. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. with their fishing-boat and the nets containing the unprecedented take. I well remember, too. how C. II. SPURGEON S AUTODIOCRAniV. 2^3 fathers rio-hteous indiL;n;uif)ii was kiiullc^d as wc stoDcl in tlic famous callicdral, ■ andwitnessed the absurdities connected widi the knicral ohsc(juies of some gn-atpersonage. No sooner had the gloomy cortege quitted the building, to a slow andsolemn dirge rendered by the chorister monks, than a gorgeous wedding procession,with all the
. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. with their fishing-boat and the nets containing the unprecedented take. I well remember, too. how C. II. SPURGEON S AUTODIOCRAniV. 2^3 fathers rio-hteous indiL;n;uif)ii was kiiullc^d as wc stoDcl in tlic famous callicdral, ■ andwitnessed the absurdities connected widi the knicral ohsc(juies of some gn-atpersonage. No sooner had the gloomy cortege quitted the building, to a slow andsolemn dirge rendered by the chorister monks, than a gorgeous wedding procession,with all the joyous accompaniments of marriage: festi\ilies, took its place ; and thusthe whole scene was quickly changed, and the mournful miserere was succeededby the nuptial jubilate.^ The experiencetl preacher (extemporized a brjef discourseupon the ever-varying vicissitudes of human life, as set forth by the two events ; andthe truths he thus inculcated, still al)ide, as we rem(;mljer that our joys and sorrowsare not so far apart as we are apt to think, for sunbeams and shadows are closelyallied, after all. Sic est PULPIT IN ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, ANTWERP. * The mention of Antwerp cathedral always recalled to Mr. Spurgeon a memorable encounter that he once had with White in that grand edifice. It took place some time after Mr. White had left the Baptist denomination, and joined (or,rather, returned to) the Congregationalists, with whom, apparently, he did not find himself much more at home than he had beenwith those he had left The dialogue that ensued, was thus reported by Mr. Spurgeon : — Spurgeon.—Well, Mr. White, you dont seem to get on with your new friends any better than you did with your old ones. White.— New friends ? Why, I was a Congregationalist before I became a Baptist! S.—Then it hath happened unto him according to the true proverb : The dog is . I need not finish the quotation (2 Peter ii. 22). W.—Oh, you wretch, Spurgeon ! What do you think
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