Flashes of Thought: One Thousand Choice Extracts from the Works of C. H. Spurgeon
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Overview
Flashes of Thought was originally intended for his original listeners looking to revisit important points of his sermons. Today, this volume reveals the striking and suggestive elements of Spurgeon’s vast corpus of lectures, addresses, and sermons. Flashes of Thought contains 1,000 thought-provoking excerpts from Spurgeon’s preaching, newly organized for quick reference. The Logos Bible Software edition of Flashes of Thought: One Thousand Choice Extracts from the Works of C. H. Spurgeon was originally published in London by Passmore and Alabaster in 1874.
Product Details
- Title: Flashes of Thought: One Thousand Choice Extracts from the Works of C. H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles Spurgeon
- Publisher: Passmore and Alabaster
- Publication Date: 1874
- Pages: 512
About Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on June 19, 1834. He converted to Christianity in 1850 at a small Methodist chapel, to which he detoured during a snowstorm. While there, he heard a sermon on Isaiah 45:22 and was saved—“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.” He began his own ministry of preaching and teaching immediately, and preached more than 500 sermons by the age of twenty.
In 1854, at nineteen years of age, Spurgeon began preaching at the New Park Street Chapel in London. He was appointed to a six month trial position, which he requested be cut to three months should the congregation dislike his preaching. He gained instant fame, however, and the church grew from 232 members to more than five thousand at the end of his pastorate. Many of his sermons were published each week and regularly sold more than 25,000 copies in twenty languages. Throughout his ministry, Spurgeon estimated that he preached to more than 10,000,000 people. Dwight L. Moody was deeply influenced by Spurgeon’s preaching, and founded the Moody Bible Institute after seeing Spurgeon’s work at the Pastor’s College in London.
Spurgeon read six books per week during his adult life, and read Pilgrim’s Progress more than 100 times. In addition to his studying and preaching, Spurgeon also founded the Pastor’s College (now Spurgeon’s College), various orphanages and schools, mission chapels, and numerous other social institutions.
Charles Spurgeon suffered from poor health throughout his life. He died on January 31, 1892, and was buried in London.
Sample Pages from the Print Edition
Top Highlights
“Why should I dread to descend the shaft of affliction, if it leads me to the gold mine of spiritual experience?” (Page 4)
“You must never judge of character by circumstances.” (Page 10)
“Do you talk to him as a man would talk to his friend? Do you pour out your heart before him?” (Page 9)
“were his child, still would you be able to reach his heart” (Page 2)
“their legs, instead of paying it all to their heads” (Page 2)
- Title: Flashes of Thought
- Author: Charles Spurgeon
- Publisher: Passmore & Alabaster
- Print Publication Date: 1874
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Spurgeon, C. H. (Charles Haddon), 1834-1892
- Resource ID: LLS:FLSHOFTHGHT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-03-08T19:07:15Z
C. H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) is one of the church’s most famous preachers and Christianity’s most prolific writers. He converted to Christianity in 1850 at a small Methodist chapel and began his own ministry immediately, preaching more than 500 sermons by the age of 20. Logos has collected his sermons in The Complete Spurgeon Sermon Collection (63 vols.).
Spurgeon was the pastor of New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle). Many of his sermons were published each week and regularly sold more than 25,000 copies in 20 languages. Spurgeon is still known as the “Prince of Preachers” by Reformed Christians and Baptists.
Spurgeon founded the Pastor’s College (now Spurgeon’s College) in London. Dwight L. Moody was deeply influenced by Spurgeon’s preaching, and founded the Moody Bible Institute after seeing Spurgeon’s work at the Pastor’s College in London.
By the time of Spurgeon’s death in 1892, he had preached almost 3,600 sermons and published, also under the name Charles H. Spurgeon, 49 volumes of commentaries, along with numerous books of sayings, devotions, and more. The Charles Spurgeon Collection (149 vols.) contains over 3,550 sermons from this gifted speaker and leader and his most-loved works like The Treasury of David, Lectures to My Students, The Sword and Trowel, and dozens of other volumes. Also available from Logos is Spurgeon Commentary: Galatians, and the Spurgeon Sermon Upgrade Collection (2 vols.).
