Lectures to My Students – C.H. Spurgeon – 1875–1894 | 4-Volumes w/ Commentary
Four-volume set of Spurgeon’s pastoral lectures published between 1875 and 1894 in London. Includes three series plus Commenting & Commentaries issued by Passmore & Alabaster.
Lectures to My Students by Charles H. Spurgeon compiles four separate volumes issued in London between 1875 and 1894. These works include three series of lectures and one standalone volume titled Commenting & Commentaries, all drawn from addresses Spurgeon gave at the Pastors’ College of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Each book focuses on homiletics, ministerial habits, scriptural exposition, or sermon delivery, forming a practical set of tools for theological students and pastors.
The lectures were informal, anecdotal, and often humorous, aimed at engaging and inspiring students after a week of intense study. Throughout, Spurgeon shares his personal experiences and insights to guide and encourage aspiring pastors in their spiritual journey. The goal for publishing these series of lectures was to help readers become more effective expositional preachers, emphasizing practical and natural approaches to communication in ministry, free from conventionalism and pretense yet rooted in the teachings of the Bible.
Bibliographic Details
- Title: Lectures to My Students (First, Second, and Third Series); Commenting & Commentaries
- Author(s): Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Publisher: London: Passmore & Alabaster
- Edition: First Series (15th Thousand, 1877); Second Series (1875); Third Series (1894); Commenting & Commentaries (1893)
- Format: Octavo (8vo), four volumes
- Binding: Original publisher’s cloth
- Size: 8.5 in x 5.5 in (21.5 cm x 14 cm)
- Collation:
- Vol I: vi, [2], 200 pp, [4]
- Vol II: vi, [2], 192, [4]
- Vol III: vi, [2], 200 pp, 12
- “Commenting”: vi, [2], 200
- Provenance: Vol. II signed by Mrs. Spurgeon, inscribed to J. Gordon Addenbrooke, 1879, Christ’s College Cambridge. Stamp of E. Sibley, signature of Alfred G. Page in Vol. I.
- Contents Include:
- Preaching and Sermon Delivery
- Ministerial Character and Routine
- Illustrative Techniques
- Commentary Traditions and Critique
Condition:
Good. Cloth bindings secure, moderate rubbing to boards and spine ends. Text blocks clean and complete, with consistent age-toning. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers. P. 3 in Vol. IV damaged with loss of text.
Why Collect This?
- Spurgeon’s complete lectures
- Includes hard-to-find Commenting & Commentaries
- Useful to students of theology and church history
Item Number: #28870
Category
Religion
Authors
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Good