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   ISBN 1-56186-411-0 CHS-JEWEL

 $4 Death

$4.00  trade paperback booklet  64 pages [CHS JEWEL SJ-411]  Five sermons which present the Christian view of death that offers both inspiration and comfort. After reading these messages, your attitude on death will never be the same.

SERMONS:

1. The Valley of the Shadow of Death  Psalms 23:4 MTP #1595

2. Concerning Death  Job 30:23 MTP #1922

3. Sermons From Saintly Death-Beds  Genesis 49:33 MTP #783

4. Precious Deaths  Psalms 116:15 MTP #1036

5. Departed Saints Yet Living  Luke 20:37-38 MTP #1863

[Linked Sermons @ The Spurgeon Archive  Database]    Read a Related Excerpt: "Death is Loss... But Oh, What Gain!"

   ISBN 1-56186-211-8 CHS-PEARL

 $8 The "Down Grade" Controversy

$8.00  trade paperback  110 pages [CHS PEARL SP-211]  A compilation of original materials, photographically reproduced from original Spurgeon sources, including The Sword and the Trowel Magazine, C. H. Spurgeon's Autobiography by Mrs. Spurgeon and J. W. Harrald, and the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit sermon volumes.

The "Down Grade" Controversy was one of the most significant disputes in the life of C. H. Spurgeon, occurring near the close of his comparatively short life of almost 58 years. It began in 1887 and continued on until — and even after — his death in 1892. He indicated in an editorial "note" in the very last days of his life that the controversy probably contributed to his early demise. He said: "To be free from all ecclesiastical entanglements is to the Christian minister a blessing worth all it has cost, even though an almost fatal illness might be reckoned as part of the price." [Sword/Trowel, published February 1892, pg. 93]

There have been many attempts to interpret the controversy and its significance. The reader may examine these materials and draw his own conclusions as to the nature of the "Down Grade," as it was viewed by Spurgeon. Most of the documentation is from The Sword and the Trowel — his monthly magazine. Hardly an issue of the periodical — from August of 1887 until Spurgeon's death — failed to make some comment, particularly in the editor's "Notes" column.

The first two articles on the "Down Grade" were published anonymously in the magazine, the author actually being Robert Shindler, a close friend of Spurgeon since 1855. From the 1892 volume of The Sword and the Trowel (pg. 420), Shindler commented:

"The preliminary papers on the 'Down-Grade' tendency of modern thought, WHICH I WROTE at his [CHS'] suggestion, and which, in their utter want of judgment, some attributed to his own pen..."

Shindler later wrote biographies of Spurgeon — From the Usher's Desk to the Tabernacle Pulpit, followed by From the Pulpit to the Palm Branch — but he refrained from any extended treatment of the "Down Grade."

"The Sword and the Trowel was used to fire monthly broadsides at Spurgeon's opponents — the 'adversaries of the Lord' as he called them — until finally he withdrew from the Union as he had done from the Evangelical Alliance. On both sides there were misunderstandings and much said that would have been better unsaid." (A History of Spurgeon's Tabernacle, by Eric Hayden, pg. 12, published by Pilgrim)

The controversy took place at a time when there was profound theological unrest, "with sweeping changes in many realms of thought, and with the unusual dangerous tendency for many to accept the latest hypotheses as proven theories" (Baptists Who Made History,  pg. 74). ["Spurgeon and other ministers were alarmed at the opinions being expressed about the divinity of Christ, the atonement, resurrection and inspiration. He complained that heresy was creeping insidiously into the Baptist Union. The whole 'Down-Grade' situation must be studied in great detail if a true evaluation is to be made of C. H. Spurgeon's religious influence upon nineteenth century Nonconformity in the Metropolis. Suffice it to say here that if statistics tell a true story of the spiritual decline in Nonconformist Churches that followed Spurgeon's death until the present day, it would seem that Spurgeon's stand was certainly justified even though it appears to have been made in vain."] (A History of Spurgeon's Tabernacle, pg. 12)

Overall, whether the controversy was justified has been long debated — that it occurred and was deeply significant to Spurgeon was obvious, eventually leading to his withdrawal from the Baptist Union. About this his son Thomas said: "The Baptist Union almost killed my father." Archibald Brown replied: "Yes, and your father almost killed the Baptist Union!" Spurgeon was "a voice crying in the wilderness" during this period. His voice lives on to speak, in written form, to other generations. His sermons are perhaps his greatest living legacy, but his strict adherence to Truth in this controversy also has its lessons for us.

Spurgeon says in PREFACE: "During the past year we have often had to look down from the royal road of the truth upon those craggy paths which others have chosen, which we fear will lead them to destruction. We have had enough of The Down-Grade for ourselves when we have looked down upon it. What havoc false doctrine is making no tongue can tell. Assuredly the New Theology can do no good towards God or man; it has no adaptation for it. If it were preached for a thousand years by all the most earnest men of the school, it would never renew a soul, nor overcome pride in a single human heart. We look down into the abyss of error, and it almost makes our head swim to think of the perilous descent; but the road of the gospel, to which we hope to keep by divine grace, is a safe and happy way. Oh, that all would travel it! Oh, that our earnest pleadings, which have brought upon our devoted head so much of obloquy, would recall the churches to the good old way!

"Many of the papers in this volume have been reprinted, because friends have thought them specially useful, and many more have been translated to other magazines, which annexation we accept as a compliment, even where the name of The Sword and the Trowel has been inadvertently omitted. At the same time, borrowed articles should be acknowledged as distinctly as possible, and the paper in which they first appear should have the credit of them. In America, in all sorts of newspapers and magazines, we find pieces of our work, and we think, therefore, that our subscribers are not badly catered for.

"Our band of friends and helpers has suffered serious diminution by death during the last few months. The gaps in our ranks are many and wide. We earnestly pray that others may be moved to take the places of those who have gone home. Of course, our unflinching faithfulness may have driven away a few friends, though we are sure it has brought us more. Hitherto nothing has flagged. The Orphanage, and its half a thousand children, has had its table always supplied; the College has gone on educating men to preach the faith once delivered to the saints; the Evangelists have traveled from place to place, and God has made them as clouds that water the earth; the Colporteurs have kept steadily to their useful toil; and Mrs. Spurgeon’s Book Fund has stocked poor ministers’ libraries in thousands of cases. To a large extent these works are kept going by the generosity of friends who read the weekly sermons and The Sword and the Trowel. Thanks, hearty and many, to them all for their loving aid. They would do us great service if they could increase the number of our subscribers, by inducing friends to take in the magazine. Ask them to begin in January.

"The sword and trowel have both been used this year with all our might. We have built up the wall of the city, and we have tried to smite the King’s enemies. How could we help it? No loyal soldier could endure to see his Lord’s cause so grievously wronged by traitors. Something will come of the struggle over The Down-Grade. The Lord has designs in connection therewith which his adversaries little dream of. Meanwhile, it behoves all who love the Lord Jesus and his gospel to keep close together, and make common cause against deadly error. There are thousands who are of one mind in the Lord; let them break through all the separating lines of sect, and show their unity in Christ, both by prayer and action. Especially do we beg for the fervent prayers of all the faithful in Christ Jesus.

"If our readers have hitherto counted us worthy, we again beg for their loving, practical sympathy, as we have enjoyed it these many years. The relationship between us and many of our readers is such as will outlast life itself. Very tenderly have our friends loved us. In the cup of human sympathy our God has brought us draughts of heavenly consolation. The Lord recompense our faithful helpers, and grant them mercy in that day!" — So prays the reader’s willing servant, C. H. Spurgeon [1887]

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   Includes: "A SERMON FOR THE TIME PRESENT" (in relation to the "The Down Grade")

   ISBN 1-56186-327-0 CHS-GEM

 $7 Eccentric Preachers

$7.00  mass paperback  224 pages / Large Print

[CHS GEM SG-349]  Defining an "eccentric" as one who "does not tread the regular ring, but deviates more or less as he sees fit," Spurgeon writes of some of the greatest "eccentric" preachers in Christian history. Though they may have been called "eccentric" by the world, they were following a spiritual orbit in their work for the Lord. Originally a lecture and widely reported in the British and American newspapers of the time — but badly mutilated. See what Spurgeon himself really said when delivering the lecture [which he expanded in the book]. Its aim was to save Pastors from criticism and fault-finding by others.

Spurgeon says, "I have published this little volume very much in self-defence. Some years ago, I delivered a lecture on 'Eccentric Preachers,' and a reporter's notes of it were published in one of the newspapers. These, like all such things, were mere pickings and cuttings, and by no means the lecture itself. Gentlemen of the press have an eye to the amusement of their readers, and make selections of all the remarkable anecdotes, or odd sayings, used by a speaker; and when these are seperated from their surroundings, the result is anything but satisfactory. No man's speeches or lectures should be judged of by an ordinary newspaper summary; which, in any case, is a mere sketch; and, in many instances, is a vile caricature." [from the Autobiography Vol 3, pg. 63]

"I desire by this little volume to plead against the carping spirit which makes a man an offender for a word, and the lying spirit which scatters falsehood right and left, to the injury and grief of the most zealous of my Master's servants. Many hearers lose much blessing through criticizing too much, and meditating too little; and many more incur great sin by calumniating those who live for the good of others. True pastors have enough of care and travail without being burdened by undeserved and useless fault-finding. We have something better to do than to be for ever answering every malignant or frivolous slander which is set afloat to injure us. We expected to prove our ministry 'by evil report and by good report,' and we are not therefore overwhelmed by abuse as though some new thing had happened unto us; and yet there are tender, loving spirits who feel the trial very keenly, and are sadly hindered in brave service by cruel assaults. The rougher and stronger among us laugh at those who ridicule us, but upon others the effect is very sorrowful. For their sakes are these pages written — may they be a warning to wanton witlings who defame the servants of the Most High God."

CHAPTERS: 1. What is Eccentricity? 2. Who have been called Eccentric? 3. Causes of Eccentricity 4. Hugh Latimer [1480-1555] 5. Hugh Peters [1599-1660] 6. Daniel Burgess [1645-1713] 7. John Berridge [1716-1793] 8. Rowland Hill [1744-1833] 9. Matthew Wilks [1746-1829] 10. William Dawson [1773-1841] 11. Jacob Gruber [1778-1850] 12. Edward Taylor [1793-1871] 13. Edward Brooke [1779-1871] 14. Billy Bray [1794-1868] 15. In Conclusion

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   ISBN 1-56186-413-7 CHS-JEWEL

 $4 Election

$4.00  trade paperback booklet  64 pages [CHS JEWEL SJ-413]  Six balanced sermons by C. H. Spurgeon which set forth his "CALVINISM" on the doctrine of Election — a much maligned and misunderstood Bible doctrine. Spurgeon is perhaps as clear and balanced on this theme as humanly possible.

SERMONS:

1. The Sum and Substance of All Theology  John 6:37 Sw&Tr Not in MTP

2. Election  2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NPSP #41-42

3. Particular Election  2 Peter 1:10-11 NPSP #123

4. Election and Holiness  Deuteronomy 10:14-16 NPSP #303

5. Election No Discouragement to Seeking Souls  Exodus 33:19 MTP #553

6. How to Meet the Doctrine of Election  Matthew 15:24-25 MTP #1797

[Linked Sermons @ The Spurgeon Archive  Database]    Also Read: "CALVINISTS IN HISTORY"

Also Read: "SOVEREIGN GRACE Hated By the Modern Religionist"

   ISBN 1-56186-401-3 CHS-JEWEL

 $3 Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

$3.00  trade paperback booklet  32 pages [CHS JEWEL SJ-401]  There was a month-long schedule celebrating the opening of the new Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1861. One of the features was a Conference (April 11) on the theme of "GRACE." Spurgeon spoke before each session, primarily dealing with some of the misconceptions about the doctrines under consideration. As noted below, five speakers (in addition to Mr. Spurgeon's lengthy Introduction speech) expounded the major theological points on the themes listed below.

Metropolitan Tabernacle CIRCULAR: "Thursday, April 11 — afternoon at 3. Calvinistic Doctrine. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon will introduce the subject, and five Ministers will take up the points by which the Calvinistic Creed is distinguished. The service commences at 3. There will be a pause at 5 for refreshment, and the friends will re-assemble at 6:30. The Addresses will last about half an hour each, and will be printed, as a manual of doctrine, and as a memorial of the Opening of this great House of God." [MTP Vol 7, Year 1861, pg. 136]

1. ELECTION  (by John Bloomfield)

2. HUMAN DEPRAVITY  (by Evan Probert)

3. PARTICULAR REDEMPTION  (by James A. Spurgeon — his brother)

4. EFFECTUAL CALLING  (by James Smith)

5. FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS  (by William O'Neill)

Also see Spurgeon's "SERMONS ON SOVEREIGNTY" Book

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   ISBN 1-56186-400-1 CHS-JEWEL

 $3 FAITH — What It Is & What It Leads To

Published by the Chapel Library (Pensacola FL)
	$3.00  trade paperback booklet  32 pages / Large Print [CHS JEWEL SJ-400]  Nine devotional expositions on the way of salvation as stated in Scripture. 'God has not put the treasure into the earthen vessel merely for the vessel's own sake, but that the treasure may afterwards be poured out from it, that others may thereby be enriched.' Spurgeon's remark well illustrates his strong belief in passing on to others what he had received from the Lord. He dearly wished that they came to know the full salvation of God through faith in Christ. But he was concerned that faith, essentially a simple thing, was often portrayed in a manner unlikely to be of help to the genuine enquirer. This volume gathers together some of Spurgeon's thoughts on the subject, presenting a clear view of the exact nature of Christian faith and affording a glimpse of his great concern for those who had not yet put their trust in Christ.

In his introduction he writes, "And indeed, my brethren, even those who know what faith is, personally and experimentally, do not always find it easy to give a good definition of it. They think they have hit the mark; and then, afterwards, they lament that they have failed. Straining themselves to describe some one part of faith, they find they have forgotten another, and in the excess of their earnestness to clear the poor sinner out of one mistake, they often lead him into a worse error. So that I think I may say that, while faith is the simplest thing in all the world, yet it is one of the most difficult upon which to write; because from its very importance, our soul begins to tremble while speaking of it, and then we are not able to describe it so clearly as we would."

"I intend, by God's help, to put together sundry thoughts upon faith, each of which I may have spoken at different times, but which have not been collected before, and which I have no doubt, have been misunderstood from the want of their having been put together in their proper consecutive order."

CHAPTERS: 1. The Object of Faith — or, to what it looks 2. The Reason of Faith — or, why doth any man believe, and whence does his faith come? 3. The Ground of the Sinner's Faith — or, on what ground he dares to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 4. The Warrant of Faith — or, why it dares to trust in Christ 5. The Result of Faith — or, how it speeds when it comes to Christ 6. The Satisfactory Declaration made in Scripture concerning those who Have Faith 7. Misapprehensions Respecting Faith, by reason of which Christians are often cast down 8. What This Faith Includes 9. What This Faith Excludes

   ISBN 1-56186-347-5 CHS-GEM

 $10 Farm Sermons

$10.00  mass paperback  328 pages / Large Print [CHS GEM SG-347]  Along with illustrations, this book contains nineteen great sermons which are based upon various things related to farming — such as the sluggard's farm, the broken fence, the corn of wheat, the ploughman, labourers, the hay-field, the harvest, threshing, and similar subjects. Spurgeon was born and raised in the country, and loved it. While FARM SERMONS was dedicated to and designed for reading by farmers, there are spiritual truths for all readers of this volume. Click Here for Larger Front Cover IMAGE

Spurgeon says, "It is fit that farmers should have sermons gathered out of their own occupation, for it is one which, above all others, abounds in holy teaching. He who lives by the labour of the field will be foolish if he neglects the teaching of nature for the most glittering philosophy. Some of the mightiest of prophets and preachers came from the plough, and surely that must be a good college which has furnished such able divines. As all the world is fed by the produce of the farm, so may all men's minds find food in meditating upon the ways of God in nature and providence, as seen by the husbandman. Hence we have sought."

"Reader, if you are a farmer, it will be for your eternal pleasure and profit if the Great Husbandman should meet you by his Holy Spirit in the pages of this book, and exercise his skill upon you, that you may become in his hand as a land which is both tilled and sown. Paul says of believers, 'Ye are God's husbandry' — may this be true of both reader and author. It is to be feared that things have sadly changed in many a homestead, and the world has the mastery where once there was a church in the house. Oh that the good old times might be repeated in grange, and farm, and lodge, till every village shall have in it a sanctified people who shall glorify the Lord."

"These sermons are as fresh and fragrant as the newly-ploughed soil, or the new-mown hay, and ought to be perused with pleasure and profit by many who know little or nothing of agricultural pursuits." — The Christian

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SERMONS:

1. The Sluggard's Farm  Proverbs 24:30-32 MTP #2027

2. The Broken Fence  Proverbs 24:30-32 MTP #3381

3. Frost and Thaw  Psalms 147:16-18 MTP #670

4. The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit  John 12:23-25 Not/MTP

5. The Ploughman  Isaiah 33:24 MTP #3383

6. Ploughing the Rock  Amos 6:12 MTP #2977

7. The Parable of the Sower  Luke 8:4-8 NPSP #308

8. The Principle Wheat  Isaiah 28:25 MTP #1626

9. Spring in the Heart  Psalms 65:10 MTP #675

10. Farm Labourers  1 Corinthians 3:6-9 MTP #1602

11. What the Farm Labourers Can Do and What They Cannot Do  Mark 4:26-29 MTP #1603

12. The Sheep before the Shearers  Isaiah 53:7 MTP #1543

13. In the Hay-Field  Psalms 104:14 MTP #757

14. The Joy of Harvest  Isaiah 9:3 MTP #3058

15. Spiritual Gleaning  Ruth 2:15 MTP #2585

16. Mealtime in the Cornfields  Ruth 2:14 MTP #522

17. The Loaded Waggon  Amos 2:13 MTP #466

18. Threshing (originally "Soul-Threshing")  Isaiah 28:27-28 MTP #3388

19. Wheat in the Barn  Matthew 13:30 MTP #3393

[Linked Sermons @ The Spurgeon Archive  Database]

  ISBN 0-9637141-7-1 CHS-PEARL Co-Published with White Horse Publications

 $12 Geese In Their Hoods (against Romanism)

SELECTED WRITINGS ON ROMAN CATHOLICISM
by C. H. Spurgeon, and Compiled by Timothy F. Kauffman (1997).
	$12.00  trade paperback  204 pages / Large Print [CHS PEARL SP-417]  What was Spurgeon's opinions of Roman Catholicism? This attractive collection of his writings from the Autobiography and The Sword and the Trowel is the answer. For MORE Detailed Information and Chapters... CLICK HERE
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This anthology of Spurgeon's writings on Rome includes detailed observations of Romanism from his travels, as well as the topical issues he addressed in his monthly magazine. Whether it be the Anglican movement toward Rome, the Inquisitions, Papal Infallibility, the exaltation of Mary, or the testimony of nature against Roman Catholicism, this book contains the best of his views (apart from statements found in the 63-volume sermon series.) Accompanied by the original illustrations and woodcarvings, Geese in their Hoods is a must for anyone who loves Spurgeon's writings and the charming candor with which he countered the advances of Romanism in 19th century England.

"Essence of lies, and quintessence of blasphemy, as the religion of Rome IS... it nevertheless fascinates a certain order of Protestants, of whom we fear it may be truly said that 'they have received a strong delusion to believe a lie, that they may be damned.' Seeing that it is so, it becomes all who would preserve their fellow-immortals from destruction to be plain and earnest in their warnings. Not in a party-spirit, but for truth's sake, our Protestantism must protest perpetually. Dignitaries of the papal confederacy are just now very prominent in benevolent movements, and we may be sure that they have ends to serve other than those which strike the public eye. A priest lives only for his church; he may profess to have other objects, but this is a mere blind. Our ancient enemies have small belief in our common sense if they imagine that we shall ever be able to trust them, after having so often beheld the depths of Jesuitical cunning and duplicity. The sooner we let certain Archbishops and Cardinals know that we are aware of their designs, and will in nothing co-operate with them, the better for us and our country. Of course, we shall be howled at as bigots, but we can afford to smile at that cry, when it comes from the church which invented the Inquisition. 'No peace with Rome' is the motto of reason as well as of religion." [C. H. Spurgeon, January 1873]

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   ISBN 1-56186-341-6 CHS-GEM

 $8 The Golden Alphabet ...OF THE PRAISES OF HOLY SCRIPTURE

— Setting Forth The Believer's Delight in the Word of the Lord: being a

Devotional Commentary upon the One Hundred & Nineteenth Psalm

$8.00  mass paperback  301 pages [CHS GEM SG-341]  Adapted from The Treasury of David — Spurgeon took his remarks on Psalm 119 and published them under this title, believing "the One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm is of such a size as to stand out from all the rest, and claim a separate treatment." Each portion of the psalm, begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet — hence the title.  He says, "It is known among the Germans as 'the Christians' golden A-B-C of the praise, love, power, and use of the Word of God' — and from them I have borrowed the title of of this volume. Our hope is that it will be largely used by devout persons for private reading. We shall be glad if our subscribers will purchase the book, and also make it known among their friends." Yes, the book is quite full of reward for either study or daily devotional reading.

Spurgeon says, "This psalm is a wonderful composition. Its expressions are many as the waves, but its testimony is one as the sea. It deals all along with one subject only; but although it consists of a considerable number of verses, some of which are very similar to others, yet throughout its one hundred and seventy-six stanzes the self-same thought is not repeated: there is always a shade of difference, even when the colour of the thought appears to be the same. I do not believe that any subject other than a heavenly one would have allowed of such a psalm being written upon it; for the themes of this world are narrow and shallow. Neither could such a handling have been given even to a sacred subject by any mind less than divine; inspiration alone can account for the fulness and freshness of this psalm."

"This wonderful psalm, from its great length, helps us to wonder at the immensity of Scripture. From its keeping to the same subject it helps us to adore the unity of Scripture, for it is but one. Yet, from the many turns it gives to its one thought, it helps us to see the variety of Scripture. How manifold are the words and thoughts of God! In His Word, just as in creation, the wonders of His skill are displayed in many ways."

"Mr. Charles Bridges has written upon this psalm a peculiarly delightful work [a book on Psalm 119 published by The Banner of Truth]. I do not seek to rival him; but I would attempt the edification of the Lord's people in the same way as he has done, for he has made no effort to display learning, but has aimed at promoting devotion. Several notable authors traversed this heavenly country before Mr. Bridges, and I am one of those who follow after him; the succession will not end till the Lord comes. I commend my labour to my Lord's acceptance, and pray that His Holy Spirit may make these praises of Holy Scripture to ring as sweet bells in the ears of his own people evermore. Dear Reader, pray for thy Brother in Christ, C. H. Spurgeon." [Westwood, July, 1887]

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   ISBN 1-56186-202-9 CHS-PEARL

 $13 The Gospel of the Kingdom (MATTHEW commentary)

A popular EXPOSITION of the Gospel According to MATTHEW
(with introductory note by Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon), + a Textual Index (of Sermons and
other works) by C. H. Spurgeon, on various passages in the Gospel according to Matthew
	$13.00  trade paperback  270 pages [CHS PEARL SP-202]  Distinctly known as C. H. Spurgeon's ONLY complete commentary of a New Testament book; with his only other commentary being The Treasury of David (Spurgeon's magnum opus — a 20-year effort on the PSALMS). He devoted two winters spent in the South of France to the production of this exposition. It was nearly finished  when Spurgeon died and was completed from his own spoken and written words (previously transcribed), by Mrs. Spurgeon and Mr. J. W. Harrald, his secretary; together they finalized several more of his works posthumously, as well as compiling the large Autobiography.

Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon's INTRODUCTION —

Few and simple should be the words which introduce this eagerly-expected book to the many friends who will welcome it. The beloved author has gone to his eternal reward, he is "the blessed of the Lord for ever" — but he has left with us this last precious legacy, which draws our hearts heavenward after him.

It stands alone in its sacred and sorrowful significance. It is the tired worker's final labour of love for his Lord. It is the last sweet song from lips that were ever sounding forth the praises of his King. It is the dying shout of victory from the standard-bearer, who bore his Captain's colours unflinchingly through the thickest of the fight.

Reverently we lay it at the dear Master's feet, with love, and tears, and prayers. It needs no comment. It is beyond all criticism. But His acceptance and approval will be its reward and glory.

During two previous winters in the South of France, a great part of dear Mr. Spurgeon's leisure had been devoted to the production of this Commentary, and it bears much internal evidence of the brightness of the sunny shore where it was written.

On the last visit to Mentone, after his terrible illness, his mental strength was apparently quite restored, and this delightful service was eargerly resumed; so eagerly, that we often teared his health would suffer from his devotion to his happy task. But it was difficult to persuade him to relax his efforts; with his Master, he could say, "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work" — and till within a few days of the termination of his lovely and gracious life, he was incessantly occupied in expounding this portion of God's Word.

Much of the later portion of the work, therefore, was written on the very Border-land of Heaven, amid the nearing glories of the unseen world, and almost "within sight of the Golden Gates." Such words acquire a solemnity and pathos with which nothing else could invest them. We listen almost as to a voice "from the excellent glory."

Yet, in reading over the proof-sheets of my beloved's last work, I have been as much struck by the profound simplicity as by the tender power of the dear expositor's comments. Surely the secret of his great strength lay in this, that he was willing to say what God put in his heart, and did not seek to use "enticing words of man's wisdom."

Although the Master's call to His faithful servant came before he could complete the revision of his manuscripts, the concluding pages have been compiled, with loving care, entirely from his own spoken and written words, by the dear friend who was most closely associated with him in all his work for God.

— Susannah Spurgeon  (January 1893)

Westwood, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood

"This is not only an exposition and a commentary — it is an education in the true method of Bible readings, which is Bible feeding... These comments, therefore, are even more experimental than expository, for experience is the best expositor... It contains numerous terse sentences which will be useful for quotation when they have been read, marked, learned, and inwardly digested." — The Christian

"It has all of Mr. Spurgeon's characteristics, his simple unquestioning faith; his command of nervous, telling Anglo-Saxon; and his ready wit and forcible application of religious doctrine to daily life and conduct." — The Christian World

"This commentary on The Gospel according to Matthew is the latest and ripest of Mr. Spurgeon's life's labours. It will be found a tree, laden with rich fruit; and evidencing a soil singularly fertile, and the culture which bespeaks a Divine Husbandman. We predict for this volume a larger sale than any of Spurgeon's previous works: partly because it is his latest, and has in a sense the aroma of his dying days; and partly because it is a simple, brief, and charming memorial of the most effective popular preacher of his age. Every page is like his sermons, full of his Master, and yet speaking with his own unique individuality. They will be found to disclose many of the secrets of his power in discerning, expounding, and applying the Gospel. The reader will find himself here keeping perpetual company with one whose soul followed hard after God, and who loved the paths where his Saviour had trodden before him." — Dr. A. T. Pierson

   ISBN 1-56186-227-4 CHS-PEARL

$15 The GOSPEL According to C. H. Spurgeon
— THE OLD GOSPEL FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM .
	—>   Also available in Spanish (below)   $15.00  trade paperback  416 Pages [CHS PEARL SP-227]  Outstanding collection of 35 Original, Unabridged Sermons on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These selected sermons focus exclusively on the theme of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and are reproduced from the original volumes of Spurgeon's sermons without any editing or abridgement. Pilgrim Publications considers this book one of the finest collection of sermons we have ever published from the "Prince of Preachers"! Also included in this volume is the account of Spurgeon's own conversion, and the excerpt from his Conversion booklet (seen on our website) called "THE DEATH OF MY BEST FRIEND".  — see Complete List of Sermons below...

	MTP refers to Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit
	NPSP refers to New Park Street Pulpit TABLE OF CONTENTS —
SP = Read SPANISH version online @ WWW.SPURGEON.COM.MX
	SERMON TITLE	Scripture	Sermon	Volume No.	Original
		Text	No.	and Year	Page
READ     (35 Sermons)			READ	(+Web Links)	Numbers
[A]
SP	The Old Gospel for the New Century	Matt 11:28	#2708	MTP 47:1901	1-12
SP	The Undying Gospel for the Dying Year	Rom 5:6	#2341	MTP 39:1893	625-636
SP	The Old, Old Story	Rom 5:6	#0446	MTP 08:1862	230-240
SP	The Man of One Subject	1 Cor 2:2	#1264	MTP 21:1875	637-648
SP	Preach the Gospel	1 Cor 9:16	#0034	NPSP 01:1855	261-267
[B]
SP	The Whole Gospel in a Single Verse	1 Tim 1:15	#2300	MTP 39:1893	133-144
SP	The Essence of the Gospel	John 3:18	#0964	MTP 16:1870	673-684
SP	The Heart of the Gospel	2 Cor 5:20-21	#1910	MTP 32:1886	385-396
SP	The Perpetuity of the Gospel	Luke 21:33	#2636	MTP 45:1899	397-408
SP	The Glorious Gospel	1 Tim 1:15	#0184	NPSP 04:1858	153-160
[C]
SP	The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God	1 Tim 1:11	#0758	MTP 13:1867	361-372
SP	The Gospel of the Glory of Christ	2 Cor 4:4	#2077	MTP 35:1889	169-180
SP	The True Gospel No Hidden Gospel	2 Cor 4:3-4	#1663	MTP 28:1882	313-324
SP	Why the Gospel Is Hidden	2 Cor 4:3	#3288	MTP 58:1912	61-72
SP	For Whom Is the Gospel Meant?	Mark 2:17	#1345	MTP 23:1877	169-180
[D]
SP	The Gospel in Power	1 Thes 1:5-10	#3551	MTP 63:1917	73-84
SP	The Gospel's Healing Power	Luke 5:17	#0720	MTP 12:1866	625-636
SP	The Two Effects of the Gospel	2 Cor 2:15-16	#0026	NPSP 01:1855	197-204
SP	Degrees of Power Attending the Gospel	1 Thes 1:5	#0648	MTP 11:1865	493-504
SP	Plain Gospel for Plain People	Deu 30:11-14	#1967	MTP 33:1887	325-336
[E]
SP	A Blessed Gospel Chain	John 14:23	#2895	MTP 50:1904	373-384
SP	The Gospel Cordial	Prov 31:6-7	#3236	MTP 57:1911	61-72
SP	A Gospel Promise	Ezek 36:27	#3519	MTP 62:1916	313-324
SP	Angelic Interest in the Gospel	1 Peter 1:12	#2697	MTP 46:1900	493-504
SP	The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac	Rom 8:32	#0869	MTP 15:1869	255-264
[F]
SP	A Gospel Sermon to Outsiders	Mark 10:49	#1389	MTP 23:1877	697-708
SP	God's Own Gospel Call	Isa 55:3	#2092	MTP 35:1889	349-360
SP	A Great Gospel for Great Sinners	1 Tim 1:15-17	#1837	MTP 31:1885	229-240
SP	Disobedience to the Gospel	Rom 10:16	#2804	MTP 48:1902	529-540
SP	Rejecters of the Gospel Admonished	Isa 28:12	#1593	MTP 27:1881	205-216
[G]
SP	Adorning the Gospel	Titus 2:10	#2416	MTP 41:1895	265-276
SP	Gospel Missions	Acts 13:49	#0076	NPSP 02:1856	177-184
SP	The Gospel's Power in a Christian's Life	Phi 1:27	#0640	MTP 11:1865	399-408
SP	A Gospel Worth Dying For	Acts 20:24	#1734	MTP 29:1883	433-444
SP	Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere	Mark 16:15	#0900	MTP 15:1869	625-636
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	$15   ISBN 1-56186-228-2 CHS-PEARL   EL EVANGELIO   36 Sermones Originales   NEW TRANSLATIONS by Allan Roman   (same sermons from the above English edition,    + 1 extra bonus sermon, 500 pages, large paperback)

   ISBN 1-56186-405-6 CHS-JEWEL

 $3 Grace

$3.00  trade paperback booklet  32 pages [CHS JEWEL SJ-405]  Spurgeon loved and preached God's "Sovereign Grace," believing there was not another. He kept grace and works in their proper category. These three messages are some of his greatest on the theme.

SERMONS:

1. All of Grace  Ephesians 2:8 Sw&Tr (originally), then reprinted in MTP #3479

2. Grace — The One Way of Salvation  Acts 15:11 MTP #765

3. Salvation Altogether by Grace  2 Timothy 1:9 MTP #703

[Linked Sermons @ The Spurgeon Archive  Database]

   ISBN 1-56186-348-3 CHS-GEM

 $5 The Greatest Fight in the World

$5.00  mass paperback  64 pages "I would be willing to speak with stammering tongue if God's purpose could so be answered more fully; and I would even gladly lose all power of speech if, by being famished as to human words, you might feed the better on that spiritual meat which is to be found alone IN HIM, who is the incarnate Word of God. I may say to you, as speakers, that I am persuaded we should prepare ourselves with diligence, and try to do our very best in our great Master's service." [Spurgeon]

 "C. H. Spurgeon's FINAL MANIFESTO"

[CHS GEM SG-348]  After being in the ministry for forty years, this powerful address by C. H. Spurgeon was his final annual address to his Pastors' College and was delivered in 1891 at the College Conference, based upon the text in 1 Timothy 6:12, "Fight the good fight of faith..." Here is a description, given in the Autobiography — compiled by Mrs. Spurgeon and Mr. J. W. Harrald (Spurgeon's secretary and stenographer): "Mr. Spurgeon took, as the subject of his address, Ephesians 6:16 'Above all, taking the shield of faith, where with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.' This proved to be the prelude and preparation for the material topic on which he intended to speak the next morning, and which he summarized under three heads —

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[1] our armoury, The WORD of GOD

[2] our army, The CHURCH of GOD

[3] our strength, The HOLY SPIRIT

 — It was a fitting climax to the long series of Inaugural Addresses, which were always reckoned, by those who were privileged to hear them, as the most solemn and forceful of all Mr. Spurgeon's utterances. It was rapturously received by the crowded and enthusiastic assembly; and at its close, such urgent requests were presented for its publication in pamphlet form, that consent was once given, on condition that the brethren would help to make it known when it was issued... It was promptly published under the title The Greatest Fight in the World. It immediately attained a very wide circulation; reprinted in the United States, translated into French and German, and passed through several large editions. Then, after Mr. Spurgeon's homegoing, a generous gentleman, who had been with him on the platform during its delivery, felt that one of the best ways of honouring his memory was to perpetuate his testimony, and therefore arranged that a copy of it, bearing the additional title, "C. H. Spurgeon's Final Manifesto," should be sent, through Mrs. Spurgeon's Book Fund, to every clergyman and minister of every denomination in England. In this way, 34,500 more copies were circulated, with abundant evidence that the Lord had owned and blessed the effort. [C. H. Spurgeon's Autobiography, Volume IV, pgs. 314-315]

We are indebted to the late Mr. S. M. Houghton, of The BIBLE LEAGUE, Abingdon, England, for the use of this 1892 Passmore & Alabaster edition for an exact reproduction of this truly challenging message for all Christians to engage themselves in the "good fight of FAITH."

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   ISBN 1-56186-419-6 CHS-JEWEL

 $3 Imputed Righteousness (Justification by Jesus Christ)

$3.00  trade paperback booklet  32 pages [CHS JEWEL SJ-419]  Here are three outstanding Spurgeon sermons on the Bible doctrine of JUSTIFICATION — not the Romanist doctrine of so-called Infused righteousness from their Council of Trent, [nor Imparted righteousness also] — rather the substitutionary and wholly complete Justification accomplished by our Saviour JESUS CHRIST's crucifixion on the cross. "My sins deserve thy wrath, my God; thy wrath has fallen on thy Son." And from the hymn: "...Rock of Ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee."

SERMONS:

1. Jehovah Tsidkenu — The Lord Our Righteousness  Jeremiah 23:6 MTP #395

2. Justice Vindicated, and Righteousness Exemplified  Romans 3:24-26 MTP #3038

3. Justification, Propitiation, Declaration  Romans 3:24-26 MTP #3488

[Linked Sermons @ The Spurgeon Archive  Database]

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