CHCharles Haddon Spurgeon

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Life dates: 1834 AD — 1892 AD

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1863 AD

The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them.

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02c. 1863 AD

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

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03c. 1863 AD

A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend him out of love to himself are his own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in thee...!

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04c. 1863 AD

O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit?

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05c. 1863 AD

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are as easy as an old shoe are generally of as lttle worth .

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06c. 1863 AD

Heart language is logic set on fire.

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07c. 1863 AD

To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.

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08c. 1863 AD

Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God.

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09c. 1863 AD

Socrates used to say, "Philosophers can be happy without music;" and Christians can be happier than philosophers when all outward causes of rejoicing are withdrawn.

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10c. 1863 AD

Speak as educated nature suggests to you, and you will do well, but let it be educated and not raw, rude, uncultivated nature. Demosthenes took unbounded pains with his voice, and Cicero, who was naturally weak, made a long journey into Greece to correct his manner of speaking. With far nobler themes, let us not be less ambitious to excel.

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11c. 1863 AD

Although the author dealt some of John Bunyan's conclusions in spiritualizing the details of Solomon's Temple, he attributes to Bunyan a "consecrated ingenuity".

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12c. 1863 AD

Even your little sorrows you may roll upon God, for He counteth the hairs of your head.

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13c. 1863 AD

Jesus is in the tempest. His love wraps the night about itself as a mantle, but to the eye of faith the sable robe is scarce a disguise.

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14c. 1863 AD

Winter in the soul is by no means a comfortable season: but there is this comfort, namely, that the Lord makes it.

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15c. 1863 AD

If I can bring Him nothing but my tears, He will put them with His own tears in His own bottle for He once wept; if I can bring Christ nothing but my groans and sighs, He will accept these as an acceptable sacrifice, for He once was broken in heart, and sighed heavily in spirit.

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16c. 1863 AD

Cast the burden of the present along with the sin of the past and the fear of the future upon the Lord.

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17c. 1863 AD

The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in gloomy prison, needs a heavenly hand to push it back.

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18c. 1863 AD

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

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19c. 1863 AD

Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world.

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20c. 1863 AD

Intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought! The Word of God teems with its marvelous deeds. Believer, thou hast a mighty engine in thy hand, use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith, and thou shalt surely be a benefactor to thy brethren.

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21c. 1863 AD

Prayer bends the omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

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22c. 1863 AD

Remember how it is written of Job, “The Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.” While he prayed for himself, he remained a captive; but when he prayed for those unfriendly friends of his, then the Lord smiled upon him, and loosed his captivity

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23c. 1863 AD

You will find it a stronghold in the day of trial to plead your adoption. You have no rights as a subject, you have forfeited them by your treason; but nothing can forfeit a child's right to a father's protection.

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24c. 1863 AD

Faith is the angelic messenger between the soul and the Lord Jesus in glory.

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