Counsel for Christian Workers (C. H. Spurgeon)

Counsel for Christian Workers

C. H. Spurgeon was known as the ‘Prince of Preachers’, and over 100 years later, he is still a popular Christian author. This book reflects his concern for the welfare of people involved in Christian ministry.

Every bit as much as a great preacher, Spurgeon was a practical and loving man, and this shines through the pages of this collection of his teaching. He did not neglect personal time with people, despite devoting himself to preaching. His words of counsel are given with a warm regard to encourage and inspire. His pithy analysis continues to inspire Christian workers to achieve great things through their ministries.

Table of Contents

1. An Earnest Man
2. Angels Visit Sodom
3. Workers who are Successful
4. Giants and Dwarfs
5. Obedience
6. “Only be Thou Strong and Very Courageous”
7. The Kind of Laborers Wanted
8. A Young Convert and Successful Worker
9. With Good Will Doing Service
10. A Great Leader and Good Soldiers
11. Hard Work and its Reward
12. Workers Reading to Profit
13. Save the Children
14. Saving A Soul from Death
15. Restoring Those who have Erred

About the Author

C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) the great Victorian preacher, was one of the most influential people in the world during the second half of the 19th century. The text of his Sunday sermons were published all over England in newspapers on Monday.  Converted in 1850 at age 16, he immediately manifested unusual gifts and preached his first sermon only a year later at age 17.  In 1854, he was called to be pastor of New Park Street Baptist Church, where he continued for six years until the crowds attending required the construction of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, where he served as pastor for the next 32 years.

At the heart of Spurgeon’s desire to preach was a fierce love of people, a desire that meant he did not neglect his pastoral ministry. The Pastor’s College was founded in 1857, at which thousands of men were trained for the Christian ministry and sent all over the world.  He was married to his wife Susannah and they had two sons. Spurgeon was well-known also for numerous books and published editions of his sermons, among them the vast and rich seven-volume The Treasury of David, the most comprehensive commentary on the Psalms ever published.