Spurgeon, C.H. (Charles Haddon) (1834-1892)
Place of Birth: Born in Kelvedon, Essex, of Huguenot ancestry
Description: Baptist preacher; an evangelical, Baptist, Calvinist
Education: Educated both in Colchester, where he was converted (1850), and in Maidstone
Christian Work: First preached at age 16 in Teversham near Cambridge; gained fame as a “boy preacher”; preached at 16 different places in evenings after school; pastor of Baptist Church in Waterbeach (1851); at 20 pastor of New Park Street Church, Southwark, London (1854); later built Metropolitan Tabernacle (seated 6,000) to accommodate crowds (1861); founded Pastors' College (1856); established Stockwell orphanage – twelve houses, 500 children
Beliefs Concerning Baptism: Felt need of baptism by immersion after studying Scriptures and joined the Baptists (1857); rebuked evangelical party within Church of England on baptism (Baptismal Regeneration Controversy); withdrew from Baptist Union because of biblical criticism
Literary Study and Work: Read l7th-century Puritan writings; edited monthly church magazine, Sword and the Trowel
Place of Death: Mentone, France, where he went for health
Writings: Treasury of David; six volumes, Lectures to My Students; Commenting and Commentaries
Biography: Henry Davenport Northrup, Life and Works of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon
