Strenghten My Spirit
: Daily Devotions From The Works Of Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834�1892), the �Prince of Preachers,� preached his first sermon at age sixteen and became a pastor at age eighteen. Spurgeon drew large crowds and built the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London in 1861 to accommodate them. During his lifetime, he preached to an estimated ten million people.Spurgeon founded and supported charitable outreaches, including educational institutions. He also founded a pastors� college and the famous Stockwell Orphanage.Spurgeon published over two thousand of his sermons, as well as numerous books, which constitute the largest collection of work by a single author. His printed Sunday sermons were so popular that they were literally sold by the ton. He continually appealed to his audiences to allow the Lord to minister to them individually. Highlighted with splashes of spontaneous, delightful humor, his teachings still provide direction to all who are seeking true joy and genuine intimacy with God.