. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. d man. That is exactly what I did; formy old man is a Tory, and I made him vote for the Liberals ! At another General Election, it was widely reported that Mr. Spurgeon haddeclared that he would vote for the devil himself if he were a Liberal ; and so manyenquiries with regard to the statement came from all parts of the country, that alarge number of post cards had to be printed and sent in reply. Those who hadstarted or circulated the falsehood were probably somewhat asha
. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. d man. That is exactly what I did; formy old man is a Tory, and I made him vote for the Liberals ! At another General Election, it was widely reported that Mr. Spurgeon haddeclared that he would vote for the devil himself if he were a Liberal ; and so manyenquiries with regard to the statement came from all parts of the country, that alarge number of post cards had to be printed and sent in reply. Those who hadstarted or circulated the falsehood were probably somewhat ashamed when they readMr. Spurgeons emphatic denial :— I certainly should not vote for the devil underany circumstances, nor am I able to conceive of him as so restored as to become aLiberal. I think he has had a considerable hand in the invention ot many a storywhich has of late been published concerning me. Criticisini and Witticism. When the Tabernacle was about to be opened, tickets of admission to thevarious gatherings were printed. The one intended as a pass to the first service c. n. spurgeons autohiography. 343. FIGAROS PHRENOLOG Y.—No. 2. 344 C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRArHY. seemed to Mr. Spurgeon so unsuitable to the occasion that he turned it into asweeps advertisement by annotating the front of it in this humorous style :— e^oAou-Yun tiyo/aei^tac/e, tyfeiae^a^n. l(tde
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