The second part is a 30minute prayer guide to help you intercede for your campus fellowship, university, and the world. Welcome to the definitive spurgeon quote resource on the web. Buy only a prayer meeting revised edition by c h spurgeon isbn. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It is good for us to draw nigh unto god in prayer, and specially good to make up a great congregation for such a purpose. Oh that the prayers of believers may act as lode stones to sinners. Only a prayer meeting kindle edition by spurgeon, charles. Interviews with three of the kings captains poor pieces of common clay are all these men by nature. Only a prayer meeting by charles h spurgeon koorong. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of londons famed new park street church formerly pastored by the famous baptist theologian john gill. Preaches to 23,654 persons at the crystal palace on fast day, october 7, 1857.
Great article on prayer and revival the grand awakening. Metropolitan tabernacle opened with a great prayer meeting, march 18, 1861. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Ironically, during yesterdays preaching service, we heard how spurgeon had given over twenty eight sermons on consequtive sundays on the verse. Spurgeon s prayers personalized taken from the following books. Charles spurgeon therefore i say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe. Spurgeons forgotten prayer meeting addresses logos. However terrible the fire, prayer can quench the violence of the flame.
He was a strong figure in the reformed baptist tradition, defending the church in agreement with the 1689 london baptist confession of faith. You must be born again to enter the kingdom of heaven. Only a prayer meeting what a company we have here tonight. Spurgeon gems largest collection of spurgeon resources online, including a complete 63 volume set of sermons, audio sermons, books, and quotes. Spurgeon s magazine, the sword and the trowel, provided the material for various collections of his addresses and writings compiled after his death in 1892. The special prayermeeting when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of mary the mother of john, whose surname was mark. How can a prayer meeting be more important than preaching.
This book is a series of studies on prayer meetings and prayer meeting addresses. These addresses were generally more informal in tone and were designed to supply motivation for the church to pray. Spurgeon s opinions of what prayer meetings should be, that it is included in order to make the volume as complete as possible. I choose to use corporate prayer below to refer to these meetings in distinction from formal worship services. In april, spurgeon joined the congregational church but soon became. Many of these prayers of spurgeon have been personalized by taking the elizabethan language out and. This volume is divided into 4 sections and concludes with a hymn spurgeon composed himself for morning prayer meetings. Writing over a hundred years ago, in a book entitled, only a prayer meeting. It was a great wonder that the infant church of christ was not destroyed. Studies on prayer meetings and prayer meeting addresses paperback may 20, 2010. Kingdom come prayer meetings are now spreading around the world. Spurgeon while in louisville last week for the together for the gospel conference, i purchased at the tremendous bookstore provided by grace books international a copy of a book by charles haddon spurgeon which i had never before seen titled only a prayer meeting. We have attended little prayer meetings of four or five, and we have been glad to be there, for we had the promise of our lords presence.
You know what luther said the little bird said to him. Now, my soul, wait thou only upon god, if these be thine expectations. You can do more than pray but only after you have prayed. The special prayermeeting by charles haddon spurgeon jul 25, 1875 scripture.
It began with only a prayer meeting, but it ended with a grand baptism of thousands of converts. His dynamic prayer life multiplied his usefulness as a servant of god. Spurgeon and the pastors college practically founded, 1857. In early days it was like copperplate, and to the end of his life, unless deformed by pain, was always singularly chaste and clear, and to the very last note he penned, it maintained its uniform neatness. Oh the coming together of the saints is the first part of pentecost, and the ingathering of sinners is the second. Incidents and illustrations how spurgeon fuelled his church classic spurgeon in a shorter format.
After the meeting, moody approached reynolds and said, i have got only one talent. But this is not all the newborn church not only escaped, but it multiplied. Charles haddon spurgeon was a prince among preachers. If it is even a calendared event at a church, it is often dominated by theological lecture rather than. Spurgeon s prayers by charles haddon spurgeon 18341892 help from on high. The spurgeon library is the premier center spurgeon scholarship, housing nearly 6,000 volumes from charles spurgeon s personal library.
Only a prayer meeting by charles spurgeon forty addresses at metropolitan tabernacle and other prayer meetings. By the prayer meeting spurgeon meant a formal meeting of members of a christian congregation at stated times for the purpose of engaging in united prayer. We felt that he was only doing before the multitude what he was. So, then, a prayer meeting became in europe the first foothold of the gospel for europeans, you ought never to forget, disown, or think lightly of prayermeetings. Among these was only a prayer meeting, published in 1901 and containing forty prayer meeting addresses which appeared in the magazine up to and including that year. Spurgeon forgotten prayer meetings day one publications. Charles haddon spurgeon 19 june 1834 31 january 1892 was an english particular baptist preacher. The memory of charles haddon spurgeon has been cherished among. Brethren, he wrote, we shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of christians. The state of the typical prayer meeting in the 21st century church is, at best, anemic.
In this video, james aladiran shares 6 ways you can make your corporate prayer. Spurgeon s prayers and the pastor in prayer and behold the throne of grace many of these prayers of spurgeon have been personalized by taking the elizabethan language out and replacing it with contemporary language such as. Charles haddon spurgeon frequently gave addresses at prayer meetings during his london ministry, which were later published in his magazine, the sword and the trowel. Spurgeon remains highly influential among christians of various which. Studies on prayer meetings and prayer meeting addresses ch spurgeon signature classics series by charles h spurgeon in paperback format at koorong 9781845505783. Dig into a wealth of spiritual wisdom with this volume of spurgeons forgotten prayer meeting addresses. Many think prayer is a waste of time, but without the ministry of prayer, our work is a waste of time.
We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of christians, wrote charles haddon spurgeon in his famous address, only a prayer meeting. If you wanted to find out how spurgeon fueled his church for everyday christian living and a life of prayer, there is no better starting place. Most people would yawn and close the book at this point, but spurgeon is so full of verve, insight, color and illustration, the pages turn quickly. Spurgeon s calligraphy was characteristic of himself. Very often, i dont doubt, in a christian enterprise, the first foothold that a cause gets is the prayer meeting. A comprehensive timeline covering major events surrounding spurgeon s life.
Only a prayer meeting studies on prayer meetings and prayer meeting addresses c. Books on running a nonboring prayer meeting a humble attempt jonathan edwards only a prayer meeting charles spurgeon. Foundation stone of the metropolitan tabernacle laid, august 16, 1859. Pray for the anointing of the holy spirit upon the. Evangelist dan martinevangelist meetings pastor win pechardoells palsy. Prayer and unwavering commitment to gods word are hallmarks of his ministry. Only a prayer meeting charles spurgeon prayer meeting. Spurgeon collected and collated by his son charles spurgeon. If you have any prayer requests or if any of the prayer requests listed in the prayer bulletin have been answered, fill out the form below and place it in. Charles spurgeon was one of the great giants of the christian church, and all his works are indeed highly recommended. And if thine expectation is based upon god, my soul, live for god. The prayer meeting has this fourth use, that it is the means of individual deliverance. We thank you, lord, that we have not only found benefit in prayer, but in the answers to it we have been greatly enriched. Still staying in the book of acts, in the twelfth chapter you find the prayer meeting was a means of individual deliverance.
Spurgeon used to address his church at midweek meetings as well as the sermons on sundays. It fills my heart with gladness, and my eyes with tears of joy, to see so many hundreds of persons gathered together at what is sometimes wickedly described as only a prayermeeting. Charles haddon spurgeon 183492 was englands bestknown preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading only a prayer meeting. Spurgeon at a prayer meeting, when a friend had been carried out in a fit. Charles haddon spurgeon 18341892 converted to christianity at the age of fifteen. A few years after his death in 1892, the wellloved volume, only a prayer meeting was publishedproviding texts of.
This volume is divided into 4 sections and concludes with a hymn spurgeon composed himself for morning prayer. Only a prayer meeting, a collection of forty shorter spurgeon addresses, is charming, challenging and cheering. Click a button to the left, or a keyword in the description to jump to an area. Group prayer needs to be the staple of our fellowship. Once we run out of stock this title will no longer be available on our site. The thermometer of any church is its prayer meeting. Brethren, he wrote, we shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a.