Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . eart. I ask your prayers for the Church at Geneva. That little Republic standsnow, like an island as it were, on each side shut in by France, and I can assure youthere are no greater Anti-Gallicans in the whole world than the Genevese. Withoutknowing that I trod upon tender ground, I frequently said, Why, you are almostFrench people ! At last they hinted to me that they did not like me to say so, andI did not say it any more. They are afraid of being Frenchified : they cannot
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . eart. I ask your prayers for the Church at Geneva. That little Republic standsnow, like an island as it were, on each side shut in by France, and I can assure youthere are no greater Anti-Gallicans in the whole world than the Genevese. Withoutknowing that I trod upon tender ground, I frequently said, Why, you are almostFrench people ! At last they hinted to me that they did not like me to say so, andI did not say it any more. They are afraid of being Frenchified : they cannotendure the thought of it ; they know the sweets of liberty, and cannot bear that theyshould be absorbed into that huge monarchy. Dr. DAubigne charged me withthis message, Stir up the Christians of England to make Geneva a matter of specialprayer. We do not dread the arms of France, nor invasion ; but something worse C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 373 than that, namely, the introduction of French principles. There is a French popu-lation constantly crossing the border ; they bring in infidelity, and neglect of the. THE PULPIT, ST. PETERS CATHEDRAL, GENEVA.(Calvins chair stands on the floor below the ptilpit.) Sabbath-day, and Romanism is making very great advances. The brethren said, Ask the people to pray for us, that we may stand firm and true. As we have been ;74 H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRArHY. the mother of many churches, desert us not in the hour of our need, but hold usup in your arms, and pray that the Lord may still make Geneva a praise throughoutthe earth. After the service in the cathedral, it was arranged for me to meet theministers ; DAubigne was there, of course, and Caesar Malan, and most of the notedpreachers of Switzerland. We spent a very delightful evening together, talking aboutour common Lord, and of the progress of His work in England and on the Continent;and when they bade me Good-bye, every one of those ministers—a hundred andfifty, or perhaps two hundred
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