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:

March 17, 1887

A Testimony to Free and Sovereign Grace   “But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord.”— Psalm xxxvii. 39.   SALVATION is a blessing peculiar to the righteous. The ungodly do not, as a rule, believe that they have any need of salvation: therefore they do not desire it, or seek after it. The righteous know that …

Psalms:37:39

February 24, 1867

God-All in All   “When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only.”— Job 34:29.   WE commenced our special services with a sermon of encouragement, by which we were reminded of the rapid answer which …

Job:34:29

January 14, 1866

Frost and Thaw   “He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.”— Psalm 147:16-18.   MOST of us were astonished when looking out of our …

Psalms:147:16-18

May 4, 1856

Divine Sovereignty   "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?—Matthew 20:15        The householder says, "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?" and even so does the God of heaven and earth ask this question of you this morning. "Is it not lawful …

Matthew:20:15

January 6, 1856

Sovereignty and Salvation    "Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."—Isaiah 45:22        Six years ago to-day, as near as possible at this very hour of the day, I was "in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity," but had …

Isaiah:45:22