• “One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.” – Elisabeth Elliot

Preacher’s Wives

Chapter 5 – Married Life

    Married Life

    THE wedding of Susannah Thompson and Charles Haddon Spurgeon took place at New Park Street Chapel, on January… Continue reading

Chapter 6 – A Dark Shadow

    A Dark Shadow

    ON September 20th, 1856, twin sons were born to Mrs. Spurgeon at her home in the New… Continue reading

Chapter 7 – Happiness and Service

    Happiness and Service

    IN 1857 Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon moved to Helensburgh House, Nightingale Lane, Clapham, a place which they… Continue reading

Chapter 8 – Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    MRS. SPURGEON, in the earlier years of her married life, used to accompany her husband in his… Continue reading

Chapter 9 – Mid Life

    Mid Life

    AFTER the preacher and his wife had been living in Helensburgh House, Nightingale Lane, for close upon a… Continue reading

Chapter 10 – Founding of ‘The Book Fund’

    Founding of ‘The Book Fund’

    MRS. SPURGEON, had she organized no new work herself, would always have been remembered as… Continue reading

Chapter 11 – The Book Fund Grows

    The Book Fund Grows

    A FEW months before the Book Fund originated, Mrs. Spurgeon had sown in a large garden… Continue reading

Chapter 12 – Continued Success of the Book Fund

    Continued Success of the Book Fund

    TO give anything like a history of Mrs. Spurgeon’s Book Fund in these pages… Continue reading

Chapter 13 – Last Years of Married Life

    Last Years of Married Life

    IN 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon removed from Nightingale Lane, Clapham, to “Westwood,” Beulah Hill,… Continue reading

Chapter 14 – Widowhood

    Widowhood

    MRS. SPURGEON’S widowhood lasted close upon a dozen years, and in a sense, her life, since 1892, must have… Continue reading

  • “I have never before so learned to know the Lord Jesus as a tender, loving Friend, who never forsakes us or casts us off when we are bad, but rather helps us to gain the mastery over sin.” – Corrie ten Boom

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[Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking] “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. — Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV)

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