Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . er diadem ; but, with her crown on her head, sheshall grasp her banner, take her shield, and, like that heroic maiden of old who roused a whole nation,shall go forth conquering and to conquer.—C. H. S., in sermon preached at New Park Street Chapel,August 19, 1S55. ^^HATEVER may be the present condition of the Church of Christ ingeneral, and of the Baptist denomination in particular, it is certainthat, at the time Mr. Spurgeon began his ministry in London, thestate of aftairs
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . er diadem ; but, with her crown on her head, sheshall grasp her banner, take her shield, and, like that heroic maiden of old who roused a whole nation,shall go forth conquering and to conquer.—C. H. S., in sermon preached at New Park Street Chapel,August 19, 1S55. ^^HATEVER may be the present condition of the Church of Christ ingeneral, and of the Baptist denomination in particular, it is certainthat, at the time Mr. Spurgeon began his ministry in London, thestate of aftairs was far from satisfactory. Mr. Horace Manns reporton the attendance at places set apart for public worship proved that,even in the mere external observances of religion, there was atthat period much to be desired ; he wrote :— Comparing the number of actualattendants with the number of persons able to attend, we find that, of 10,398,013 (58per cent, of the whole population) who would be at liberty to worship at one period ofthe day, there were actually worshipping but 4,647,482 in the morning, 3,184,135 in the. ii8 c. H. spurgeons autobiography. afternoon, and 3,064,449 in the evening. So that, taking any one service of the day,there were actually attending public worship less than half the number who, as far asphysical impediments prevented, viight have been attending. In the morning therewere absent, without physical hindrance, 5,750,531 ; in the afternoon, 7,213,878 ; inthe evening, 7,333,564. There exist no data for determining how many personsattended , and how many three times, on the Sunday, nor, consequently, fordeciding how many attended altogether on some service of the day ; but if wesuppose that half of those attending service in the afternoon had not been present inthe morning, and that a third of those attending service in the evening had not beenpresent at either of the previous services, we should obtain a total of 7,261,032separate persons, who attend
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