O

SERMONS

OF THE

Charles Haddon

REV. C. H. SPURGEON,

OF LONDON.

Fourth Series.

NEW YORK:

SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & COMPANY.

BOSTON: GOULD & LINCOLN.

CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS & CO.

1893

From the Library of

Prof. A. P. PEABODY 82)

By special arrangement, SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & Co. will publish the Sermons of the REV. C. H. SPURGEON, and it is the author's wish that no parties shall infringe this contract.

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PREFACE.

TO MY AMERICAN READERS—

Brethren, all hail! cordial greeting and a fervent blessing! I thank you heartily for the abundantly kind reception which you have given to my Sermons. In preaching them I had no idea that they would secure thousands of readers in the great Republic. They are merely impromptu, extempore discourses, and were never intended to be printed for quiet reading. However, as the people would have them, they were reported and printed, the author yielding his consent in the hope that the kindness which induced the demand would overlook the unavoidable defects.

O, that some word of mine in this volume, might aid in maintaining the great revival of which we have just heard on this side of the Atlantic. Yours is a pleasant portion indeed; the Lord has greatly blessed you with his awakening spirit. Make good use of your privileges. We, in England, are panting for the like visitation. We beseech you, do not neglect the grace given, but cherish the flame, that it may increase until it shall overleap the dividing waters and burn upon the shores of old England.

I have much evidence by letter, to prove that the former volumes have been useful to many individuals in America,