Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-12-14

LONDON, Nov. 2, 1855.
Mr.. EDITOR: have been employed in
reading to the family part Of sermon just
published, from '.Lord thou hast been our
dwelling place in all gcnerations'-the
production Of minister, twenty one years
old, settled, about twelve months since, by
New Park Street Baptist Church, London,
(latc DR.. Rippon's,) } to which originally
belonged as q member. This surprising
youth, whose name is SpURGEN, attracts the
largest congregations I ever witnessed. Du-
ring the present year, the chapel has been
enlarged, and will now hold, with the ves-
tries, nearly two thousand persons. During
its enlargement, Mr.Spurgcn occupied Tx
eter Hall, ministering to an overwhelming
audience of upwards of three Thousand, for
about three months and a. the enlarged
chapel, five hundred persons are obliged to
20 away on the Sabbath for want Of room.
His ministry is attended with great sue
cess about thirty persons are baptized and
received into the church every month. He
has a clear, melodious and powerful voice,
brilliant imagination, and ready utterance.
Here are few sentences from the conclu-
sion of his sermon above noticed
"Do you know, poor soul, that you have
not house to live in? You have house
for your body, but no house for your soul.
1t is something to have houseless body,
but think of houseless soul Methinks
| see you in eternity, sitting at the door
step of heaven. An angel says, 'What !.
have you no house to live in?' mo house"
says the poor soul. 'Have you no Father?'
'No. God is not my Father, and there is
none beside Him. Have you no mother.'
No. the church is not my mother; never
sought her ways, nor loved Jesus. l have
neither father nor mother 'Haye you no
house, then?' 'No, l am houseless soul !"
But there is one thing worse than that
houseless souls have to be sent TO hcll,.o a
dungeon, lake that burns with fire, Poor,
houseless soul, dost thou want house? l
have house to let this morning, for every
sinner who feels his misery. DO you wan.
a house for your soul? then will condo
scend to men of low estate and tell you, in
homely language, that have house to let.
Do you ask me what is the purchase ? |
will tell you. l, is something less than
proud nature will like to give. 1t is with
out money, and without price. have told
you enough of the house and its excellen-
cies, but will tell you one thing, that if
you feel you are houseless soul this NOR
ming, you may have the key tomorrow;
and if you feel yourself a houseless soul
to-day, you may enter it NOW. If you had
house of your own, would not offer it
to you, but since you have no other, here it
is-will you take my Masters house, on
lease for all eternity, with nothing to pay
for it, nothing but the ground rent of low
ing and serving him for ever? will you
take Jesus, and dwell in him Throughout.
eternity, or will you be content to be
houseless soul? Come inside, sir see, it
is furnished, from top to bottom, with all
you want. 1t has cellars filled with gold,
more than you will spend as long as you
live. 1t has parlor where you can enter
tain yourself with Christ, and feast on his
love. 1t has tables well stored with food
for you to live on for ever 1t hath a
drawing room of brotherly love, where you
can receive your friend. You will find a
resting room up there where you can rest
with Jesus, and on the top there is look
ut,whence you can see heaven itself. viii
you have this house, or will you not? Oh,
if you are houseless, you will say, should
like to have this house, but may have it
Yes, there is the key, the key is, come TO
Jesus. But (you say) l am too shabby
for such house. Never mind, there are
garments inside. If you feel guilty and
condemned, come, even though the house is
too good for you. Christ will make you
good enough for the house, by-and- by. lie
will wash and cleanse you, and then you
will be able to sing with Moses, Lord, thou
hast been our dwelling place throughout
all generations
A correspondent of Toms Herald says of
this young man-as much needed in the pulpit
as LUTHER or WESLEY were in their day
Of all the great men in Eugland's me-
tropolis, c. Fl. Spurgeon is the most popu-
lar, having at one bound distanced DR..
Cumming, Tho's Binney, Newman Hall,
Robert Young, John Attenbury, William
Arthur, and Holyoake. l must confess
that I went to hear him with some degree
of prejudice, on account of what l had
heard Of his out-spoken Calvinism, and his
censorship of other ministers; yet, altho'
differing with him in some of his opinions,
l am no longer prejudiced for he has an
endowment Of the choicest gifts of elo.
quence, genius, and passion, and appears
"filled with the Holy Ghost" Already
hundreds have been converted under his