Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle for 38 years, and spent many of those years in a state of powerful revival. Multitudes came from all over the world to hear him speak. His average Sunday morning services hosted up to six thousand people listening intently to the Word of the Lord. While it is fairly common today to see churches of thousands, in some places there seems to be one on every street corner, back in Spurgeon’s day, it was nothing short of miraculous. Even the some of most impactful revivals in history which took place after Spurgeon’s death, like the Azusa Street Revival and the Welsh Revival, never saw crowds so large in a single meeting.

When most people think of revival, they tend to have in mind miracles, signs and wonders, and supernatural moves of the Holy Spirit. However, Charles Spurgeon lived before the Pentecostal movement where these things became the norm, and did not live in the United States, so he did not experience the Great Awakenings that were marked by many miracles. As a result, Spurgeon’s view of revival was not focused on the miraculous at all. His focus was on the salvation of souls, and of personal revival. Therefore, his teachings on the subject may not be what some are expecting. That said, there is no doubt that his ministry was marked by the Holy Spirit and great power. Countless souls were brought into the Kingdom of God, and continue to be set free to this day through his teachings.

This book contains seven unabridged sermons preached by Charles Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle during the height of his fame. On a technical note while many of the old English words that are still fairly common have been kept, some words that have faded into obscurity have been replaced. For example, the word “kine” has been replaced with the modern, “cow”. Aside from that, his sermons have been preserved as he preached them.