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Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s FIRST WORDS at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, March 25, 1861, From the Sermon "The First Sermon in the Tabernacle":
I WOULD  PROPOSE  THAT  THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE  MINISTRY  IN  THIS  HOUSE,  AS  LONG  AS  THIS  PLATFORM  SHALL  STAND,  AND  AS  LONG  AS  THIS  HOUSE  SHALL  BE  FREQUENTED  BY  WORSHIPPERS,  SHALL  BE  THE  PERSON  OF  JESUS  CHRIST. I AM  NEVER  ASHAMED  TO  AVOW  MYSELF  A   CALVINIST;  I  DO  NOT  HESITATE  TO  TAKE  THE  NAME  OF   BAPTIST;  BUT  IF  I  AM  ASKED  WHAT  IS  MY  CREED,  I  REPLY  —  "IT  IS  JESUS  CHRIST."

MY VENERATED  PREDECESSOR,  DR.  GILL,  HAS  LEFT  A  BODY  OF  DIVINITY,  ADMIRABLE  AND  EXCELLENT  IN  ITS  WAY;  BUT  THE  BODY  OF  DIVINITY  TO  WHICH  I  WOULD  PIN  &  BIND  MYSELF  FOR  EVER,  GOD  HELPING  ME,  IS  NOT  HIS  SYSTEM,  OR  ANY  OTHER  HUMAN  TREATISE;  BUT  JESUS  CHRIST,  WHO  IS  THE  SUM  &  SUBSTANCE  OF  THE  GOSPEL,  WHO  IS  IN  HIMSELF  ALL  THEOLOGY,  THE  INCARNATION  OF  EVERY  PRECIOUS  TRUTH,  THE  ALL-GLORIOUS  PERSONAL  EMBODIMENT  OF  THE  WAY,  THE  TRUTH,  &  THE  LIFE.

Spurgeon’s LAST WORDS at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, June 7, 1891, From the Sermon "The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil":
IF YOU  WEAR  THE  LIVERY  OF  CHRIST,  YOU  WILL  FIND  HIM  SO  MEEK  AND  LOWLY  OF  HEART  THAT  YOU  WILL  FIND  REST  UNTO  YOUR  SOULS. HE IS  THE  MOST  MAGNANIMOUS  OF  CAPTAINS. THERE NEVER  WAS  HIS  LIKE  THE  CHOICEST  OF  PRINCES. HE IS  ALWAYS  TO  BE  FOUND  IN  THE  THICKEST  PART  OF  THE  BATTLE. WHEN THE  WIND  BLOWS  COLD  HE  ALWAYS  TAKES  THE  BLEAK  SIDE  OF  THE  HILL. THE HEAVIEST  END  OF  THE  CROSS  LIES  EVER  ON  HIS  SHOULDERS. IF HE  BIDS  US  CARRY  A  BURDEN,  HE  CARRIES  IT  ALSO.

IF THERE  IS  ANYTHING  THAT  IS  GRACIOUS,  GENEROUS,  KIND,  AND  TENDER,  YEA  LAVISH  AND  SUPERABUNDANT  IN  LOVE,  YOU  ALWAYS  FIND  IT  IN  HIM. HIS SERVICE  IS  LIFE,  PEACE,  AND  JOY. OH, THAT  YOU  WOULD  ENTER  ON  IT  AT  ONCE!

GOD HELP  YOU  TO  ENLIST  UNDER  THE  BANNER  OF JESUS CHRIST!