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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===
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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&nbsp;–  young and old&nbsp;– 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&nbsp;–  young and old&nbsp;– 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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