Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-19
C. b. STURGEON,

C. H STURGEON.
| 1t became expedient to engage the Sur
rey Music Hall, and Mr.. Surgeons fol-
lowers determined to build q suitable
edi6ce for their services. The Metro
politan Tabernacle was accordingly built
and opened in 1861.
Mr.. Spurgeon has published a sermon
weekly since the first week Of 1855, and
at the end of 1889 the series-inclusive
OF double numbers-had reached No.
2120. The weekly circulation of these
sermons is about twenty-five thousand.
MI. Spurgeon has also published num-
Der Of other works, the chief of which
Is ~The Treasury Of David; or, an Ex-
position Of the Psalms,s in seven vol
umes.
The Storkwell Orphanage, founded by
him in 1867, has since been enlarged to
accommodate $50 boys and as many girls,
and down to 1889 more than l, 400 chill
dren had been received. The Pastors
College, founded by him in 1856, has ed
ucated over 800 men, Of whom, in 1889,
673 were still engaged as pastors, mis-
sionaries, evangelists or in some de-
partment of Christian work. The Net
ropolitan Colportage Association has
about seventy or eighty agents occupy
ing districts in different parts of the
country, who, in addition to their other
service, sell pure literature in the course
of year to the amount Of G9, 900. A
shook fund.-" carried on in Mr.. Spur
geon's house and superintendent by Mrs.
Spurgeon, has in ten years supplied in
digent ministers Of various denomina-
tions, free Of cost, with over one humid
dred and fifteen thousand volumes.
Mr.. Spurgeon carries on society for
evangelists at home, and another for mis-
sion work in North Africa. His church has
about thirty mission halls and schools
sfllisted with 1t. In 1879 he received q
silver wedding testimonial of over
&c, 600, and in 1884, on attaining his 50th
year, another sum Of about s5, 900 WAS
presented. These funds were almost
entirely distributed in charity, e5, 600
having been devoted to the endowment
OF the tabernacle almshouses In 1887
Mr.. Spurgeon withdrew from the Bap-
tist Union. He had been a patient suf-
ferer for many years from q complies
ton of diseases, chief Of which was
rheumatic govt Added to this was in
fuenza in its worst form. he lived near
Beulah Hill. Upper Norwood, pretty
suburb Of London.
Mr.. Sp1rRe6n was q busy man, en-
ploying FIVE stenographers and keeping
them ell going. With the exception Of
Mr.. Gladstone, he received the largest
mail of any man in the three Kingdoms.
A great many of his letters from sailors,
from soldiers, from poor fellows whom
he had managed to help out of the
gutter, were simply addressed Spurgeon,
England To these he replied cheer
fully and was always ready to give ad.
vice Nor was this all He gave freely
Of his money. In fact, he was . poor
man. II it had not been for the kind.
ness Of his congregation, he would have
been penqiless A few years ago
they purchased . house for him,
the house at Norwood, the south.
ern ridge of the wooded heights Of
6ydenham. Upon the occasion Of the
tWenty-fifth anniversary OF his pastorstA
Of the church his congregation pre-
sented him with large purse of money
- token of its esteem. It was in
tended that he should pay of the mort
gage ON his hotoe, and take the remain
der for holiday. he did nothing of
tho kind; he divided the large sum
equally between the pastors College and
the orphsnage. If it had not been for
the prudence Of some of his friends who
insisted that it was his duty to keep his
house free, he would have lived in hired
apartments His charity was not in
discriminate. His money was only Given
to those who deserved it
He declined IS many as score of in.
vftsttons to lecture throughout Europe
and America at fabulous prices, because,
ss he explained. he was not . lecturer.
and he didn't want the money, and Ia
preferred to work in his own way AMONG
his own people in London. When a.
American lecture agency offered him
Secsntly $1,000 for every lecture and =
pay Ill the expenses of himself and his
wife and secretary from London 70
America ON . great lecture tour. and
held out the tempting offer that he
could make $50, 600, Mr.. Spureeou de-
clined It He said he could do better.
He would stay in London and try to ssve
fifty souls.