. From the pulpit to the palm-branch; . vices were continually coming. Hestruggled on bravely, however, and on May 17th, preacheda sermon on the text: My times are in Thy hand(No. 2,205), which many people regarded as almost pro-phetic of the great illness he was about to suffer. He waseven then attacked by that terrible scourge, misnamedinfluenza; and on the following day. Dr. R. M. Miller,of Upper Norwood, who was called in to attend him,forbade his venturing to the Tabernacle. He was, indeed,closely confined to the house for nearly three weeks; butat the end of that time, on Lords-day inorn
. From the pulpit to the palm-branch; . vices were continually coming. Hestruggled on bravely, however, and on May 17th, preacheda sermon on the text: My times are in Thy hand(No. 2,205), which many people regarded as almost pro-phetic of the great illness he was about to suffer. He waseven then attacked by that terrible scourge, misnamedinfluenza; and on the following day. Dr. R. M. Miller,of Upper Norwood, who was called in to attend him,forbade his venturing to the Tabernacle. He was, indeed,closely confined to the house for nearly three weeks; butat the end of that time, on Lords-day inorning^ Jtme 7M,he preached from i Samuel xxx. 21-25, the sermon after-wards published under the title of The Statute of Davidfor the Sharing of the Spoil (No. 2,208). This will everbe a most memorable discourse, for it was practically thePastors fareivell to the Tabernacle. He was never inside thebuilding again, until all that remained of him was broughtfrom Menton, in the olive-wood casket, amid universalmourning. to the Palm-Branch, IS. C. H. SPURGEON AND J. C HOUCHIN, 16 From the Pulpit On Monday mornings June 2>th, Mr. Spurgeon went intowhat he called, in his preface to Memories of Stambourne^ my grandfathers country. One object he had in goingwas that he might obtain photographs to illustrate thatlittle work. In that he succeeded. We have reproduced, onpage 15, one of the views taken by Mr. Nash, representingC. H. Spurgeon and J. C Houchin, the present pastor atStambourne, as they appeared on June loth, 1891. In the preface already mentioned, Mr. Spurgeon wrote :— On the Thursday of the week, an overpowering headachecame on, and I had to hurry home on Friday^ to go up tothat chamber wherein, for three months, I suffered beyondmeasure^ and was often between the jaws of death. From that time Dr. Miller was again in constant attend-ance; and on June 24M, Dr. Joseph Kidd was called in forconsultation. For a time, all that medical skill, patientwatching, and careful nursing
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