Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-02-01

idest sincerity. His followers would say, in
referring TO his character, that they loved
him becauae he did not aim to make a pro-
fession Of huainefs or religion. The great
preachers father, Rev. John Spurgeon, was
preacher Of some popularity in Upper
street, Islington, and his father, in turn, was
aso a preacher Of some note Both were.
like Cromwell and Milton, independents a
sect to which Baptists Of today owe their
origin.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in
Kclveden, Essex, on June 10, 1881. He was
educated in Colchester, and afterward be-
came an usher in Newmarket He refused
to comply with the requests OF his relatives
70 study for the ministry ia one of the indie
pendent colleges, and joined the church of
! Anahaptists over which the hate Robert
Hall, ia Cambridge presided.
Young Spurgeon delivered tracts, and o.
casionally appeared in the pulpit, delivering
his first sermon in the village church al
Feversham, near Cambridge He soon be-
came famous in England and America Is
the boy Preacher and when only seven
teen years old took charge Of small Bap-
tist chapel at Waterbeach
He Deserted the Baptist Union.
He was called 10 the New Park Street
Baptist chapel in Southwark. London. in
1858, and there tbs wonderful powers Of tho
preacher were first developed. Crowds
hooked to his place Of worship at PRAYER
meetings and Sunday services to such a de-
I gree that the congregation was forced to
/ move to larger quarters at Exeter hall.
! But even the atter place was inadequate TO
the demands Of the people who thr0nged to
listen TO his magic words, and another move
! was made 70 Surrey hall. IN 1855 his con
gregation erected a new chapel il NewinR-
ton with a seating capacity Of 5000
i That Mr. Spurgeon aimed TO scatter re-
/ bgious seed throughout London is evidenced
\ from the fact that he personally established
( thirty-six chapels IN his own city, supplied
with ministers trained in a college of his
own founding.
The last act Of his eventful life in the
church was his withdrawal in 1887 from the
Baptist union, caused, as it was then stated.
by his independence Of character and out
spoken, broad minded doctrine. He said
that be could not agree with theN unions
views ON he'll
In 1883 was celebrated the delivery Of his
2,Q00th sermon. His sermons have been
printed weekly for years, and sixteen vol
nmes have teen published collectively, be-
sides q volume entitled Gems Brilliant Pass
ages from the Disoourses Of q. II. spurgeon.p y
His Faane an a Writer.
AS a writer Mr. Spurgeon's name Is far
reaching Among his works are Feathers
for Arrows, OF Recollections from Ny Note
Book;7 John Ploughman's Plain Talk, or
Plain Advice for Plain Peopie:7 Evening
by Evening" THE Saint and His Saviour
''Gleanings Among the Sheayes,a Types
and EmbleIns" and Lectures to My stu
dentsp
Mr.. Spurgeon never laid claim to the dis
tinction Of being an orator He always
talked in a slow, deliberate way, his enun-
citation being clear and his pronunciation
perfect His language hypercritical people
might not call choice, being directly to the
point and, like the man himself, simple and
strong. In his discourse the fact was
noticeable that he never sought for fine
phrases. His voice was not musical or
pleasing at first to a strangers ear, yet it
possessed those qualities most demanded in
public speaker. His prayer seemed to
touch a responsive chord in every heart and
his reading Of the Scripture was most
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