At age 19, Charles Haddon Spurgeon preached his first Sunday evening service at London’s New Park Church. It was December 18, 1853. His preaching is described as eloquent with fervent gospel appeal. In the congregation was a young lady named Susannah Thompson. Rather than be impressed with Charles, she found him quite amusing, mainly due […]
Charles Spurgeon, 1834-1892, was the foremost preacher of the 19th century. Spurgeon’s congregation built The Metropolitan Tabernacle (1861); in that same year Spurgeon preached at London’s Crystal Palace to a congregation of 23,654 without microphone or any other means of amplification. Charles Haddon Spurgeon is history’s most widely read preacher. Today, there are more available […]