The Forgotten Spurgeon

SOME DATES CONCERNING SPURGEON

1834 19 June 1850 6 January 1851 October

Born at Kelvedon, Essex Converted at Colchester

Becomes pastor of Waterbeach Baptist Chapel, Cambridge Called to New Park Street Chapel, Southwark Publication of weekly sermon begins Baptist Confession of 1689 re-issued Metropolitan Tabernacle opened Sermon on ‘Baptismal Regeneration’ Publication of The Sword and the Trowel begins The first Moody-Sankey missions in Britain Commencement of Down-Grade controversy By 2,000 votes to 7 the Baptist Union accepts a modified declaration of faith – unacceptable to Spurgeon Resigns from Baptist Union

1854 April

1855 January

October

1861 18 March 1864 5 June 1865 January

1873–5

1887

28 October

1888 20 April

1891 7 June

Last sermon at Tabernacle

1892 31 January

Dies at Menton

1897–1900

The Autobiography published The Tabernacle burnt down

1898 20 April 1905 November

Spurgeon’s library (probably the best private collection of Puritan literature in Britain) sold to William Jewell College, Missouri * End of publication of weekly sermons

1917 May

* In 2006, Spurgeon’s library was acquired by Midwestern Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, where it now forms part of the Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching.

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