Lectures to My Students, Deluxe Edition

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Jason K. Allen (Editor)

Charles Spurgeon founded The Pastors’ College in London in 1856, at only twenty-two years of age. He supervised and graduated over 900 men from the Pastors’ College, lecturing once a week.  Lectures to My Students  is a collection of those lectures and is still today a must-read for every gospel minister. In it you’ll find a treasure trove of ministry insight and wisdom.  It’s full of biblical truth, theological reflection, and practical instruction. To not read it is to go into spiritual battle, as a minister, insufficiently armed. This beautiful deluxe edition includes an introduction by Dr. Jason K. Allen and has been lightly edited for readability. 

384 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2023

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian, John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues, Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861, the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.

Reviews

[Jack Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

5/5 for content, but this edition (ironically for a “deluxe edition”) had lots of typos and formatting errors — nonetheless, this book was sensational.

“[Christ] is so glorious that only the infinite God has full knowledge of him; therefore, there will be no limit to our study or narrowness in our line of thought if we make our Lord the great object of all our meditations.”

[Quin Machado · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally got around to finishing Spurgeon’s lectures.

The book lived up to its hype. This is an all-time great work on preaching, but would be profitable for anyone to take the time to study through.

My favorite lectures were on personal holiness, the ministers fainting fits, the Holy Spirit in connection to our ministry, and the blind eye and the deaf ear.

“Even in your reactions, remember that you are ministers. When you are off the parade you are still officers in the army of Christ, and as such demean yourselves. The ministers private life must ever keep good tune with his ministry, or his day will soon set with him.”

The deluxe edition, published by Broadman and Holman, has a beautiful binding and includes an introduction by Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. However, this edition also contains dozens of grammatical errors that ranged from humorous to legitimately confusing when I came across them.

All in all, every Christian should sit at the feet of the Prince of Preachers and glean from his zeal for God, and desire for His glory and to bring many into His kingdom.