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Charles Spurgeon -
Charles SpurgeonCharles Haddon Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 –
January 31, 1892) adalah
pengkhotbah ternama Inggris and most-loved preacher for most of the
second half of the
nineteenth century. Dilahirkan di Kelvedon, Essex, pertobatannya pada Kristus
pada Januari 1850 pada usia lima belas tahun. On his way to a scheduled
appointment, a
badai salju memaksanya memangkas perjalanannya dan pergi ke sebuah kapel Methodist Kuno di Colchester where,
in his own words: "Allah membuka hati-Nya untuk pesan penyelamatan."
Kotbah perdananya pada tahun 1851 and, from the beginning
of his ministry,
his style and ability were noted far above average.
In 1852 he became pastor of the small Baptist church at Waterbeach,
Cambridgeshire, and in 1854, after preaching three months on
probation and just
four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, ketika itu baru berusia
20, terpanggil to the
pastorate of London's famed New Park Street Chapel, Southwark
(formerly pastored
by the particular Baptist theologian John Gill). Within a few
months of his call
his powers as a preacher made him famous.
Perhimpunan dengan segera harus membesarkan kapasitas gedung, untuk itu mereka pindah ke Exeter
Hall, kemudian ke
Surrey Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached
to audiences
numbering more than 10,000 all in the days before electronic
amplification. Pada usia 22 tahun Spurgeon adalah pengkhotbah
paling terkenal pada saat itu.
Pada tahun 1861 the congregation menempati tempat permanen to the newly
constructed
purpose-built Metropolitan Tabernacle at Elephant and Castle,
menyediakan lima ribu jemaat dengan ruang cadangan untuk seribu
orang lainnya.
Spurgeon was a Baptist and a Calvinist, but is still known to
non-conformists of
many denominations as the "Prince of Preachers" in
the tradition of the Puritans
and especially highly regarded amongst Presbyterians and Congregationalists,
although he differed with them over the issue of baptism.
Spurgeon's sermons were published in printed form every week,
and enjoyed a high
circulation. By the time of his death in 1892, dia telah mempublikasikan
lebih dari dua puluh lima sampai lima ratus khotbah and forty-nine
volumes of commentaries, sayings,
anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions.
It is said that on the death of missionary Dr David Livingstone,
a discolored
and much used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons was
found among his few
possessions, 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.
In 1856, Spurgeon married Susannah, daughter of Robert Thompson
of Falcon
Square, London, by whom he had twin sons, Charles and Thomas.
His widow and sons
survived him. Dia menderita sakit penyakit sampai akhir hidupnya,
suffering from
a combination of rheumatism, gout and Bright's disease, often
recuperating at
Mentone, near Nice, France, where he died in 1892.
Spurgeon's College is a small Bible college named after him.
Some of Spurgeon's written works
Able To The Uttermost
According To Promise
All of Grace
An All Round Ministry
Around the Wicket Gate
Barbed Arrows
C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography
Chequebook Of The Bank Of Faith, The
Christ’s Incarnation
Come Ye Children
Commenting and Commentaries
Down Grade Controversy, The
Eccentric Preachers
Feathers For Arrows
Flashes Of Thought
Gleanings Among The Sheaves
Good Start, A
Greatest Fight In The World, The
John Ploughman’s Pictures
John Ploughman’s Talk
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