Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . eque for^50 as the first premium. In so doing, allow me to congratulate you upon the 320 C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. architectural taste which is so manifest in your drawings. In my own personalselection, your design was one ot three which I considered to be pre-eminent amongthe many. We have inspected the designs with great care, and long deliberation ; and,although we are compelled to prefer Mr. Pococks design as the best basis for ourfuture building, we could not but r
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . eque for^50 as the first premium. In so doing, allow me to congratulate you upon the 320 C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. architectural taste which is so manifest in your drawings. In my own personalselection, your design was one ot three which I considered to be pre-eminent amongthe many. We have inspected the designs with great care, and long deliberation ; and,although we are compelled to prefer Mr. Pococks design as the best basis for ourfuture building, we could not but regret that we were thus compelled to lose yourservices in the erection. You may not be aware that we have received from privatefriends ot yours, and persons ior whom you have erected buildings, the mostflattering testimonials of your ability. Since these were unsolicited on your part,and probably unknown to you, we thought them worthy of the highest consideration,and should have felt great pleasure in entrusting our great undertaking to yourhands. Wishing you every prosperity, I am, Yours heartily, C. H. THE ACCEPTED DESIGN FOR THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE. The Committee awarded the second premium (^30) to Mr. W. W. Pocock, andthe Tabernacle was erected after his design, though with considerable modifications,including the abandonment ol the towers at the four corners of the building. When C. H. SPURGEONS AUTOBIOGRArilY. 32 1 Mr. Spurgeon found that they would probably cost about ^i,ooo each, he thoughtthat amount of money could be more profitably expended, and therefore had themomitted, and the style of the structure was altered to the form which has sincebecome familiar to hundreds of thousands of earnest worshippers from all quarters ofthe globe. The motto on the envelope accompanying Mr. Pococks drawings was theword Metropolitan —a singularly appropriate one, for the building erected underhis superintendence was to contain that word in its official designation,
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