SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON. FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. INCLUDING ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL; BIOGRAPHICAL PARK-STREET CHAPEL; AND AN OUTLINE OF MR. SPURGEON'S ARTICLES OF FAITH. NEW YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO. CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS & Co. By special agreement SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & Co. will publish in America the Sermons of the REV. C. H. SPURGEON and it is the author's wish that no parties shall infringe this contract. STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 82 & 84 Beekman St. PRINTED BY 79 John St. N. Y. THE PUBLISHERS TO THE PUBLIC. I. These pages contain a narrative of facts likely to interest many persons. II. Young persons will find an instructive example in these pages they may imitate with great personal advantage. III. To young Ministers of the Gospel, the example of the earnest life of this faithful Preacher, as set forth as a model, they may imitate with advantage to themselves and to their churches. IV. The narrative will suggest many practical lessons which the intelligent reader will adopt for self-improve ment. V. Seeking only to do good by disseminating truth, the narrative is commended to the Christian church universal, and to the best judgment of the public generally. |