“The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it.”

— Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, 1866, entry for June 20

About Charles Spurgeon

1834 – 1892

English Baptist preacher and compiler of "The Salt-Cellars".

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.”

“The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“One must learn to know oneself before knowing anything else.”

“To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language.”

“Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.”