Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly
C.H. Spurgeon, (June
19,
1834 –
January 31,
1892) was a British Baptist
preacher.Born in
Kelvedon,
Essex, Spurgeon's conversion to
Christianity came in January
1850 at the age of fifteen. On his
way to a scheduled appointment, a snow
storm forced him to cut short his
intended journey and turn in to a
Primitive Methodist chapel in
Colchester where, in his own words:
"God opened his heart to the salvation
message." He preached his first sermon in
1851 and, from the beginning of his
ministry, his style and ability were
considered to be far above average. He
preached in the streets and in the
fields before he was 21. In his first
church, he began with 100 members. It
grew until he was preaching to 10,000
people in the Surrey Music Hall. His
church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
seated 6,000 people. He withdrew from
every movement among English Baptists
which tended to criticize the Authorized
Version KJV1611 in any way. Before his
death, he published more than 2,000
sermons and 49 volumes of commentaries,
sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and
devotions.
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