Charles Spurgeon Would Quotations

We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.

If He had not known with certainty that He would be Master over sin and that out of evil would evolve the noblest display of His own glory, He would not have permitted it to enter the world.

If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified.

I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.

Surely if men's hearts were right, short sermons would be enough.

If we do wrong and no harm comes of it, we are not thereby justified. If we did evil and good came of it, the evil would be just as evil. It is not the result of the action, but the action itself which God weighs.

If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good.

If there were no hell, the loss of heaven would be hell.

As well might a gnat seek to drink in the ocean, as a finite creature to comprehend the Eternal God. A God whom we could understand would be no God. If we could grasp Him, He could not be infinite. If we could understand Him, He could not be divine.