Charles Spurgeon Quotes

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He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it.

Charles Spurgeon
The Book of Psalms instructs us in the use of wings as well as words. It sets us both mounting and singing.

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Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!

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So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.

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God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.

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Above all I commend the study of Christ. Let Him be your library.

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Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your poverty when the Lord God is your helper. Show the strong man how strong you are in your weakness when underneath you are the everlasting arms.

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Right is right though all condemn, and wrong is wrong though all approve.

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Man's words are mere breath, but the word of the Lord is spirit and life.

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He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of him yet.

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God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.

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The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern.

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The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

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Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy

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Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.

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Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

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Inconsistent professors are the greatest stumbling blocks to the spread of the cause of Christ!

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Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty.

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Never fear dying, beloved. Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living...that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to endure, a rough voyage to undergo.

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Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

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Now and then there comes a crash of thunder in a storm, and we look up with amazement when he sets the heavens on a blaze with his lightning.

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The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot, we will not, we must not, we dare not. Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep in the tomb and be heard no more. Better indeed for us to die than to live, if souls be not saved.

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I can admire the solemn and stately language of worship that recognizes the greatness of God, but it will not warm my heart or express my soul until it has also blended therewith the joyful nearness of that perfect love that casts out fear and ventures to speak with our Father in heaven as a child speaks with its father on earth. My brother, no veil remains.

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Unbelief will destroy the best of us; faith will save the worst of us.

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God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit, go and complain to Him, not to me. I am simply his servant, and if His errand that I am to tell is objectionable, I cannot help it.

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I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word 'Whosoever' is a very wide and comprehensive one...My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon Him, and He will deliver.

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He is ready to cleanse you, It is sin, after all, that lies at the door and blocks you way to the Savior.

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Be sure, whatever you leave out, that you teach the children the three R's,-Ruin, Redemption, and Regeneration.

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There will be no doubt about His having chosen you when you have chosen Him.

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Those who do not hope cannot wait; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

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