The Spurgeon Library

"That patience which does not pray is obstinacy. A soul silent to God is apt to be sullen rather than submissive."

— Charles Spurgeon

"Prayer is not meant for the Lord's information. The question is not put to you that you may instruct him, but that he may instruct you."

— Charles Spurgeon

"You are listening to a man who professes to speak by God, and for God, and to speak for your good; and his heart yearns over you. Oh, it is solemn work to preach, and it should be solemn work to hear!"

— Charles Spurgeon

"Little is that ministry worth that never chides you."

— Charles Spurgeon

"[Christ] comes to visit His people, yet not to admire their beauties, but to remove their deformities; not to reward their virtues, but to forgive their sins. "

— Charles Spurgeon

"The first link between my soul and Christ is, not my goodness, but my badness; not my merit, but my misery; not my standing, but my falling; not my riches, but my need."

— Charles Spurgeon

"Remember that, if thou hast missed Christ by but the ticking of a clock, thou hast missed Christ for ever; so that minutes and ticks of clocks may be invested with a very solemn power, if we come to look at them in that light."

— Charles Spurgeon

"Think lightly of hell, and you will think lightly of the cross. Think little of the sufferings of lost souls, and you will soon think little of the Saviour who delivers you from them."

— Charles Spurgeon

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"Then, feeling all I have is thine
And thou art mine, while this short life endures,
Teach me thy love, O thou Power Divine;
"Tis but thy love, our soul assures."

— Charles Spurgeon