Charles Spurgeon Quotes
The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)
Spurgeon, Charles H. Morning and Evening: Daily Readings. Passmore and Alabaster, 1869.
The papyrus appears to be an instruction booklet for government officials. The Egyptians did not understand the function of the brain. They believed that rational thought and intellect came from the heart while the belly produced the emotions. As you can see from this precept, politicians and officials were warned about getting too emotional.
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.