Paradoxes, Mysteries, Riddles, Enigmas, and Comfort for Christians

A Compilation of Selected Charles H. Spurgeon’s Writings

by Gerald Primm


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 11/07/2002

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 120
ISBN : 9780759688308

About the Book

Several years ago I republished the rare Spurgeon book, The Mourner’s Comforter. The printing sold out in a very short time. I have plans to reprint that book again soon. The success of that book has had much to do with my undertaking this new reprint of some of Spurgeon’s sermons on comfort and encouragement. It is especially suitable for persons who struggle with depression.

Spurgeon was considered by many in his day as the greatest living preacher of the gospel. Since his death in 1892, his works have been reprinted by many publishers. His primary work was a sixty-three volume set of more than 3,000 sermons. Pilgrim Publications has reprinted the complete set of sermons, with a separate index of the Scripture texts and sermon titles, making it relatively easy to find material on almost any subject. These sermons have also been recorded on a CD ROM disk by the Ages Digital Library.

It has been one of the great pleasures of my life to select, arrange, and edit the material in this book. The editing has been confined primarily to spelling (example: "labour" to labor, etc.). Some additions have been made, such as adding the first names of persons not as familiar to the public today. Some time references have been eliminated. For instance, statements such as, "I spoke to you on Thursday last week -- " have been removed as being irrelevant to the message. In some cases I have substituted a new word for one that is not familiarly used today. "Ship" or "boat" was substituted for "barque," etc. However, sentence structure has been left as originally written, and care has been taken not to change the meaning of any statements or doctrines expounded by Mr. Spurgeon.

Gerald C. Primm, editor

 


About the Author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a most unusual person. He was a true speed reader with a photographic mind. While reading a book, by flipping the pages slowly, a friend commented that he most certainly could not retain much of what he was reading. Mr. Spurgeon handed the book to him and asked that he call out a page number. When the friend responded by giving him a page number, Mr. Spurgeon began quoting the contents on that page almost verbatim.

He was saved at age 15, and almost immediately began to preach in homes near his own home. At age 18 he accepted the call of the Waterbeach Baptist Chapel to serve as pastor. The little church began to grow immediately. Some in London heard of him and he was invited to come as pastor, on a trial basis, to the Park Street Baptist Church in that city. The church had declined considerably over many years; however, soon after Mr. Spurgeon arrived, the church began to fill. It was soon evident to the church that Mr. Spurgeon should be called as pastor on a permanent basis. Shortly after he began as permanent pastor, the church leaders came to the conclusion that a new and larger building would have to be erected to accommodate the large crowds.

The new church was named the Metropolitan Tabernacle and from that time forward more than six-thousand people crowded the facility Sunday after Sunday for mere than 38 years to hear this phenomenal man of God. His sermons were recorded by shorthand and each Thursday one of his sermons was printed and distributed throughout the English speaking world. Some of them were translated into a number of different languages. Three years after his death more than 60 million of his weekly sermons were still being sold. The publication of one man’s sermons has never been equaled, either in numbers or in circulation.

Another of his magnificent works was the seven volume, 3,218 page commentary on the book of Psalms, which he wrote over a period of twenty years.

One of the keys to his spiritual success seems to have been his own struggles with deep depression and overwhelming physical pain in many forms. By overcoming these maladies through faith in the grace and providence of God through Jesus Christ, he was an exceptional counselor to souls in distress, and an overwhelmingly powerful expounder and preacher of God’s Word. The result was a ministry perhaps never before nor since equaled in the English speaking world.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Gerald C. Primm is a North Carolinian by birth and by choice. Born in Sanford, he grew up in Raleigh (five years) and Rocky Mount (20 years). He was a WWII P-38 Fighter pilot. He served as an overseas combat pilot in North Africa, Sardinia, Italy, and Corsica.

After his military service he, his father, his brother, and one of his father’s long time friends, built and operated Radio Station WWGP in Sanford, NC. While a member of the First Baptist Church in Sanford, he was called into the gospel ministry. He also met and married Ethel Brown, an MRE graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, while she was Educational Secretary of the church.

Has served as pastor of the following Southern Baptist churches in North Carolina: Flat Springs, Sanford; Emmaus and Mt. Gilead, Pittsboro; Calvary, Raleigh; and Eller Memorial, Greensboro. Since his retirement from full time pastoral ministry he has served as interim pastor of the following churches: Camp Herman, Brown’s Summit (three times); First Baptist, Summerfield; Rocky Knoll, Greensboro (two times); and First Baptist of Gethsemane, Greensboro.

His service in Southern Baptist Convention and related organizations include: Trustee of Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC; Trustee of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY.; Board of Advisors for Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN.; Board of Advisors for Campbell University and Gardner Webb University in North Carolina; Moderator of Sandy Creek and Piedmont Baptist Associations in North Carolina; and many committee assignments.

He has studied the works of and about Charles H. Spurgeon for over fifty years. His Spurgeon library material includes many rare volumes, among which is a complete set of the twenty-seven annual volumes of The Sword and the Trowel, a monthly magazine edited and published by Spurgeon from 1865 to the time of his death in January, 1892. He has also edited several Christian papers, published a number of books by other authors, and written many short articles and booklets.