Spurgeon

A Biography

Weight 0.82 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.4 × 0.7 in
ISBN 9780851514512
Binding

Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

Format

Book

ISBN

9780851514512

Original Pub Date

1985

Topic

19th Century, Pastoral Biography

Page Count

280

Banner Pub Date

Sep 1, 1985

Book Description

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) is a name with which every Christian should be familiar. His ministry reached far beyond his London congregation. Not a man to water down his message to attract hearers, his doctrinally rich sermons – as preached and published – provide the meat of biblical Christianity to rich and poor alike.

Spurgeon’s was a life of purpose. He was a man of prayer, but also of intense and varied activity – a man who had a keen social concern, as well as a desire to see churches planted and young men trained for the gospel ministry.

He was humble and warm-spirited, a man who even in times of suffering pointed people to Jesus Christ. His resolute stand for the authority of the Bible in an age of compromise makes him an example for today’s church.

Arnold Dallimore’s concise and sympathetic biography will be an excellent introduction for those who know little or perhaps nothign of Spurgeon, and will also stir the interest of all who value the lessons of a unique and faithful ministry.

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List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Conditions in England During Spurgeon’s Time xv
  The Preparation of The Man, 1834–1854
1 The Boy and the Books 3
2 Through Terrible Conviction to Glorious Conversion 15
3 Joyful First Efforts in Serving the Lord 23
4 The Boy Preacher of Waterbeach 31
The First Years in London, 1855–1864
5 ‘A Great Door and Effectual is Opened’ 43
6 Spurgeon’s Marriage—This One Truly Made in Heaven 55
7 Conflict 65
8 Revival in London 77
The Long Period of Mature Ministry, 1861–1886
9 The Metropolitan Tabernacle 91
10 Training Young Preachers 101
11 The Growth of the Spurgeonic Enterprises 111
12 Almshouses and Orphanage 125
13 Sunshine and Shadow 133
14 Mrs Spurgeon and Her Work 145
15 Daily Life in the Great Church 153
16 Ten Years of Mighty Ministry 163
17 Personal Characteristics 177
18 Spurgeon as an Author 191
The Final Years, 1887–1892
19 Earnestly Contending for the Faith 205
20 Last Labours 221
21 ‘With Christ, Which Is Far Better’ 235
Appendix: Subsequent History of the Metropolitan Tabernacle 245
Annotated Bibliography 249
General Index 253

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  1. Andrew Young

    Arnold Dallimore has written an excellent biography on the nineteenth century baptist preacher. He has obviously researched his subject well, and the book begins with an interesting description of life in nineteenth century England and the circumstances that Spurgeon was born into.

    We are told of Spurgeon’s upbringing and his conversion in the small methodist church in Colchester. As his ministry begins and progresses, we get insights into the making of Spurgeon and some of his achievements. We can also get an idea of his preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle at London, and the effect it had on so many.

    Spurgeon’s struggles in later life, both with health and the ‘Down-Grade Controversy’ are also looked at. The book then ends with an interesting appendix detailing the history of the Metropolitan Tabernacle after Spurgeon’s death. This would make an interesting study on its own!

    I found this to be an excellent biography, which is much more condensed than the two-volume autobiography, and yet still so full of information. As you read, you will long (as I did), that God would do in the present day, what he did then, and that more preachers like Spurgeon would be raised up. If you only want to read one book about Spurgeon, then I would certainly suggest this one. However, if you want a bit more, get Iain Murray’s excellent ‘The Forgotten Spurgeon.’

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