The Spurgeon Library

10/22/2026

"The outriders of trouble are often of a fiercer countenance than the trouble itself."

— Charles Spurgeon

10/22/2026

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10/22/2026

"If we could send the devil to sleep we might take a nap ourselves, but we never can, and therefore we ought to be awake."

— Charles Spurgeon

10/21/2026

"Oh! sirs, I do fear me that one half of Christian people now-a-days are in this sleepy state, and yet if they were told so to their face, they would be very angry with the men who had the honesty to tell the truth."

— Charles Spurgeon

10/21/2026

"No man will ever put on the robe of Christ’s righteousness till he is stripped of his fig leaves, nor will he wash in the fount of mercy till he perceives his filthiness."

— Charles Spurgeon

10/20/2026

"Do we not fail in many of our efforts, because we practically, though not doctrinally, ignore the Holy Ghost?"

— Charles Spurgeon

10/20/2026

A call to ministry can’t be separated from the work of the Holy Spirit.

If we’re going to preach God’s Word, serve his church, and faithfully represent Christ, we need more than gifting or ambition. We need the Spirit’s help.

So pray. Be faithful. Look for opportunities to serve. And ask the Lord to raise up more workers for the harvest.

10/20/2026

"...there are multitudes who are outwardly dead as to their usefulness, and there are Christians and churches too of whom we may say, without at all libelling them, 'You are dead; awake thou that sleepest.'"

— Charles Spurgeon

10/19/2026