. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. wers besides those of grace have sometimes descendedupon the congregation ; but this has its advantages, for it makes us the more grateful 366 H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. when the day is propitious, and the very precariousness of the weather excites alarge amount of earnest prayer. I once preached a sermon, in the open air, in haying time, during a violent stormof rain. The text was, He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : asshowers that water the earth, and su
. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. wers besides those of grace have sometimes descendedupon the congregation ; but this has its advantages, for it makes us the more grateful 366 H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. when the day is propitious, and the very precariousness of the weather excites alarge amount of earnest prayer. I once preached a sermon, in the open air, in haying time, during a violent stormof rain. The text was, He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : asshowers that water the earth, and surely we had the blessing as well as the incon-venience. I was sufficiently wet, and my congregation must have been drenched ;but they stood it out, and I never heard that anybody was the worse in health,though, I thank God, I have heard of souls brought to Jesus under that in a while, and under strong excitement, such things do no one any harm ; butwe are not to expect miracles, nor wantonly venture upon a course of procedurewhich might kill the sickly, and lay the foundations of disease in the CHEDDAR CLIFFS. I well remember preaching between the Cheddar Cliffs. What a noble position !What beauty and sublimity ! But there was great danger from falling pieces ofstone, moved by the people who sat upon the higher portions of the cliff, and henceI would not choose such a spot again. Concluding a discourse in that place, I called c. H. spurgeons autobiograiIiv. ^by upon those mij^hty rocks to bear witness that I had [)reachecl the gospel to thepeople, and to be a testimony against them at the last great day, if they rejected themessage. Many years afterwards, I heard of a person to whom that appeal wasmade useful by the HoK Spirit. (Pastor T. B. Field, now of Crewe, has kindly furnished the following particularsrelating to that memorable visit to Cheddar, on September lo, 1862. The spotchosen for the afternoon service was a natural amphitheatre at the entran
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