Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . h senses of tTiat term. We have the almostinnumerable works of Keach,—they were so many that it was difficult to find themall. The chap-books, which used to be hawked about the country,—printed fromworn type on bad brown paper, and adorned with quaint illustrations, yet containinggood, sound theology,—I have no doubt interested the villagers, and greatlyimpressed the public mind at the time. Then we have the ponderous tomes of Gill, H. SrURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 357 the tracta
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . h senses of tTiat term. We have the almostinnumerable works of Keach,—they were so many that it was difficult to find themall. The chap-books, which used to be hawked about the country,—printed fromworn type on bad brown paper, and adorned with quaint illustrations, yet containinggood, sound theology,—I have no doubt interested the villagers, and greatlyimpressed the public mind at the time. Then we have the ponderous tomes of Gill, H. SrURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 357 the tractates and hymns of Rippon, and the works of those who, since their day,have served us in the Lord. The pulpit of my glorious predecessor, Dr. Gill, willbe brought here, and placed in the vestry below, that we may retain our ancientpedigree. It is said to have had a new bottom, and some of the four sides are new,yet I affirm it to be Dr. Gills pulpit. I am as certain that it is so, as that I am thesame man as I was seven years ago, though all the component parts of my body mayhave been chansfed in the THE PASTOR S VESTRY. Behind the upper platform, there are three spacious rooms ; in the centre,is the ministers vestry ; to the right and left, are the rooms of the deacons andelders,—the officers of the army on either side of the captain, so that thev may beready to go forward at the word of command. Then above them, on the third story,there are three other excellent rooms, to be used for tract and Bible depositories,and for other schemes which we hope the church will undertake. I have thus tried to explain the structure of the building to you ; I do notthink that anything else remains to be said about it, except I draw your attentionto the staircases by which you ascend to the galleries, each gallery having a distinct o:) C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. entrance and staircase, so that there is no tear ot any overcrowding. I will onlysav that a desion was never ca
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