Spurgeon: A New Biography

Spurgeon A New Biography by Arnold Dallimore is an abbreviated biography of the great London pastor Charles H. Spurgeon. There have been many biographies of Spurgeon published but most are multi-volumes.

I have never been much on biographies. To the best of my recollection I have only read two biographies, Kathryn Hepburn and Lee Iocca. But this is an exceptional one. Dallimore pulled some of the most interesting aspects of Spurgeon's life and works with and through the Metropolitan Tabernacle of London to focus on.

It is amazing that in the 18th century London church he was able to attract multiple thousands to his services. It is especially impressive considering the official church was and is the Church of England and he and his congregation were Baptist. Also, amazing was how much he was loved by people in America and how copies of his sermons were in hot demand in many countries of the world.

He established a Pastors' College, orphanages, ministries for men and women, ministries for the poor, evangelism programs and most of these were at his own expense paid for by the sale of his books and sermons.

Whether you enjoy biographies or not this one is worth reading. It isn't a suspenseful, thriller page turner but it is a book you will want to stick with and read to the very last page.