{"id":4347,"date":"2025-02-07T09:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2025-02-07T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:10:19","slug":"nine-biographies-of-charles-haddon-spurgeon-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/nine-biographies-of-charles-haddon-spurgeon-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Biographies of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I recently uploaded the first 40 years of Charles Haddon Spurgeon&#8217;s monthly magazine, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/40-years-of-the-sword-and-the-trowel-available-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sword and the Trowel<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Spurgeon is recognised as one of the greatest preachers of the Victorian era. Although he never travelled further abroad than France, he was a keen advocate of Christian Missions and his magazine contained regular updates about the work of his former students serving overseas. So this week I am making available nine early biographies of Spurgeon, some of which are now very hard to find in-print.<br><br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_from-the-pulpit-to-the-palm-branch.php\">Anonymous,&nbsp;<em>From the Pulpit to the Palm-Branch. A Memorial of C.H. Spurgeon<\/em>. London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1893. pp.281.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_pastor-spurgeon-his-conversion-labour-and-success.php\">Anonymous,\u00a0<em>Pastor Spurgeon: His Conversion, Labour and Success<\/em>. London: F.H. Hurd, 1896. pp.36.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_c-h-spurgeon-an-interpretative-biography_carlile.php\">John Charles Carlile [1862-1941],&nbsp;<em>C.H. Spurgeon. An Interpretative Biography.&nbsp;<\/em>London: The Religious Tract Society, 1933. pp.332.<\/a> <br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_charles-haddon-spurgeon_ellis-j-j.php\">James Joseph Ellis [1853-1924?],&nbsp;<em>Charles Haddon Spurgeon<\/em>. London: James Nisbet &amp; Co. Ltd., n.d. pp.240.<\/a> <br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_spurgeons-the-peoples-preacher_hope.php\">Eva Hope,&nbsp;<em>Spurgeon: The People&#8217;s Preacher<\/em>. London: Charles Taylor, [1892?]. pp.330.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_c-h-spurgeon_page.php\">Jesse Page,&nbsp;<em>C.H. Spurgeon. His Life and Ministry<\/em>. London: S.W. Partridge &amp; Co., n.d. Hbk. pp.160.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_life-of-charles-haddon-spurgeon_page_ray.php\">Charles Ray,&nbsp;<em>The Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, with an Introduction by Pastor Thomas Spurgeon.<\/em>&nbsp;London: Passmore and Alabaster \/ Isbister and Company Ltd., 1903. pp.506.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_pastor_c-h-spurgeon_stevenson.php\">George John Stevenson [1818-1888],&nbsp;<em>Pastor C.H. Spurgeon: His Life and Work to His Forty-Third Birthday<\/em>. London: Passmore &amp; Alabaster, 1877. pp.112.<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_life-and-work-of-charles-h-spurgeon_yarrow.php\">William H. Yarrow,&nbsp;<em>The Life and Work of Charles H. Spurgeon<\/em>. New York: I.K. Funk &amp; Co. Publishers, [c.1880]). pp.101.<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you enjoyed this post please share it with a friend and leave a comment. You can also support this site regularly on <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/theologyontheweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Patreon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/theology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy-Me-A-Coffee<\/a>, which will help me to add new material more quickly.<br><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies.jpg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies.avif 761w,https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies-300x224.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" type=\"image\/avif\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies.webp 761w,https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies-300x224.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies.jpg\" height=\"568\" width=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies.jpg 761w, https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/more-spurgeon-biographies-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" class=\"wp-image-4351 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"More Spurgeon Biographies\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently uploaded the first 40 years of Charles Haddon Spurgeon&#8217;s monthly magazine, The Sword and the Trowel. 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