The Life and Work of Charles H. Spurgeon
William H. Yarrow
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Book Description
Title:
The Life and Work of Charles H. Spurgeon
Author:
William H. Yarrow
Publication Year:
n.d.
Location:
New York
Publisher:
I.K. Funk & Co. Publishers
Pages:
101
Subjects:
Christian Mission, United Kingdom, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Biography
Copyright Holder:
Public domain
Contents
Preface
Introduction—John Stanfort Holme
Ancestry
Childhood
Conversion
Early Labors
South London
Coming to London—The New Pastor—Turning of the Tide—Immense Popularity—Enlarged Borders—Exeter Hall
Apostolic Work—Marriage—Surrey Music Hall—"Room, Still Room!!"
Spurgeon's Sermons
A Great Porposal—Church Debts—The Site—Laying the Cornerstone—Dedication—Successes—Description of the Tabernacle—Miscellaneous Crowd
The Pastors' College. College Training—The Raw Material—The First Student—Developments—Evening Classes—College Building—Selection of Students—"Lectures to My Students"—Results
Stockwell Orphanage. The Widow and the Orphan—Munificient Liberality—Model Arrangements—The site at Stockwell—Eight Houses—Faith, Mighty Faith—Description of Orphanage—Gratifying Results
Miscellaneous Institutions. Almshouses—Colportage—Sunday Schools—Sunday Departments of Usefulness—Church Discipline
Literature. Spurgeon as a Poet—John Ploughman's Talk—Treasury of David—Commentaries—Sword and Trowel—Extracts
Narrative Resumed. Evangelical Alliance—Revival Services—A Pentecost—The Costermongers—Repairs—J.A. Spurgeon as Co-Pastor—Silly Tales—Invitations to America
Mrs. Spurgeon and the Twins. Mrs. Spurgeon's Sickness—Book Fund—The Portraits—First Efforts of the Twins—Successes
Narrative Resumed. Small Pox—Heavy Programme—Eternal Punishment—Bible Education in Public Schools—Family Legacy—Good Deacon Olney—Rome—George Müller—Tobacco
Disinterestedness—Sickness—Moody and Sankey—An Unusual Centennial—Apostolic Succession
Service to Outsiders—Statistics of Membership—Flower Mission—Pastoral Silver Wedding