Charles Spurgeon Quotes


I am not the only one that condemns the idle; for once when I was going to give our minister a pretty long list of the sins of one of our people that he was asking after, I began with, "He's dreadfully lazy." "That's enough," said the old gentleman; " all sorts of sins are in that one.


Citations

Spurgeon, C. H. John Ploughman's Talk. Passmore and Alabaster, 1869, p. 10.

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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.