The Desolations Of the Lord, the Consolation Of His Saints

Speaking to a missionary society that had recently lost workers to violence, Charles Spurgeon offers comfort by pointing to history — showing how false religions, cruel empires, and godless philosophies have all crumbled over time — and arguing that God is always at work through even the darkest events to advance the spread of the gospel. He then turns to prophecy, declaring that just as God has torn down so many enemies of truth in the past, he will one day bring all war to a complete end and establish Christ's kingdom across the entire earth. Spurgeon closes with a frank challenge to his own Baptist community, saying that lack of unity, stinginess with money, lukewarm prayer, and a weak spiritual life at home are the real reasons missions are not succeeding, and urging every believer to treat every single day as a mission day by speaking, giving, and praying for the cause of Christ.Sermon delivered on April 28, 1858.