Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . H. also, such outrageous violations of decorum are rendered impossible. The discoursewas from Philippians iii. lo: That I may hiow Him. The various objects oihuman pursuit being designated and discussed, we had put before us the object,nature, and effects of Pauls knowledge. .?. Speaking of his study, Mr. Spurgeonsaid it was his ihikedom\ where he could talk to Milton and Locke as slaves, andsay, Come down here. Mr. Spurgeon loves controversy, but with the modesty C. H. SPURG
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . H. also, such outrageous violations of decorum are rendered impossible. The discoursewas from Philippians iii. lo: That I may hiow Him. The various objects oihuman pursuit being designated and discussed, we had put before us the object,nature, and effects of Pauls knowledge. .?. Speaking of his study, Mr. Spurgeonsaid it was his ihikedom\ where he could talk to Milton and Locke as slaves, andsay, Come down here. Mr. Spurgeon loves controversy, but with the modesty C. H. SPURGEONS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 49 peculiar to himself told us that, nowadays, he found no foeman worthy oi his steelHis favourite action is that of washing his hands, and then rubbing them dry. Hebelongs to the peripatetic, or Walker school, perpetually walking up and down as anactor treading the boards of a theatre. His style is that of the vulgar colloquial,varied by rant. . All the most solemn mysteries of our holy religion are by himrudely, roughly, and impiously handled. Mystery is vulgarised, sanctity THE FAST TRAIN. common sense outraged, and decency disgusted. ... His rantings are interspersedwith coarse anecdotes that split the ears of the groundlings ; and this is popularity !and this is the religious furor of London ! and this young divine it is that throwsWesley and Whitefield in the shade ! and this is the preaching, and this thetheoloo-y, that five thousand persons from Sabbath to Sabbath hear, receive, andapprove, and—profit by it ! 50 C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. The next issue of The Essex Standard contained another communication in asimilar strain :— Mr. Editor,—The letter of Iconoclast in your Wednesdays impression isa faithful delineation of the young preacher who is making so great a stir just we seen it previously, we should have been kept from taking the trouble to goto Earls Colne yesterday, to hear what extremely disgusted us,—a young
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