Charles Spurgeon Quotes about Suffering

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I would to God that saints would cling to Christ half as earnestly as sinners cling to the devil. If we were as willing to suffer for God as some are to suffer for their lusts, what perseverance and zeal would be seen

I would to God that saints would cling to Christ half as earnestly as sinners cling to the devil. If we were as willing to suffer for God as some are to suffer for their lusts, what perseverance and zeal would be seen on all sides!

Charles Spurgeon

Perseverance, Lust, Suffering

Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727”, p.627, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

There is no university for a Christian, like that of sorrow and trial

Charles Spurgeon

Christian, Suffering, Sorrow

Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 39: Sermons 2289-2341”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Suffering is better than sinning. There is more evil in a drop of sin than in an ocean of affliction. Better, burn for Christ, than turn from Christ.

Charles Spurgeon

Ocean, Evil, Suffering

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1889). “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon”

Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.

Charles Spurgeon

Joy, Suffering, Sorrow

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised”, p.533

Suffering times are a Christian's harvest time.

Charles Spurgeon

Christian, Harvest Time, Suffering

It is the very joy of this earthly life to think that it will come to an end.

Charles Spurgeon

Thinking, Joy, Suffering

Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.

Charles Spurgeon

Sea, Suffering, Comfort

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 207), 1895.

There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health.

Charles Spurgeon

Suffering, Earth, Sickness

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1892). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit”

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Charles Spurgeon

Suffering, Miserable Person, Wealth

Think lightly of hell, and you will think lightly of the cross. Think little of the sufferings of lost souls, and you will soon think little of the Savior who delivers them.

Charles Spurgeon

Thinking, Soul, Suffering

Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727”, p.216, Delmarva Publications, Inc.