What is the CHARACTER of our life? Looking at its natural character--it is a gift which, if rightly used, will prove invaluable; but which, is abused, will be an occasion of eternal regret.  God gave us life; he placed us highest in the scale of his creatures; he made us capable ... Continue

What is your life in retrospect?  Look back over the past ten or twenty years; how swiftly they have passed away, and every year appears to pass more quickly than the last! What is your life in comparison?  What are your thirty, or forty, or even seventy years--if compared with the ... Continue

"What is your life?  You are a mist that appears for a little while--and then vanishes!"  James 4:14 If God asks a question--we should listen to it, think of it, and prepare an answer.  Here the Lord puts a question to us; it refers to the brevity of our mortal existence; ... Continue

MORNING DEVOTIONS BY SUSANNAH SPURGEON, along with THE LIFE OF SUSANNAH SPURGEON by Charles Ray in one volume is the material from which we have drawn these postings.  It was originally published as A CARILLON OF BELLS and is currently republished by the Banner of Truth Trust in this format.  ... Continue

ON MY RETURN FROM MENTONE, that beautiful village on the sea-coast, (when with one hand the Lord had smitten me well-near to death, while on the other hand He had poured into my wounded heart the oil of wine of His choicest consolation)  it was a wonderful time to my ... Continue

"And it was given unto them a short time before they went forward." It was a tender token of the Lord's lovingkindness that Charles and Susannah were, for once, permitted to travel together to Mentone to spend there three months of perfect happiness before the sorrowful separation which had been so ... Continue

SPURGEON SPOKE OF HIS COLLEGE.  "This is my life's work, to which I believe God has called me.  Therefore, I MUST do it!  To preach the Gospel and to train others to do it is my life's object and aim." It was the Pastor's College.  His helpers did well in the ... Continue

THE STOCKWELL ORPHANAGE was born in a prayer meeting of the congregants of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. After the publication of an article in The Sword and Trowel about children coming to Christ, a Mrs. Hillyard, a clergyman's widow, determined to donate her money to the service of God through Mr. Spurgeon.  ... Continue

IN MARCH, 1861, THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE OPENED ITS  DOORS with a congregation of about 6,000 people in the middle of the city of London.  Spurgeon ministered there for the last thirty years of his life.  His phenomenal success was anointed by God and his wife, Susannah was to prove an ideal, ... Continue

I WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15, 1832, and my girlhood days were spent in and near London.  In the political world there were wars and rumours of wars but English girls were not then allowed to read morning and evening newspapers nor encouraged to give their opinions on the latest ... Continue