. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. was being rendered I A more perfect /// giioqnc inaction could not be conceived, and no words can indicate the wonderful way in whichit was done. It was the wittiest thingr I ever saw, even from the most wittv of octo-genarians whom I have ever met. But the merry scene was not quite at an end C. II. SrUKGEON S AUTOBIOGRAITIY. 555 even then. Well, friend Rogers, what does all the noise mean? asked the ^cnhi]Governor. Oh, sir! Mr. Gracey has been tryinij; to put me down. Lik
. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. was being rendered I A more perfect /// giioqnc inaction could not be conceived, and no words can indicate the wonderful way in whichit was done. It was the wittiest thingr I ever saw, even from the most wittv of octo-genarians whom I have ever met. But the merry scene was not quite at an end C. II. SrUKGEON S AUTOBIOGRAITIY. 555 even then. Well, friend Rogers, what does all the noise mean? asked the ^cnhi]Governor. Oh, sir! Mr. Gracey has been tryinij; to put me down. Like a llashcame the Roland lor the Oliver. Why, thats what 1 have been trsiny to do lorthe last twenty years, you old sinner, and yo2( wont i^o doivn / All the sparkling fun lingers in the memory,—[)ure as the hol\-joy ol angels ;—for there strangely mingles with it the recollection of the hallowed moments spent atthe throne of grace before that meeting ended ; and between the playtulness and theprayer there seemed to be no abrupt transition, no discord, no incongruit)-,—but allwas perfect harmony and THE LIBRARY OF THE PASTORS COLLEGE. Many other amusing reminiscences of College days have been preserved, butspace can be spared for only one more, which relates to a certain period when thelibrary had been closed for a while, mainly because some of the choice volumes. 356 c. H. spurgeons autobiography. which it ought to have contained, were missing. It seemed a long time to thestudents before they were able again to avail themselves of the privilege of consult-ing the many valuable books collected in that spacious room at the top of thebuilding. One Friday afternoon, when the President took his place on theplatform of the desk-room, he looked up at the clock, and seeing that it had stopped,said, I cannot understand what is wrong with that clock ; we have had it repairedseveral times, yet it wont go. One of the students thought he saw an opportunity of•calling at
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