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	'''Charles Haddon Spurgeon''' (19th June 1834<ref>[[William Young Fullerton]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427155038/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio1.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon, A Biography''], Chapter 1.</ref> – 31st January 1892) was an English [[~~Strict~~ Baptist\|Particular Baptist]] [[Pastor\|preacher]]. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various [[Christian denomination\|denominations]], to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers." He was a strong figure in the [[Reformed Baptist]] tradition, defending the [[~~1689~~ London Baptist Confession ~~of Faith~~]], and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.		'''Charles Haddon Spurgeon''' (19th June 1834<ref>[[William Young Fullerton]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427155038/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio1.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon, A Biography''], Chapter 1.</ref> – 31st January 1892) was an English [[Reformed Baptist\|Particular Baptist]] [[Pastor\|preacher]]. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various [[Christian denomination\|denominations]], to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers." He was a strong figure in the [[Reformed Baptist]] tradition, defending the [[2nd London Baptist Confession (1689)]], and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.

	Spurgeon was pastor of the congregation of the [[New Park Street Chapel]] (later the [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]]) in London for 38 years.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/?page=history \|title= History of the Tabernacle \|work= [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]] \|access-date= 20 January 2009 \|archive-date= 24 January 2019 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041603/http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/?page=history \|url-status= dead }}</ref> He was part of several controversies with the [[Baptist Union of Great Britain]] and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions.<ref name= "BUGB">{{cite web \| publisher = AG \| date = January 2007 \| url = http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200701/200701_136_Spurgeon.cfm \| title = Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The Greatest Victorian Preacher \| last = Farley \| first = William P \| work = Enrichment Journal \| access-date = 20 January 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308075111/http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200701/200701_136_Spurgeon.cfm \| archive-date = 8 March 2012 \| url-status = dead}}</ref>		Spurgeon was pastor of the congregation of the [[New Park Street Chapel]] (later the [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]]) in London for 38 years.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/?page=history \|title= History of the Tabernacle \|work= [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]] \|access-date= 20 January 2009 \|archive-date= 24 January 2019 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041603/http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/?page=history \|url-status= dead }}</ref> He was part of several controversies with the [[Baptist Union of Great Britain]] and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions.<ref name= "BUGB">{{cite web \| publisher = AG \| date = January 2007 \| url = http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200701/200701_136_Spurgeon.cfm \| title = Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The Greatest Victorian Preacher \| last = Farley \| first = William P \| work = Enrichment Journal \| access-date = 20 January 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308075111/http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200701/200701_136_Spurgeon.cfm \| archive-date = 8 March 2012 \| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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	On 5th June 1862, Spurgeon challenged the [[Church of England]] when he preached against [[baptismal regeneration]].<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| title = Baptismal Regeneration \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145525/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| archive-date = 4 January 2007 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> However, Spurgeon taught across denominational lines as well: for example, in 1877 he was the preacher at the opening of a new [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]] church building in [[Dingwall]]. It was during this period at the new Tabernacle that Spurgeon found a friend in [[James Hudson Taylor]], the founder of the inter-denominational [[China Inland Mission]]. Spurgeon supported the work of the mission financially and directed many missionary candidates to apply for service with Taylor. He also aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting "[[The Wordless Book]]", a teaching tool that he described in a message given on 11 January 1866, regarding : "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." The book has been and is still used to teach people without reading skills and people of other cultures and languages – young and old – around the globe about the Gospel message.<ref>{{Citation \| publisher = Spurgeon.org \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| title = The Wordless Book \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504130848/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| archive-date = 4 May 2007 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>{{Sfn \| Austin \| 2007 \| pp = 1–10}}		On 5th June 1862, Spurgeon challenged the [[Church of England]] when he preached against [[baptismal regeneration]].<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| title = Baptismal Regeneration \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145525/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| archive-date = 4 January 2007 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> However, Spurgeon taught across denominational lines as well: for example, in 1877 he was the preacher at the opening of a new [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]] church building in [[Dingwall]]. It was during this period at the new Tabernacle that Spurgeon found a friend in [[James Hudson Taylor]], the founder of the inter-denominational [[China Inland Mission]]. Spurgeon supported the work of the mission financially and directed many missionary candidates to apply for service with Taylor. He also aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting "[[The Wordless Book]]", a teaching tool that he described in a message given on 11 January 1866, regarding : "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." The book has been and is still used to teach people without reading skills and people of other cultures and languages – young and old – around the globe about the Gospel message.<ref>{{Citation \| publisher = Spurgeon.org \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| title = The Wordless Book \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504130848/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| archive-date = 4 May 2007 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>{{Sfn \| Austin \| 2007 \| pp = 1–10}}

	On the death of [[missionary]] [[David Livingstone]] in 1873, a discoloured and much-used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons, "Accidents, Not Punishments,"<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| title = Accidents, Not Punishments \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060918171908/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| archive-date = 18 September 2006 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> was found among his few possessions much later, along with the handwritten comment at the top of the first page: "Very good, D.L." He had carried it with him throughout his travels in Africa. It was sent to Spurgeon and treasured by him.<ref>[[William Young Fullerton\|W. Y. Fullerton]], [http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography''] {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060927021747/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm \|date=27 September 2006}}, ch. 10</ref>		On the death of [[missionary]] [[David Livingstone]] in 1873, a discoloured and much-used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons, "Accidents, Not Punishments,"<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| title = Accidents, Not Punishments \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060918171908/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| archive-date = 18 September 2006 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> was found among his few possessions much later, along with the handwritten comment at the top of the first page: "Very good, D.L." He had carried it with him throughout his travels in Africa. It was sent to Spurgeon and treasured by him.<ref>[[William Young Fullerton\|W. Y. Fullerton]], [http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography''] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927021747/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm\|date=27 September 2006}}, ch. 10</ref>

	===Metropolitan Tabernacle Societies and Institutions===		===Metropolitan Tabernacle Societies and Institutions===

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	\| children = Charles and [[Thomas Spurgeon]] (twins) (1856)		\| children = Charles and [[Thomas Spurgeon]] (twins) (1856)
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	Spurgeon's conversion from nominal [[Congregational church\|Congregationalism]] came on 6th of January 1850, at age 15. On his way to a scheduled appointment, a snowstorm forced him to cut short his intended journey and to turn into a [[Primitive Methodist Church\|Primitive Methodist]] chapel in Artillery Street, Newtown, [[Colchester]], where he believed God opened his heart to the salvation message.<ref>''[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/charles-spurgeons-conversion-in-a-primitive-methodist-chapel/ The Gospel Coalition]''</ref>		Spurgeon's conversion from nominal [[Congregational church\|Congregationalism]] came on 6th of January 1850, at age 15. On his way to a scheduled appointment, a snowstorm forced him to cut short his intended journey and to turn into a [[Primitive Methodist Church\|Primitive Methodist]] chapel in Artillery Street, Newtown, [[Colchester]], where he believed God opened his heart to the salvation message.<ref>''[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/charles-spurgeons-conversion-in-a-primitive-methodist-chapel/ The Gospel Coalition]''</ref>
	The text that moved him was ~~Isaiah 45:22~~ ("Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else"). Later that year, on April 4th, he was admitted to the church at Newmarket. His baptism followed on 3rd May in the [[river Lark]], at [[Isleham]]. Later that same year he moved to Cambridge, where he later became a Sunday school teacher. Spurgeon preached his first sermon in the winter of 1850–51 in a cottage at [[Teversham]] while filling in for a friend. From the beginning of Spurgeon's ministry, his style and ability were considered to be far above average. In the same year, he was installed as pastor of the small [[Baptist]] church at [[Waterbeach]], Cambridgeshire, where he published his first literary work, a [[Gospel tract]] written in 1853.		The text that moved him was ("Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else"). Later that year, on April 4th, he was admitted to the church at Newmarket. His baptism followed on 3rd May in the [[river Lark]], at [[Isleham]]. Later that same year he moved to Cambridge, where he later became a Sunday school teacher. Spurgeon preached his first sermon in the winter of 1850–51 in a cottage at [[Teversham]] while filling in for a friend. From the beginning of Spurgeon's ministry, his style and ability were considered to be far above average. In the same year, he was installed as pastor of the small [[Baptist]] church at [[Waterbeach]], Cambridgeshire, where he published his first literary work, a [[Gospel tract]] written in 1853.

	===New Park Street Chapel===		===New Park Street Chapel===
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	<blockquote>We shall soon have to handle truth, not with kid gloves, but with gauntlets, – the gauntlets of holy courage and integrity. Go on, ye warriors of the cross, for the King is at the head of you.</blockquote>		<blockquote>We shall soon have to handle truth, not with kid gloves, but with gauntlets, – the gauntlets of holy courage and integrity. Go on, ye warriors of the cross, for the King is at the head of you.</blockquote>

	On 5th June 1862, Spurgeon challenged the [[Church of England]] when he preached against [[baptismal regeneration]].<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| title = Baptismal Regeneration \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145525/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| archive-date = 4 January 2007 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> However, Spurgeon taught across denominational lines as well: for example, in 1877 he was the preacher at the opening of a new [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]] church building in [[Dingwall]]. It was during this period at the new Tabernacle that Spurgeon found a friend in [[James Hudson Taylor]], the founder of the inter-denominational [[China Inland Mission]]. Spurgeon supported the work of the mission financially and directed many missionary candidates to apply for service with Taylor. He also aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting "[[The Wordless Book]]", a teaching tool that he described in a message given on 11 January 1866, regarding ~~Psalm 51:7~~: "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." The book has been and is still used to teach people without reading skills and people of other cultures and languages – young and old – around the globe about the Gospel message.<ref>{{Citation \| publisher = Spurgeon.org \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| title = The Wordless Book \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504130848/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| archive-date = 4 May 2007 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>{{Sfn \| Austin \| 2007 \| pp = 1–10}}		On 5th June 1862, Spurgeon challenged the [[Church of England]] when he preached against [[baptismal regeneration]].<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| title = Baptismal Regeneration \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145525/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0573.htm \| archive-date = 4 January 2007 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> However, Spurgeon taught across denominational lines as well: for example, in 1877 he was the preacher at the opening of a new [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]] church building in [[Dingwall]]. It was during this period at the new Tabernacle that Spurgeon found a friend in [[James Hudson Taylor]], the founder of the inter-denominational [[China Inland Mission]]. Spurgeon supported the work of the mission financially and directed many missionary candidates to apply for service with Taylor. He also aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting "[[The Wordless Book]]", a teaching tool that he described in a message given on 11 January 1866, regarding : "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." The book has been and is still used to teach people without reading skills and people of other cultures and languages – young and old – around the globe about the Gospel message.<ref>{{Citation \| publisher = Spurgeon.org \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| title = The Wordless Book \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504130848/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/3278.htm \| archive-date = 4 May 2007 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>{{Sfn \| Austin \| 2007 \| pp = 1–10}}

	On the death of [[missionary]] [[David Livingstone]] in 1873, a discoloured and much-used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons, "Accidents, Not Punishments,"<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| title = Accidents, Not Punishments \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060918171908/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| archive-date = 18 September 2006 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> was found among his few possessions much later, along with the handwritten comment at the top of the first page: "Very good, D.L." He had carried it with him throughout his travels in Africa. It was sent to Spurgeon and treasured by him.<ref>[[William Young Fullerton\|W. Y. Fullerton]], [http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography''] {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060927021747/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm \|date=27 September 2006}}, ch. 10</ref>		On the death of [[missionary]] [[David Livingstone]] in 1873, a discoloured and much-used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons, "Accidents, Not Punishments,"<ref>{{Citation \| last = Spurgeon \| first = Charles Haddon \| url = http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| title = Accidents, Not Punishments \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060918171908/http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm \| archive-date = 18 September 2006 \| df = dmy-all}}</ref> was found among his few possessions much later, along with the handwritten comment at the top of the first page: "Very good, D.L." He had carried it with him throughout his travels in Africa. It was sent to Spurgeon and treasured by him.<ref>[[William Young Fullerton\|W. Y. Fullerton]], [http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm ''Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography''] {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060927021747/http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/bio10.htm \|date=27 September 2006}}, ch. 10</ref>
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	Like other Baptists of his time, despite opposing [[Dispensationalism]],<ref name= dispen>Sermon on '[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons15.i.html Jesus Christ Immutable]', ''Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit'', 1869, vol. 15, no. 848.</ref><ref name= Lewis>{{cite book \| last = Lewis \| first = Donald \| title = The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury And Evangelical Support For A Jewish Homeland \| publisher = Cambridge University Press \| date = 2 January 2014 \| location = Cambridge \| page = 380 \| isbn = 978-1-10763196-0}}</ref> Spurgeon anticipated the [[Christian Zionism#Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors\|restoration of the Jews to inhabit the Promised Land]]{{Broken anchor\|date=2024-11-13\|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration\|target_link=Christian Zionism#Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors\|reason= The anchor (Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors) [[Special:Diff/712087641\|has been deleted]].}}.<ref name= restor>{{Citation \| last= Spurgeon \| first= Charles \| title= Sermon preached in June 1864 for the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews \| work= Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit \| volume= 10 \| date= 1864 \|url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons10.xxxvi.html}}</ref>		Like other Baptists of his time, despite opposing [[Dispensationalism]],<ref name= dispen>Sermon on '[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons15.i.html Jesus Christ Immutable]', ''Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit'', 1869, vol. 15, no. 848.</ref><ref name= Lewis>{{cite book \| last = Lewis \| first = Donald \| title = The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury And Evangelical Support For A Jewish Homeland \| publisher = Cambridge University Press \| date = 2 January 2014 \| location = Cambridge \| page = 380 \| isbn = 978-1-10763196-0}}</ref> Spurgeon anticipated the [[Christian Zionism#Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors\|restoration of the Jews to inhabit the Promised Land]]{{Broken anchor\|date=2024-11-13\|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration\|target_link=Christian Zionism#Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors\|reason= The anchor (Dispensationalism and pro-Restoration detractors) [[Special:Diff/712087641\|has been deleted]].}}.<ref name= restor>{{Citation \| last= Spurgeon \| first= Charles \| title= Sermon preached in June 1864 for the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews \| work= Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit \| volume= 10 \| date= 1864 \|url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons10.xxxvi.html}}</ref>
	{{Blockquote \| We look forward, then, for these two things. I am not going to theorize upon which of them will come first – whether they shall be restored first, and converted afterwards – or converted first and then restored. They are to be restored and they are to be converted, too.		{{Blockquote \| We look forward, then, for these two things. I am not going to theorize upon which of them will come first – whether they shall be restored first, and converted afterwards – or converted first and then restored. They are to be restored and they are to be converted, too.
	''The Restoration And Conversion of the Jews.'' ~~Ezekiel 37.1–10~~, June 16th, 1864<ref name= restor />}}		''The Restoration And Conversion of the Jews.'' , June 16th, 1864<ref name= restor />}}

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