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C.H. Spurgeon Quotes
EXPECTATIONS
Blessed is he who expects little, for he shall have but little disappointment. Remember never to set thy desires very high. He that has aspirations to the moon, will be disappointed if he only reaches half as high; whereas, if he had aspired lower, he would be agreeably disappointed when he found himself mounting higher than he first expected. 180.125
It is true that we are immortal till our work is done; but then we usually think that our work is something other than it is. It was never the work of Moses to lead Israel into the promised land. It was his wish, but not his work. His work he saw; but his wish he saw not. 1966.318
ADVERSITY
He who has tasted a sour apple will have the more relish for a sweet one; your present want will make future prosperity all the sweeter. PT166
The dog in the kennel barks at the fleas; the hunting dog does not even know they are there. PT166
If there are no adversaries, you may fear that there will be no success. 1781.279
In any labour to which we set our hand, if we take too much notice of the difficulties, we shall be hindered in it. 2264.325
ALCOHOL
The best way to make a man sober is to bring him to the foot of the cross. AM108
Those beer-shops are the curse of this country—no good ever can come of them, and the evil they do no tongue can tell; the publics were bad enough, but the beer-shops are a pest; I wish the man who made the law to open them had to keep all the families that they have brought to ruin. PT91
The drunkard goes lower than the sow, for no sow would habitually intoxicate itself: few animals would even touch the defiling concoction. 1279.100
That which goes under the name of wine is not true wine, but a fiery, brandied concoction of which I feel sure that Jesus would not have tasted a drop. 1556.493
When Bacchus rolls the wine-cask against the door it is hard to force an entrance, even though we demand it in the name of King Jesus. Men are in an ill state for hearing when the barrel and the bottle are their idols. It is not at all marvellous that the gospel should be neglected by men who have put an enemy into their mouths to
steal away their brains. 1593.205
There is the “pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,” and there is the fire-water, which has its origin among the flames of hell; and yet, when the choice is left to men, many of them prefer the fiery
liquor to that water which would be in them “a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” 3111.459
It is the devil’s backdoor to hell, and everything that is hellish; for he that once gives away his brains to drink is ready to be caught by Satan for anything. 3233.30
GODLY
Aspire to be something more than the mass of church members. Lift up your cry to God and beseech him to fire you with a nobler ambition than that which possesses the common Christian—that you may be found faithful unto God at the last, and may win many crowns for your Lord and Master, Christ. 867.232
EXPECTATIONS
Blessed is he who expects little, for he shall have but little disappointment. Remember never to set thy desires very high. He that has aspirations to the moon, will be disappointed if he only reaches half as high; whereas, if he had aspired lower, he would be agreeably disappointed when he found himself mounting higher than he first expected. 180.125
It is true that we are immortal till our work is done; but then we usually think that our work is something other than it is. It was never the work of Moses to lead Israel into the promised land. It was his wish, but not his work. His work he saw; but his wish he saw not. 1966.318
ADVERSITY
He who has tasted a sour apple will have the more relish for a sweet one; your present want will make future prosperity all the sweeter. PT166
The dog in the kennel barks at the fleas; the hunting dog does not even know they are there. PT166
If there are no adversaries, you may fear that there will be no success. 1781.279
In any labour to which we set our hand, if we take too much notice of the difficulties, we shall be hindered in it. 2264.325
ALCOHOL
The best way to make a man sober is to bring him to the foot of the cross. AM108
Those beer-shops are the curse of this country—no good ever can come of them, and the evil they do no tongue can tell; the publics were bad enough, but the beer-shops are a pest; I wish the man who made the law to open them had to keep all the families that they have brought to ruin. PT91
The drunkard goes lower than the sow, for no sow would habitually intoxicate itself: few animals would even touch the defiling concoction. 1279.100
That which goes under the name of wine is not true wine, but a fiery, brandied concoction of which I feel sure that Jesus would not have tasted a drop. 1556.493
When Bacchus rolls the wine-cask against the door it is hard to force an entrance, even though we demand it in the name of King Jesus. Men are in an ill state for hearing when the barrel and the bottle are their idols. It is not at all marvellous that the gospel should be neglected by men who have put an enemy into their mouths to
steal away their brains. 1593.205
There is the “pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,” and there is the fire-water, which has its origin among the flames of hell; and yet, when the choice is left to men, many of them prefer the fiery
liquor to that water which would be in them “a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” 3111.459
It is the devil’s backdoor to hell, and everything that is hellish; for he that once gives away his brains to drink is ready to be caught by Satan for anything. 3233.30
GODLY
Aspire to be something more than the mass of church members. Lift up your cry to God and beseech him to fire you with a nobler ambition than that which possesses the common Christian—that you may be found faithful unto God at the last, and may win many crowns for your Lord and Master, Christ. 867.232
