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God’s Pruning and the Branches

By the summer of 1856, C. H. Spurgeon's ministry was bearing so much fruit. Church membership was growing. People were being converted under his preaching. Young men were being trained for the ministry. Sermons were being sold by the thousands. And yet all would seemingly come to an end in the Surrey Gardens Music Hall Disaster. On the night of October 19, 1856, with the hall filled to capacity with 10,000 people, shouts of "Fire!" resulted in a stampede, and in the end, seven people died and many more were injured. As a result, Spurgeon fell into a deep depression and no one knew if he would ever preach again.

"His ministry was going so well! He was being so fruitful! Why would God let something like this happen?" We don’t know all the answers. But we have Jesus’ words, "Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit."

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