New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-23
MR. STURGEON as A POPULAR AUTHOR.
From me Pail Mall Gazette.


OF Mr.. Surgeons personal popularity moths
ing need be sad here. The ola nortn eounlrywonan
TO see Madame ru-sauds and hear SpurGeon was byno
means rare typeas some superhne people are ~,
cIucd TO THINK. Great masses or our country meu arg
SUI IN wnat tue POsuvists describe as the 1eoosica
age aud 10 men anu women IN sucn stage ot mental
.arles a. a prince of Bus although every Que
would admit the personal popularity or II tley prefer
IT, Inc uotorety, Mr.. Spurgeon, comparatively re"
arc aware OF enormous sale OF the productions OF Els
pen. Nh spur-eon as one OF tne slshts o. nonJO
author IS a novelty TO many Yet Mr. oparseon
is popular author, and no mistake, s MSoss
almost exclusively occupied with the publication ano
distribution OF the literature connected VITA s NAME
me catalogue OF the Spurgeon publications HIS lor
osely printed octave pages, and thelr supply eoIs
tutes the chief business OF Messrs. Passmore AO@s
ter Paternuster Buildings. Tno backbone OF tue spur
geon Library is the Tabernacle sermon. ing IeSc5sS'
weekly publication OF tae sermon dstes nacS 70 49,
Soutnwark-the great demand ior the sermons
suggested ~ t.ose whien au rs was preacaed
.. 81 n' immnislhtv OF God" It has often oesn re-
printed In lie cellars his publishers, IN racHs any
cases running along TIE moor, are realms OF seInon,
various daes In sheets; pHt these % yisit has
rarely satisfy the demands OF the puOuc tLsle .a
every and again To Oe paIu 10 tnc rum ~ ,bsss
1870 odd steieo plates are rdcAsu an soIe '''
piaes have printeo from over abo o', ss
Pin 10 TINS time a sermon delivered Ia 1854 enuteu
ba tsma kegeueratioa mas Lao te u'ss d Snsyo
circulation. Las now IN It's one nundEeu Auu ni,o
ninth Thousand. aud IL Is sui IN demana fs ,y,oas
iuirer of Mr. -plrgeOn has hs or her Ia'Oro seimou
aud nero are RUS on different sets me sermons
Are regularly reported by u professional saorthaad
wrlter whose "copy undergOcs revision Oy MI opu1
econ Every week Of the past Twenty-Five years ms
seen sermon Of Mr.. spurgeons ISSUED 10 tns ,bs
The regular weekly sale OF the setinon AsV wentv.
numb rs nut into monthly cOyersl Is no" aoo'o '"e''
literature ia largely exported TO our colo
Mrs and pirAted IN the United states Mr. ePnse1un
sermons nave been translated INTO hesIly az o|n
suages OF tle world PROOF thsI nj. op rs an ihs
iarlty and consequently usefulness is no mo,e m
wshe weeE, recently ul reports the SUNDAY
CaDieu
Incas ne spaper. These reports nave ~" 800 a,
coxned MOI because OF their pense, but because a.
sutrpris.ng porary tapped the wires aHu unx
fue sermons for nothing Upon THIS st0ppdse VI "gp
re Of The TaDernacle makes the following cnaI
sc,er'su,, obseryatiyus: "Ine sermons were hos
long teegraphed 70 America -, 80 oor,t ma desc.
friends VINO feared that the Sa0Dath WOuia oo us.
Grated MAJ feel their uluds relieved we are no' n.
for tine sermons when we saw III Tao AMeroan p"P
may nave been ours they were so battered anu 80
a1I,r1 mai we would not have owned them ~ .a s
process OF trans mission the eggs were oIose. % syss
ana rubbish FOR our selves" IL would De mposs'oe
estimate number vi readers OF tue COW.
being read by original purchase they are rSeir
ersd win strong paper and circulated as tracts I'm
popularity Is greatcst III Scotland "nelo whsrs Tie
sale VI ali the OooGstalIs aud read every nic The
monthly periodical, The SeOrd and iro'ce wn'ou
Bishop OF Rochester recently rignt5 usSI "s "a 900
,nonyh!yr; "f IL. latest number 225 1t p Sslns
In its nineteenth volume. "our own ny arra and
urpas,ng sale Then there are Lectures TO staaens.
Speecnes," Tabernacle " Histories, - . ling "a.
Books OF Devotion" Popular BOOKS -, M 70 mons
ries rxtrao." ETC., ali from tae pen OF tnc I'm
pastor His volumes o. Readlnss es se i rapS sale
liz or the closet, meeting Win sety p WY is
WHAT Ia regarded as Mr. Surgeons ieaang 1s,nSs
The Treasury OF David, wnIcn anoax vtv Of t1s
contans collection OF Extracts lnus.rA Tvs az VOL
Pains from, the whole or literature ~ Inch
ufss n has sold extensively. the INST volume, w.
Wa pullshed III 1869, being now la us lweneoI
nns Iimt oy Tar tho most popular or MI
bonEs ia nis racy Jonn PlougnDan TAX ine
r,shra IN 1868 IL In Ito three hundred anu .onr
baTsand: aud OF Tue sequel. which was isSneu on cId
vaIs g0 one hundred thousand copies haVe oee from
He,ides these works and publications sManasnss what
Mr. spurgron himself there Is another library o "
may st bs called Spurseonic literature wh'en en- " no
be noticed here These figures may enaoe SUI 10
never go to acknowledgment who.uevsr
and sonnet mug OF tue immense ana hlc III
av narts of scotand Ia particular MI sgnrseOin, nd
vencrsted beyond all Other men We ssJtors round
the rulns OF Melrose ADoey. have na9 mary said
men uut we nave had no John Knox. hn. then
tue old dame; "you have had no john hn0n ter1an
you have Mr.. spurxeon +" FROM scotch 1f0'''
what tribute could DO more extravAfans'
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