Commenting and Commentaries

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

May 2006 · Sovereign Grace Publishers,

About this ebook

Two lectures, a catalogue of Bible commentaries and Exposition together with a complete textual index of sermons. Students of the Word do not find it easy to choose which works to buy, and their slender stores are often wasted on books of a comparatively worthless kind. Many are persuaded that they should expound the Word, but being unversed in the original tongues they can only fall back upon the help of their English concordances, and are left floundering about, when a sound comment would direct their thoughts. To that end, Spurgeon compiled this catalog for the use of ministers of average attainments, yet who are thoughtful and discerning men. The brief reviews are Spurgeon own opinions.

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on June 19, 1834. His father and his grandfather were both pastors and at the age of twenty, he became the pastor of the New Park Street Church in London. The congregation quickly grew out of the building and moved to Exeter Hall. In 1861, the congregation moved to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle. During his lifetime, he published over thirty-five hundred sermons that filled 63 volumes. His series stands as the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity. He also wrote Ploughman's Talk and The Treasury of David. During his last years, he suffered severe physical pain from a gout attack. He was growing increasing ill and died on January 31, 1892.