Quotes from Charles Spurgeon

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!

Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.

There is no reward from God to those who seek it from men.

A sheep in the midst of wolves is safe compared with the Christian in the midst of ungodly men.

The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave.

We are all men, feeble, frail, and apt to faint.

J.C. Ryle is an evangelical champion...One of the bravest and best of men.