Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon is the man. His fire and brimstone preaching, his love for fine cigars, his sagging jowls; there are many reasons Spurgeon is the man. I ran across a new one today in Christian History Institute's Glimpses, Issue 103. It was June 20, 1854 and 20 year young Charles was attending the opening of London's Crystal Palace with Susannah Thompson, a young woman who had found Christ through his preaching just a few months before.
Charles Spurgeon read Susannah a few lines from a book he was reading: "Seek a good wife of thy God, for she is the best gift of His providence.... If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth; therefore think of her, and pray for her weal." Spurgeon asked Susannah in a soft voice, "Do you pray for him who is to be your husband?"
posted by Motokeb at 6:20 PM
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Well, she may have prayed for a future husband, but the first time she saw Charles Spurgeon, he was the last person, in her mind, associated with those prayers! =P
"“Ah!” wrote Mrs. Spurgeon in after years, “how little I then thought that my eyes looked on him who was to be my life’s beloved... For, if the whole truth be told, I was not at all fascinated by the young orator’s eloquence, while his countrified manner and speech excited more regret than reverence. ...the huge, black satin stock, the long badly-trimmed hair, and the blue pocket handkerchief with white spots which he himself has so graphically described, — these attracted most of my attention and I fear awakened some feelings of amusement."
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