September 15, 1910

Published on Thursday, September 15th, 1910, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. “If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth.” — Ecclesiastes 11:3. IT was raining very heavily this afternoon at four o’clock when I was thinking over this text. The sharp crack of the thunder and the quick …

Ecclesiastes:

September 30, 1909

A Sermon Published on Thursday, September 30, 1909,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Thursday Evening, May 8, 1873 “Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing …

2 Samuel:16:11, 12

July 7, 1881

My Comfort in Affliction   “This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.”— Psalm cxix. 50.   IT is almost needless for me to say that, in some respects, the same events happen unto all men alike— in the matter of afflictions it is certainly so. None of us can expect to escape trial. …

Psalms:119:50

September 29, 1870

A Sermon Published on Thursday, March 6th, 1911, Delivered by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On Thursday Evening, Sep. 29th, 1870. “Our light affliction.”-2 Corinthians 4:17 PERHAPS someone here thoughtlessly says, “Well, whoever calls affliction ‘light’ must have been a person who knew very little about what affliction really is. If he had suffered …

2 Corinthians:4:17

December 4, 1859

Dilemma and Deliverance   "Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."—Psalm 9:10        There are many men who are exceedingly well read in heathen mythologies; who can tell you the history of any one of the heathen gods, but who at the same time know very little of the history of Jehovah, and cannot rehearse his …

Psalms:9:10

August 12, 1855

God's People in the Furnace   "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."—Isaiah 48:10        When travelling through the country, you have often noticed that in different spots the old rocks peep out from under the soil, as if they would let us know what earth's bones are made of, and what are the solid foundations …

Isaiah:48:10