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Title: Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Spurgeon, C. H. (Charles Haddon)
Subjects: Spurgeon, Susannah, d. 1903 Harrald, Joseph
Publisher: Passmore and Alabaster
Contributing Library: William Carey University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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t and Bible depositories,and for other schemes which we hope the church will undertake. I have thus tried to explain the structure of the building to you ; I do notthink that anything else remains to be said about it, except I draw your attentionto the staircases by which you ascend to the galleries, each gallery having a distinct o:) C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. entrance and staircase, so that there is no tear ot any overcrowding. I will onlysav that a desion was never carried out with more fidelity by any builder thanthis has been. There have been improvements made as Nve have gone on, but theyalwavs have been improvements, to which, if they did not seem absolutely necessary,the builder has objected, lest he should have any extras ; and when we have com-pelled him to make them, he has done them as cheaply as possible. He is a man ofwhom I am proud that he is at once a member of the church, a member of theBuilding Committee, and the builder of th s house of God. Mr. Higgs, besides
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THE deacons room. being a most generous donor, gives us in solid brick and stone far more than he hasdone in cash. If I had ten thousand buildings to erect, I would never look toanybody else ; I would stick to my first love, for he has been faithful and true. I must pass on to another point, namely, the present positwi of this project.We have pushed beyond the era of objection to it. Now, those very wise friends(and they were very wise) who said the building ought not to be built, it would betoo big, cannot undo it; the only thing they can do is to help us through with it, forso much money has been spent already that we cannot propose to pull it down, C. H. SPURGEON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 359 however absurd the structure may be. Some of our brethren have asked, WhenMr. Spurgeon dies, who will take his place ?—as if God could not raise upservants when He would, or as if we ought to neglect our present duty, becauseof something which may happen in fifty years time. You say, perhaps, You giv

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