September 12, 2017

This week as we pause to remember the terror attack on September 11, 2001, our prayers go out to the families suffering from the memory of the horrific tragedy. Sixteen years ago, 2,996 lives were lost in the coordinated attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C, and …

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:

July 21, 1889

When Can We Find Comforters?   “Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”— Nahum iii. 7.   IT is the business of the prophet of God, and of the minister of Christ, to seek comfort for those who are in distress. “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.” It is a part of our calling to seek, …

Nahum:3:7

January 30, 1881

Comfort from the Future   “Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away.” — Job xi. 16.   JOB’S misery was extreme, and it seemed as if he could never forget it. He never did forget the fact of it, but he did forget the pain of it. That he had been utterly miserable, would …

Job:11:16

October 28, 1880

Cheer for the Worker, and Hope for London    “Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision. Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.”— Acts xviii. 9, …

Acts:18:9-10

August 12, 1880

The Valley of the Shadow of Death    “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”— Psalm xxiii. 4.   Do you know I had laid this text by? I meant that this choice promise should be …

Psalms:23:4

September 4, 1879

Among Lions “My soul is among lions.” — Psalm lvii. 4. SOME of you cannot say this, and you ought to be very thankful that you are not obliged to do so. Happy are you young people who have godly parents, and who dwell in Christian families. You ought to grow like the flowers in a conservatory, …

Psalms:57:4

January 22, 1876

For the Sick and Afflicted   “Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.”— Job. xxxiv. 31, 32.   EVEN when addressing our fellow-men there should be a fitness about …

Job:34:31, 32

June 23, 1872

Untrodden Ways   “For ye have not passed this way heretofore.” — Joshua iii. 4.   THEY had come out of Egypt, they had gone up and down in the wilderness, but they had not before crossed the Jordan. It was new ground to them, a new difficulty, and a new series of events lay before them. As a …

Joshua:3:4

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