SEVEN SPURGEON CLASSICS Additional Information Table of Contents Publisher’s Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Women of the Old Testament Hagar: Compassion for Souls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, February 5, 1871, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 974. She went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, "Let me not see the death of the child." And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.GENESIS 21:16 Sarah: And Her Daughters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Delivered on Thursday evening, April 28, 1881, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1633 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you. ISAIAH 51:2 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 1 PETER 3:6 Hagar: Eyes Opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Delivered on Sunday morning, March 18, 1866, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 681.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.GENESIS 21:19 Rebekah: No Compromise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, October 7, 1888, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 2047. And the servant said unto him, "Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?" And Abraham said unto him, "Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, ‘Unto thy seed will I give this land’; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again." GENESIS 24:58 Rahab: The Scarlet Line in the Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Published on Thursday, October 28, 1909; delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 3168. She bound the scarlet line in the window.JOSHUA 2:21 Samson’s Mother: Her Excellent Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Published in 1867; delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1340. And Manoah said unto his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God." But his wife said unto him, "If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these."JUDGES 13:2223 Ruth: Deciding for God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Intended for reading on Lord’s Day, June 24, 1900; delivered on Thursday evening, April 21, 1881, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 2680. And Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God."RUTH 1:16 Ruth: Her Reward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Delivered on Lord’s Day evening, June 29, 1885, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1851. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. RUTH 2:12 Ruth: Mealtime in the Cornfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Delivered on Sunday morning, August 2, 1863, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 522. And Boaz said unto her, "At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar." And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.RUTH 2:14 Hannah: A Woman of Sorrowful Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, in 1880. No. 1515. Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit."1 SAMUEL 1:15 The Queen of Sheba: Consulting with Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Published in 1902; delivered at New Park Street Chapels, Southwark. No. 2778. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. . . . And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.1 KINGS 10:1, 3 The Queen of Sheba: Heart-Communing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 140 Published in 1902; delivered at New Park Street Chapels, Southwark. No. 2779. She communed with him of all that was in her heart.1 KINGS 10:2 Esther: And Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, November 1, 1874, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1201. Though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them.ESTHER 9:1 The Good Shepherdess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, June 1, 1873, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1115. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.SONG OF SOLOMON 1:78 The Bride: Heavenly Lovesickness! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Delivered on Sunday morning, November 8, 1863, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 539.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell
him, that I am sick of love.SONG OF SOLOMON 5:8 Women of the New Testament
The Mother of Jesus: Mary’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Delivered on Sunday morning, December 25, 1864, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 606. Peter’s Mother-in-Law: A Lift for the Prostrate . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Published on Thursday, March 22, 1906; delivered on Lord’s
Day evening, September 19, 1875, at the Metropolitan
Tabernacle, Newington. No. 2980. And he [ Jesus] came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up;
and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
MARK 1:31 The Samaritan Woman: Her Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, September 10, 1882, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1678. And upon this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, "What seekest thou?" or, "Why talkest thou
with her?" The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the
city, and saith to the men, "Come, see a man, which told me all things that
ever I did: is not this the Christ?" Then they went out of the city, and came
unto him.JOHN 4:2730 The Canaanite Woman: The Little Dogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, August 6, 1876, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1309. But he answered and said, "It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to
cast it to dogs." And she said, "Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their masters’ table."MATTHEW 15:2627
But Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to
take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs." And she answered
and said unto him, "Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the
children’s crumbs."MARK 7:2728 The Infirmed Woman: The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down . . . 248 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, July 14, 1878, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1426. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And,
behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus
saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, "Woman, thou art loosed
from thine infirmity." And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she
was made straight, and glorified God.LUKE 13:1013 Mary of Bethany: To Lovers of JesusAn Example . . . . . . . 263 Intended for reading on Lord’s Day, April 12, 1885; delivered
on November 2, 1884, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
No. 1834. She hath wrought a good work on me.MARK 14:6
A Repentant Woman: A Gracious Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Intended for reading on Lord’s Day, January 11, 1891; delivered
at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 2183.
And he said to the woman, "Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace."
LUKE 7:50
Mary and Martha: The Master Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1198.
She . . . called Mary her sister secretly, saying, "The Master is come, and
calleth for thee."JOHN 11:28
Two Marys: "Over Against the Sepulcher" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, March 24, 1878, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1404. Mary Magdalene: A Handkerchief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Published on Thursday, October 5, 1905; delivered on Lord’s Day
evening, June 13, 1875, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
Newington. No. 2956.
Jesus saith unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?"
JOHN 20:15 Mary, Mother of Mark: The Special Prayer Meeting. . . . . . . . 333 Delivered on Lord’s Day morning, July 20, 1875, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1247.
When he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together praying.ACTS 12:12
Lydia: The First European Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Intended for reading on Lord’s Day, September 20, 1891;
The Women in Rome: Romans, but Not Romanists. . . . . . . . . 361 Delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. No. 1113.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church
which is at Cenchrea: that ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints,
and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she
hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also. Greet Priscilla and Aquila
my helpers in Christ Jesus: who have for my life laid down their own necks:
unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the gentiles.
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. Greet Mary, who
bestowed much labor on us. Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen,
and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were
in Christ before me. Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. Salute Urbane,
our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apelles approved in
Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household. Salute Herodion
my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are
in the Lord. Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute
the beloved Persis, which labored much in the Lord. Salute Rufus chosen in
the Lord, and his mother and mine. Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas,
Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. Salute Philologus,
and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are
with them. Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ
salute you.ROMANS 16:116 |