Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . by whichthe deacons will descend to distribute the memorials of the Saviours death. Yousee, above us, the pulpit, or platform, which might hold a large number of cannot stand like a statue when I preach ; I prefer a wide range both of thought C. II. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 355 and action. The pulpit will also be convenient for public meetings, so that therewill be no expense for erecting platforms. Concerning this vast chapel, I believe itis the most perfect trium
Autobiography of Charles HSpurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary . by whichthe deacons will descend to distribute the memorials of the Saviours death. Yousee, above us, the pulpit, or platform, which might hold a large number of cannot stand like a statue when I preach ; I prefer a wide range both of thought C. II. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 355 and action. The pulpit will also be convenient for public meetings, so that therewill be no expense for erecting platforms. Concerning this vast chapel, I believe itis the most perfect triumph of acoustics that has ever been achieved. If it had beena failure at present, I should not have been at all disappointed, because the wallshave yet to be covered with matched boarding, so that not a particle of brickwork isto be exposed,—it being my theory that soft substances are very much the best torhearing, having proved in a great number of buildings that stone walls are the maincreators of an echo, and having seen hangings put up to break the reverberation,and to give the speaker a hope of being INTERIOR OF THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, VIEWED FROM THE AREA. It has been remarked by a great many friends, as they entered, that thebuildino- was not so large as they expected ; and I was pleased to hear them say so. 356 c. H. spurgeons autobiography. for it showed me that the structure did not appear huge and unsightly. To lookvery large, a building must be generally out of proportion, for when there is pro-portion, the idea of size is often lost. If you went down below, you would find thelecture-hall, about the same area as New Park Street Chapel, or rather larger ;and the school-room, larger in its area than the venerable sanctuary in which mybrother. Dr. Campbell, long preached the word,—I mean, the Tabernacle, Moor-fields. I believe that four chapels like the one at Moorfields could be put into thisbuilding ; two resting on the basement would only just fill u
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