Charles Spurgeon Quotes - Page 55

• The observant man recognizes many mysteries into which he can not pretend to see, and he remembers that the world is too wide for the eye of one man. But the modern sophists are sure of everything, especially if it contradicts the Bible.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Bible, Eye, Biblical

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• Beware of self-righteousness. The black devil of licentiousness destroys his hundreds, but the white devil of self-righteousness destroys his thousands.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Self, White, Black

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons”, p.444

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• The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Scotland, Rough Edges, Doctrine

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.56, Barbour Publishing

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• He who have two grounds of trust is lost!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Two, Lost

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• Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Lying, Pennies, Jingles

  Charles Spurgeon (2012). “John Ploughman's Talks”, p.90, Whitaker House

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• Be sure, whatever you leave out, that you teach the children the three R’s,-Ruin, Redemption, and Regeneration.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Three, Religious Education

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1995). “Spiritual Parenting”, Whitaker Distribution

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• Where persons love little, do little, and give little, we may shrewdly suspect that they have never had much affliction of heart for their sins and that they think they owe but very little to divine grace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Thinking, Giving

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 14: Sermons 788 to 847”, p.79, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Father, Philosophy

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.131, Barbour Publishing

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• All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Eye, Men, Long

  Charles Spurgeon (2012). “John Ploughman's Pictures”, p.43, Whitaker House

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• Sin is sovereign till sovereign grace dethrones it.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Grace, Sovereign, Sin

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Salt Cellars”, p.541, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Pain, Blessed, Grateful

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• Jehovah is the great Miracle Maker, the unrivaled Wonder worker. None can be likened unto Him, He is alone in wonderland, the Creator and Worker of true marvels, compared with which all other remarkable things are as child's play.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Play, Miracle

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• If you cut him, (John Bunyan) he'd bleed Scripture!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Cutting, Scripture, Ifs

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• The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Gratitude, Prayer, Benefits

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1870). “The Treasury of David: Spurgeon's Classic Work on the Psalms”, p.12, Kregel Academic

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• When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Desire, Alive, Sin

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 2: Sermons 54-106”, p.381, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

  Charles Spurgeon

  High Heels, Achievement, Done

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Salt Cellars”, p.94, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• The Book of Psalms instructs us in the use of wings as well as words. It sets us both mounting and singing.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Book, Wings, Singing

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.5091, Bible Study Steps

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• Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Holiness, Temples, Plans

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", (p. 369), 1922.

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• It needs more skill than I can tell
  To play the second fiddle well.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Play, Skills, Needs

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Salt Cellars”, p.300, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Life, Would Be, Bears

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1884). “John Ploughman's Talk and Pictures; Or Plain Advice for Plain People: In One Volume”

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• Reply implicitly upon the old, old gospel. You need no other nets when you fish for men; those your Master has given you are strong enough to hold the little ones. Spread these nets and no others, and you need not fear the fulfillment of His word, 'I will make you fishers of men.'

  Charles Spurgeon

  Strong, Men, Needs

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2001). “The Soul-Winner”, p.4, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• The modern [endtimes] notion has greatly damped the zeal of the church for missions, and the sooner it is shown to be unscriptural the better for the cause of God. It neither consorts with prophecy, honours God, nor inspires the church with ardour

  Charles Spurgeon

  Inspire, Church, Causes

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• There is not land beneath the sun where there is an open Bible and a preached gospel, where a tyrant long can hold his place... Let the Bible be opened to be read by all men, and no tyrant can long rule in peace... The religion of Jesus makes men think, and to make men think is always dangerous to a despot's power.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Men, Thinking

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• Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Depression, Joy, Excess

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.192, Zondervan

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• Every man who loses everlasting life rejects it himself. God denies it not to him-he will not come that he may have life.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, May, Deny

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2008). “The Doctrines of Grace”, p.160, Lulu.com

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