The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-02-04
HIS GREAT WORK ENDED.

Death o1 Row. Chasles H. Epulgeon, tAs
Famous London Dlvtne-His sRsmarka-
BILE Career.
EENToNE, Feb Rev. Charles Had
don Sturgeon died at 11:20 Sunday
night His end was painless and he
remained in the unconscious condition
to which he had dropped to the last.
His wife. Dr. Ftzhenry and Mn.
Thorne were present when he died
Mr.: Sturgeon passed very restless
night and his condition Sunday MORN
ing gave cause for serious anxiety,
though he was able to take small
quantity of milk rs nourishment
As the day passed on his con-
dition I became critical. At 8
o'clock p IN he was unconscious
and at 8 O'clock he was still in the same
condition and weaker: He did not rec.
ognize his wife and refused to take
food which had to be administered by
force. Mi: Surgeons body will be
taken to England for burial Mrs
.Spurgeon is bearing her affection
bravely..
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born at KEEL
Weldon, Essex, June 10, 1884, was educated at
Colchester, Maidstone and elsewhere, and be-
came usher in a school at Newmarket. Having
adopted Baptist views, he, joined the congre-
cation which was presided over by Robert Hall
at Cambridge, and it was here, while still q
school-teacher, that he preached his first
sermon. which was listened to with remarkable
interest by his auditors who were assembled in
tiny chapel. His services were eagerly sought
after this and he became widely known as the
hoy preacher When only II Mr.. Spurgeon
accepted the Passionate Of Baptist church at
Waterbeach, whence he removed to the New
Park street chapel, Southwark, London.
Mr.. SpurgeOn first preached before q London
congregation in 1853 with so much success that
before two years had elapsed it became neces-
sary to enlarge the building, pending which al
ITERATION Ne Otliciated for four months ut Exeter
hall. The enlargement Of the chapel in Park
street, however, proved insufficient, and hear
ers multiplied with such rapidity that
1t became expedient to engage the Surrey
music hall, and Mr.. Spurgeon's followers de.
termined to build suitable edifce for their
services. Two years later in 1861 the Metropoli-
tan tabernacle was opened and there Mr.. Spur
geon has since preached every Sunday to con-
gregations averaging 6,000 people.
Among other institutions connected with Mr..
Spurgeons church and established by him are
the StockWell Orphanage, founded In 1867, and
accommodating about 400 children year: the
Pastors college, founded in 1885, which has
educated over 9GO men, OF whom most ore
actively engaged as pastors, missionaries,
evangelists, or in some department OF the
Lords work; the Metropolitan Tabernacle Col
portcrage association. which has about seventy
or eighty agents in different parts Of the coun-
try, who, in addition to other services, sell pure
literature In the course of the year to the
amount of $4,000 A Book Fund.- car
ried on in Mr.. Surgeons house
and superintended by him, has in
ten years supplied INDECENT ministers Of vari-
GUS denominations free of cost with over
'o,ooo volumes. Mr.. Spurgeon also carried
on q society for evangelists ut home and an
other mission work in North Africa. His
church has about thirty mission halls and
schools affiliated with it. In 1870 Mr. Spur
geon received a ''slver wedding testimonial" of
over &O,OOO and in 1884, on attaining his 5Oth
year, another sum of $4,000 was presented to
him. Mr.. Spurycon kept little of what was so
generously given him; every cent he could
spare went for charity
In 1887 Mr.. Spurgeon gave notice of his with
drawal from the Baptist union Of Great Britain
and Ireland by publication in his journal, the
Sword and Trowel, for November, and in q let
ter to the secretary Of the body, dated October
%. AS reason for taking this step he az
1irmed that the union was tolcratinp
errors. and permitting a downward tendency
OF ministers i'll point of doctrine, in that some
persons were allowed to remain in it who
make light of the atonement, deny the per
sonality of the Holy Ghost call the Fall of
man fable, speak slightingiy OF justification
OF faith, refuse credence to the dogma Of the
plcnary inspiration Of the Holy Scriptures, and
hold that there is another probation after
death, with possibilities Of u future retribution
OF the lost " lille efforts to induce him to re-
consider his decision were without avail he de-
c1arcd that he remained as much Baptist as
ever, his DEF -otninationalism not being affected
by his relations with the union, voluntary, un-
official body
Even those who could not agree with the let
ter OF his preaching were warmed by the spirit
o1 1t to declare him great and good man. Few
preachers have had equal personal or pulpit
popularity, while the readers OF his sermons
live as well on this side OF the water as in
England