Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . e to come as the Lord Himself. Those who think otherwise can go elsewhere ;but, for our own part, we shall never consent to leave the doctrinal teaching of theInstitution vague and undefined, after the manner of the bigoted liberalism of thepresent day. This is our College motto :— ET TENEO ^^^M ET TENEOR. I Hold and IES ».. v am Held. We labour to hold forth the cross of Christ with a bold hand among the sonsof men, because that cross holds us fast by its attractive power. O
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . e to come as the Lord Himself. Those who think otherwise can go elsewhere ;but, for our own part, we shall never consent to leave the doctrinal teaching of theInstitution vague and undefined, after the manner of the bigoted liberalism of thepresent day. This is our College motto :— ET TENEO ^^^M ET TENEOR. I Hold and IES ».. v am Held. We labour to hold forth the cross of Christ with a bold hand among the sonsof men, because that cross holds us fast by its attractive power. Our desire is, thatevery man may hold the truth, and be held by it ; especially the truth of Christcrucified. There were many interesting incidents associated with the earliest days of thePastors College, or which occurred even before it was actually in existence. WhenMr. Medhurst began to preach in the street, some of the very precise friends, whowere at that time members at New Park Street, were greatly shocked at his want ofeducation, so they complained to me about it, and said that I ought to stop him ; for,. C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. I5I if I did not, disgrace would be brought upon the cause. AccorcHngly, I had a talkwith the earnest young brother ; and, while he did not deny that his English wasimperfect, and that he might have made mistakes in other respects, yet he said, Imust preach, sir ; and I shall preach unless you cut off my head. I went to ourfriends, and told them what he had said, and they took it in all seriousness. Oh ! they exclaimed, you cant cut off Mr. Medhursts head, so you must let him go onpreaching. I quite agreed with them, and I added, As our young brother isevidendy bent on serving the Lord with all his might, I must do what I can to gethim an education that will fit him for the ministry. The next one to come to me in trouble was Mr. Medhurst himself. One day,with a very sad countenance, he said to me, I have been preaching for threemonths,
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