselves. I remember one whose pride was visible in his very manner, a person […]
Humiliation Necessary to Salvation – Charles Spurgeon
Humiliation Necessary to Salvation – Charles Spurgeon WILLIAM DAWSON once told this story to illustrate how humble the soul must be before it can find peace. He said that at a revival meeting, a little lad who was used to Methodist ways—I do not tell the story for the sake of the Methodism, but for […]
Human Soul Tyrannized over – Charles Spurgeon
Human Soul Tyrannized over – Charles Spurgeon HOW certain it is that a yoke is essential to produce rest, and without it rest is unknown! Spain found rest by getting rid of that wretched monarch, Isabella; an iron yoke was her dominion upon the nation’s neck, crushing every aspiration after progress by an intolerable tyranny. […]
Human Instrumentality and Divine Work – Charles Spurgeon
Human Instrumentality and Divine Work – Charles Spurgeon SUPPOSE it were known that the events of a certain battle would depend entirely on the skill of the general. The two armies are equally balanced, and everything must depend upon the tact of the commander; would the soldiers therefore conclude that they needed not to load, […]
Human Inability, no Excuse for the Sinner – Charles Spurgeon
Human Inability, no Excuse for the Sinner – Charles Spurgeon “NO man can save himself,” says one. Yet the case is very like that of the master who sent his negro servant with a letter. The negro was, like some others, rather lazy, and came back with it. “Why did you not deliver it?” “I […]
Hopes, False—Failing in Time of Need – Charles Spurgeon
Hopes, False—Failing in Time of Need – Charles Spurgeon I KNOW of one who, traveling over a pass in Italy, one evening, secured a light to help him over a dangerous and difficult part of the way farther on. It was not needed until the narrow steep descent was reached; in fact, it was in […]
Hopes, Brightening of – Charles Spurgeon
Hopes, Brightening of – Charles Spurgeon WHEN sin conquered the realm of manhood, it slew all the minstrels except those of the race of Hope. For humanity, amid all its sorrows and sins, hope sings on. To believers in Jesus there remains a royal race of bards, for we have a hope of glory, a […]
Hope while Life lasts – Charles Spurgeon
Hope while Life lasts – Charles Spurgeon DO you not hear the breaking of the waves of the unknown sea? You must go down into it! Do you not even now hear the boomings of its awful billows upon the cliffs of time? What if it should be a sea of fire to you forever? […]
Hope for the Vilest Sinners – Charles Spurgeon
Hope for the Vilest Sinners – Charles Spurgeon WHILE we try to cloak anything from God, we are both wicked and foolish. It argues a rebellious spirit when we have a desire to hide away from our Maker; but when a man uncovers his wound, invites inspection of its sore, bids the surgeon cut away […]
Honesty to the Souls of Men – Charles Spurgeon
Honesty to the Souls of Men – Charles Spurgeon WE are told that men are drawn to Christ by love, and the statement is true; but, at the same time, “knowing the terror of the Lord,” we are to persuade men, and not to keep back the evil tidings. Even Christ with weeping eyes and […]
Home-sickness of the Believer – Charles Spurgeon
Home-sickness of the Believer – Charles Spurgeon SOMETIMES the heir of Heaven grows impatient of his bondage, and like a captive who, looking out of the narrow window of his prison, beholds the green fields of the unfettered earth, and marks the flashing waves of the ocean, ever free, and hears the songs of the […]
Homeliness, a Minister’s Power – Charles Spurgeon
Homeliness, a Minister’s Power – Charles Spurgeon OH, dear, dear! the lofty ministerial airs that one has seen assumed by men who ought to have been meek and lowly. What a grand set of men some of the preachers of the past have thought themselves to be! I trust those who played the archbishop have […]
Home Religion – Charles Spurgeon
Home Religion – Charles Spurgeon IF you tell me that you belong to Christ, I should like to ask a witness or two. Oh! it is so easy to get into a Christian church, and make a profession! The Lord knows I have used my best diligence, and I can say the same of my […]
Home, Waiting for – Charles Spurgeon
Home, Waiting for – Charles Spurgeon I DO not know a more beautiful sight to be seen on earth than a man who has served his Lord many years, and who, having grown grey in service, feels that in the order of nature he must soon be called home. He is rejoicing in the first-fruits […]
Home, Longing for – Charles Spurgeon
Home, Longing for – Charles Spurgeon DO not you recollect how, in your schoolboy days, you used to make a little almanac with a square for every day, and how you always crossed off the day as soon as ever it began, as though you would try and make the distance from your joy as […]
He Mailed Himself
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Holy Spirit, Vivifying the Word – Charles Spurgeon
Holy Spirit, Vivifying the Word – Charles Spurgeon IT is the word of God that is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword. There must be life in it, for by it men are born again. As for believers, the Holy Spirit often sets the word on a blaze while they are studying […]
Holy Spirit, Treasury of the Church – Charles Spurgeon
Holy Spirit, Treasury of the Church – Charles Spurgeon BRETHREN, the more than golden treasure of the church is the Holy Spirit. The treasury of the church is not under the lock and key of the State; her caskets of wealth are not to be opened by the power of the policeman, by an Act […]
Holiness the Root of Testimony – Charles Spurgeon
Holiness the Root of Testimony – Charles Spurgeon IN proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful. Oh! were the saints immaculate, our testimony would be like fire among the stubble, like the flaming firebrand in the midst of the sheaves of corn. Were the saints of […]
Holiness, Persevering – Charles Spurgeon
Holiness, Persevering – Charles Spurgeon HOLINESS consists not in the rushing of intense resolve, which, like Kishon, sweeps everything before it, and then subsides, but in the constant flow of Siloah’s still waters, which perpetually make glad the city of our God. Holiness is no blazing comet, amazing nations with a transient glory; it is […]
Holiness not Dependent upon Knowledge – Charles Spurgeon
Holiness not Dependent upon Knowledge – Charles Spurgeon HOW am I to account for it that there have been men of every extreme of doctrine, from Dr. Hawker down to Fletcher of Madeley, men ranging from semi-Pelagianism right up to the verge of Antinomianism, who nevertheless were so eminently holy, that one has hardly room […]
He Can Be Nice When He Wants To
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Holiness, Marvels of – Charles Spurgeon
Holiness, Marvels of – Charles Spurgeon WHAT a strange thing must holiness be, if the man who possesses it has to act in conformity to a thousand relationships! What a wonderful piece of artistic adjustment! A painting by a master-hand! A work of are unparalleled! A music of intricate and ravishing harmonies! “An honest man,” […]
Holiness in Little Things – Charles Spurgeon
Holiness in Little Things – Charles Spurgeon MUCH of the beauty of holiness lies in little things. Microscopic holiness is the perfection of excellence: if a life will bear examination in each hour of it, it is pure indeed. Those who are not careful about their words, and even their thoughts, will soon grow careless […]
Heroism, the Noblest – Charles Spurgeon
Heroism, the Noblest – Charles Spurgeon THE bearing of many of the martyrs has been singularly heroic. You will be struck in reading “Foxe’s Acts and Monuments,” to find how many of the humblest men and women acted as if they were of noblest blood. In every age the line of martyrs has been a […]
Helps – Charles Spurgeon
Helps – Charles Spurgeon ON the summit of some of the Swiss passes, the canton, for the preservation and accommodation of travelers, maintains a small body of men, sometimes only two or three, who live in a little house at the top, and whose business it is to help travelers on their way. It was […]
Helmet, Anointing the – Charles Spurgeon
Helmet, Anointing the – Charles Spurgeon THE helmet is an old-fashioned kind of armor; and in old days, the lieutenants and other officers, when they went round the regiment, used to look, not only to see that the men had their helmets, but to see that they had oiled them; for in those times they […]
Hell, Development of the Sinner in – Charles Spurgeon
Hell, Development of the Sinner in – Charles Spurgeon WHAT will be the development of an unregenerate character in Hell I cannot tell, but I am certain it will be something which my imagination dares not now attempt to depict, for all the restraints of this life which have kept men decent and moral will […]
Hell, Back Door to—For Hypocrites – Charles Spurgeon
Hell, Back Door to—For Hypocrites – Charles Spurgeon REMEMBER the back door to Hell! There is a public entrance for the open sinner; but there is a back door for the professed saint; there is a back door for the hoary-headed professor, who has lived many years in apparent sincerity, but who has been a […]
Heavenly Desires only for the Believer – Charles Spurgeon
Heavenly Desires only for the Believer – Charles Spurgeon MAN by nature would be content to abide on earth forever. If you long for a holy and spiritual state, your desire is not of nature’s creation. God has wrought it in you. Yes, I will venture to say that the desire for Heaven is contrary […]
Heaven, Wonders of – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Wonders of – Charles Spurgeon IN Heaven we shall see what God has lifted us up to be. We talk of being sons of God. Did we ever realize that? We speak of Heaven being ours: but do we know what we mean by that language? Truly “it does not yet appear what we […]
Heaven, Rehearsing for – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Rehearsing for – Charles Spurgeon ONE reason why we shall be able to rest in Heaven, is because we shall there be able perpetually to achieve the object of our creation. Am I nearer Heaven? then I will be doing more of the work which I shall do in Heaven. I shall soon use […]
Heaven, Opened by Christ – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Opened by Christ – Charles Spurgeon HOW wondrously David foretold the glorious opening of the gates, when he sang the ascent of the illustrious hero! He rose amid attending angels, ascending not in phantom form, but in a real body, and as he neared the heavenly portals, holy angels sang, “Lift up your heads, […]
Heaven, Gates of—Ajar – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Gates of—Ajar – Charles Spurgeon WE know not yet as we are known, but we do know in part, and that part knowledge is precious. The gates have been ajar at times, and men have looked awhile, and beheld and wondered. Three times, at least, human eyes have seen something of the body of […]
Heaven, Freedom from Death in – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Freedom from Death in – Charles Spurgeon SUCH a thing as a funeral knell was never heard in Heaven. No angel was ever carried to his grave—though angels have been in the sepulcher—for there sat two, at the head and the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain; they were visitors, not dwellers […]
Heaven, Christ’s Presence in—Our Joy. – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Christ’s Presence in—Our Joy. – Charles Spurgeon TO hear but the King’s silver trumpets sounding in the distance does make the heart to dance, but what must it be to see the King in his beauty in the streets of his own metropolis, where he rides forth in constant triumph? Have you not known […]
Heaven, Christ the Key into – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Christ the Key into – Charles Spurgeon THE great King has made a banquet, and he has proclaimed to all the world that none shall enter but those who bring with them the fairest flower that blooms. The spirits of men advance to the gate by thousands, and they bring each one the flower […]
Heaven, Abundant Entrance into – Charles Spurgeon
Heaven, Abundant Entrance into – Charles Spurgeon MAY we never be like a ship which has been all but wrecked and just escaped the rocks, tugged into harbor with extreme difficulty, her hull all but waterlogged, her cargo spoiled, her masts gone by the board, her streamers gone, her crew and passengers all wet, and […]
Heart, Christ Knocking at the – Charles Spurgeon
Heart, Christ Knocking at the – Charles Spurgeon JESUS cries, “Open to me! Open to me!” Will you not admit your Savior? You love him. He gave himself for you, he pleads for you: let him into your soul, commune with him this morning. When you turn to read his word, every promise is a […]
Hearers, Unsaved—Exhortation to – Charles Spurgeon
Hearers, Unsaved—Exhortation to – Charles Spurgeon THE rain fell today, but fell upon thorns and briers as well as upon the green blades of the wheat. The dews will weep, and they will fall upon the thickly-tangled thistles and matted brier quite as copiously as upon the cottager’s well-weeded garden: and when the sun shines […]
Hearers, Inattentive – Charles Spurgeon
Hearers, Inattentive – Charles Spurgeon HOW many hear the gospel but do not hear it attentively! A telegram on the Exchange—they read it with both their eyes—will there be a rise or fall of stocks? An article from which they may judge of the general current of trade—how they devour it with their minds, they […]
Health, Restoration to—A Reason for Praise – Charles Spurgeon
Health, Restoration to—A Reason for Praise – Charles Spurgeon I KNOW one, who has long been privileged to lift his voice in the choir of the great King. In that delightful labor none more happy than he. The longer he was engaged in the work the more he loved it. Now, it came to pass […]
Haste for the Salvation of Souls – Charles Spurgeon
Haste for the Salvation of Souls – Charles Spurgeon IT must have been a noble spectacle to have seen Aaron when the plague broke out among the people, rushing for his censer, putting on the holy fire and the sacred incense, and running in between the living and the dead, that the plague might be […]
Harvest of Blessing from Seed of Sorrow – Charles Spurgeon
Harvest of Blessing from Seed of Sorrow – Charles Spurgeon THERE is not in the whole area of our future life a single plot of stony ground which shall not yield us fertile harvests of joy. As Midas of old touched even the most valueless objects and turned them into gold, so does the hand […]
Harmonies of Nature – Charles Spurgeon
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Hardness of Heart – Charles Spurgeon
Hardness of Heart – Charles Spurgeon OH man, I pray you as your fellow creature, let me speak with you a word of expostulation. God declares that his wrath abides upon you as an unbeliever, and do you call that nothing? God says, “I am angry with you,” and you say to him, “I do […]
Happiness Within – Charles Spurgeon
Happiness Within – Charles Spurgeon THOUGHTS are the flowers from which we must distill the essential flavorings of life. Paul and Silas sing in the stocks because their minds are at ease, while Herod frets on his throne because conscience makes him a coward. The soul of Linnaeus exults within him at the sight of […]
Happiness laid up for the Believer – Charles Spurgeon
Happiness laid up for the Believer – Charles Spurgeon NO one but a person without sense would say that the farmer has lost so much of his capital when he has cast it in the form of seed-corn into the furrows. Nay, sir, he reckons that he has gained when he has sown, for the […]
Hard of Hearing
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He Thought of His Mother
He Thought of His Mother In his book Anecdotes and Illustrations R. A Torrey relates the following incident: During our Dublin campaign, a young man came to me in great distress. He had been paying attention to a young lady, who was very worldly. He had been brought up under Christian influences, his mother being an earnest […]
Heaven Statistic
Heaven Statistic A Barna poll indicated that 76% of Americans believed in Heaven and 71% believed in Hell. Of those who believe in Heaven 50% believe you can get there without accepting Christ as Saviour. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Hell Is a Just Place for Sinful Men
Hell Is a Just Place for Sinful Men The story is told of a Jewish woman in New York City who was approached by a Christian worker. He began to tell her of Christ and her need of salvation. He explained that she was a sinner and was going to Hell. She cried out, “I […]
Humility Demonstrated
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How the Commitments Rolled In
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He Made Too Much to Tithe
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His Tithe Built a Shack
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Harsh People Are Like Titanium
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He Started Small
He Started Small Charles Spurgeon preached to thousands in London each Lord’s day, yet he started his ministry by passing out tracts and teaching a Sunday school class as a teenager. He was eventually invited to obscure places in the country side to preach, and after that became known as one of the greatest preachers […]
Henry Ford’s Formula for a Long Marriage
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He Can See Us
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Horse Survives Being Shot With Crossbow
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How Is Your Arthritis?
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His Miraculous Entrance and Exit
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He Is Risen
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Hope in Tragedy
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How to Use an ATM
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How to Not Backslide
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Hang On and Keep Climbing
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How a Little Study Upset the Plans of a few Prominent Infidels. – Dwight Lyman Moody
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Handling Criticism
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Heeding Wise Counsel
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He Applauded His Own Speech
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He Acted Like He Was Listening
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How Long Does it Take to Get to Frankfort, Germany?
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He Asked at the Wrong Time
He Asked at the Wrong Time The story is told about a barber who had just been gloriously saved in an old-fashioned revival meeting. The next morning at work he wanted to share his new faith and witness to the lost. A customer came in, and the barber began to shave him. He was trying […]
How to Stay Safe
How to Stay Safe 1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians. 4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or […]
Have you ever heard of George Mueller? One day he looked down the streets of Bristol-George Mueller
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How Moody’s Mother Forgave her Prodigal Son. – Dwight Lyman Moody
How Moody’s Mother Forgave her Prodigal Son. – Dwight Lyman Moody I can give you a little experience of my own family. Before I was fourteen years old the first thing I remember was the death of my father. He had been unfortunate in business, and failed. Soon after his death the creditors came in […]
How Moody’s Faith Saved an Infidel. – Dwight Lyman Moody
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How Moody was Encouraged. – Dwight Lyman Moody
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How to Get to Heaven
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He Felt God Tugging on His Heart
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He Could Come Today
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Hearing Thank You
Hearing Thank You A family went out for lunch and wanted dessert. The waiter brought pie and ice cream to a little boy who said, “Thank you!” She said, “Oh, I love to hear thank you!” The boy replied, “Give me another scoop of ice cream and you’ll hear it again!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]
Hitting the Bottle
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His Hand Is Bigger than Mine
His Hand Is Bigger than Mine A young boy went to the local store with his mother. The shop owner, a kindly man, passed him a large jar of suckers and invited him to help himself to a handful. Uncharacteristically, the boy held back. So the shop owner pulled out a handful for him. When […]
Heaven Is Wonderful
Heaven Is Wonderful One lovely moonlit night a grandfather and his small granddaughter went for a walk. The stars were magnificent. As the grandfather named individual stars and constellations, the granddaughter exclaimed, “Grandpa, if the bottom side of Heaven is this beautiful, just think how wonderful the top side must be.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]
His Mother Is the Light of His Life
His Mother Is the Light of His Life A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered […]
Her Father Was at the Engine
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Homework Help
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How to Get Something Done
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How Moody was Blessed—” Mark Your Bible.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
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“How Christ Expounded It.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
“How Christ Expounded It.” – Dwight Lyman Moody You will find Christ, after He had risen, again speaking about the Old Testament prophets: “And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scripture the things concerning Himself.” Concerning Himself. Don’t that settle the question? I tell you I am […]
HUNGER MAKES FOR A GOOD MEAL
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“How Funny You Talk.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
“How Funny You Talk.” – Dwight Lyman Moody No book in the World has been so misjudged as the Bible. Men judge it without reading it. Or perhaps they read a bit here and a bit there, and then close it saying, “It is so dark and mysterious!” You take a book, now-a-days, and read […]
HE WAS DETERMINED TO READ THE BIBLE
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HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE
HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE “Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.”—Proverbs 4:13 In April of 2011, a line of deadly tornadoes ripped across the state of Alabama, leaving some 250 people dead in its wake. Near Wellington, Alabama, the Hardy family realized the storm was […]
“He Will Not Rest.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
“He Will Not Rest.” – Dwight Lyman Moody Suppose a man is going to Cincinnati, and he gets on the cars, but he feels uneasy lest the train will take him to St. Louis instead of his destination. He will not rest till he knows he is on the right road, and the idea that […]
How a Young Irishman Opened Moody’s Eyes. – Dwight Lyman Moody
How a Young Irishman Opened Moody’s Eyes. – Dwight Lyman Moody I want to tell you how I got my eyes open to the truth that God loves the sinner. When I went over to Europe I was preaching in Dublin, when a young fellow came up to the platform and said to me that […]
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN JESUS CHRIST?
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN JESUS CHRIST? “A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up working in his father’s shop. He has no formal education. He owns no property of any kind. One day he puts down his tools and walks out of his father’s shop. He starts preaching on street corners and in […]
HURTFUL WORDS ARE LIKE CANCER
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HOW TO TREAT YOUR SIBLINGS
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“Hold the fort, For I am Coming.’ – Dwight Lyman Moody
“Hold the fort, For I am Coming.’– Dwight Lyman Moody “Hold the fort, For I am Coming.” I am told that when General Sherman went through Atlanta towards the sea — through the Southern States — he left in the fort in the Kennesaw Mountains a little handful of men to guard some rations that […]
How Three Sunday School Children Met Their Fate – Dwight Lyman Moody
How Three Sunday School Children Met Their Fate – Dwight Lyman Moody When the Lawrence Mills were on fire a number or years ago — I don’t mean on fire, but when the mill fell in — the great mill fell in, and after it had fallen in, the ruins caught fire. There was only […]
How Moody Treated the Committees – Dwight Lyman Moody
How Moody Treated the Committees – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember when I was in Chicago before the fire, I was on some ten or twelve committees. My hands were full. If a man came to me to talk about his soul I would say I haven’t time; got a committee to attend to. But […]
How a Little Study Upset the Plans of a Few Prominent Infidels – Dwight Lyman Moody
How a Little Study Upset the Plans of a Few Prominent Infidels – Dwight Lyman Moody It is said of West, an eminent man, that he was going to take up the doctrine of the resurrection, and just show the world what a fraud it was, while Lord Lyttleton was going to take up the […]
How a Citizen Became a Soldier – Dwight Lyman Moody
How a Citizen Became a Soldier – Dwight Lyman Moody One day I was walking through the streets of York, in England. I saw a little way ahead a soldier coming toward me. He had the red uniform on of the infantry — the dress of the army. I knew at once when I saw […]
How Christ Expounded It – Dwight Lyman Moody
How Christ Expounded It – Dwight Lyman Moody You will find Christ, after He had risen, again speaking about the Old Testament prophets: “And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scripture the things concerning Himself.” Concerning Himself. Don’t that settle the question? I tell you I am […]
He Will not Rest – Dwight Lyman Moody
He Will not Rest – Dwight Lyman Moody Suppose a man is going to Cincinnati, and he gets on the cars, but he feels uneasy lest, the train will take him to St. Louis instead of his destination. He will not rest till he knows he is on the right road, and the idea that […]
Heaven — Home – Dwight Lyman Moody
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How Men Forsake God – Dwight Lyman Moody
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How to Win – Dwight Lyman Moody
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How to Preach
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How to treat evil speaking
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How to leave a life changing legacy
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