Charles Spurgeon : the great orator

by J. C. Carlile

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

286 SPU

Description

His fiery presence in the pulpit led to the building of London's Metropolitan Tabernacle, where over 6,000 people could listen to the great orator.

User reviews

LibraryThing member temsmail
This simple book has many details of the Prince of Preachers not found in larger tomes. The data on the Down-Grade Controversy alone makes it worth the small purchase price.
LibraryThing member endersreads
Spurgeon was born at Kelvedon, June 19, 1834. He was an intellectual preacher. Not many of them are left now that D. James Kennedy is dead. Ravi Zacharias is certainly one. Charles Spurgeon preached the gospel to simple country folk in the great outdoors as a teenager. He gained immense popularity
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giving his ability as an orator to convey his thoughts and feelings alongside the gospel. While still a youth he was offered a pastorship at a grandly gothic church near Cambridge. His rise to power is extremely entertaining giving that he faced much resistance from traditionalists. He did not preach by shouting and spitting and convulsing. This man accomplished so much good while caring so little for his own status. It's unreal to find out how much he is responsible for. Later his Baptist brethren rejected him. In my opinion this furthers his character. Though the people wanted him to branch off and start his own unique denomination, he would not bring further dissention to the body of Christ.
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LibraryThing member aethercowboy
Another book in the Heroes of the Faith series for young adults. This one tells the story of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, who had a passion for preaching at an early age, which he drove on with until the end of his days. The book, while somewhat chronologically disjoint, takes the reader on a trip
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across Spurgeon's life, and draws light on just why so many things were posthumously named after him.

The Heroes of the Faith edition is an edit of the original version by Carlie, and justifiably so. The language of the original writing may have been too difficult for most modern teen readers.
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Language

DDC/MDS

286 SPU

Pages

205

Rating

½ (9 ratings; 3.9)
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