{"author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon","total_quotes":347,"quotes":[{"text":"The Holy Ghost is no temporary gift, He abides with the saints. We have but to seek Him aright, and He will be found of us. He is jealous, but He is pitiful; if He leaves in anger, He returns in mercy. Condescending and tender, He does not weary of us, but awaits to be gracious still.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["christ-likeness","discipleship","perseverance","sovereignty-of-god"],"id":1023,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"The author says the pastor who does not pray is a 'mere official' who gets into his office by the necessity of the bread it provides.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["calling","intercession"],"id":1842,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Cast the burden of the present along with the sin of the past and the fear of the future upon the Lord.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["anxiety","depression","emotion"],"id":2309,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"All providences are doors to trial. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["blessings"],"id":2826,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: He has won our love, and He shall wear it.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["contentment","fruits-of-the-spirit","testimony"],"id":3286,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Our gifts are very pleasant to Him. He loves to see us lay our time, our talents, our substance on the altar not for the value of what we give, but for the sake of the motive from which the gift springs.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["generosity","glory-of-god","offerings","sacrifice"],"id":6312,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Would to God we were all Christians who profess to be Christians, and that we lived up to what we profess. Then would the Christian shine forth “clear as the sun, fair as the moon,” and what besides—why, “amazing as an army withbanners”! A consistent Church is an amazing Church—an honest, upright Church would shake the world! The tramp ofgodly men is the tramp of heroes; these are the thundering legions that sweep everything before them. The men that arewhat they profess to be, hate the semblance of a lie—whatever shape it wears—and would sooner die than do that which is dishonest, or that which would be degrading to the glory of a Heaven-born race, and to the honor of Him by whose name they have been called! O Christians! You will be the world’s contempt; you will be their despising, and hissing unless you live for one objective!","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["integrity","loyalty"],"id":7318,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove's transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["discipleship","graciousness","humility"],"id":8378,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["devotional","discipleship","idolatry","intimacy-with-god","materialism","worship"],"id":9366,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God's warriors than standing still.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["patience","waiting"],"id":15889,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":347,"pages":35,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}