Charles Spurgeon Quotes


God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, he plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul’s true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give.


Citations

Spurgeon, Charles H. "The Pilgrim's Grateful Recollection." The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, vol. 16, Passmore and Alabaster, 1870, p. 320.

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Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
  • Born: June 19, 1834
  • Died: January 31, 1892
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Pastor, Author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.