My Sermon-Notes – Charles H. Spurgeon – 1884 | Complete 4 Volumes, Original Cloth

My Sermon-Notes by Charles H. Spurgeon, published by Passmore and Alabaster between 1884 and 1887 in London, presents selected outlines from his sermons delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. These volumes contain brief structured summaries of Spurgeon’s preaching, organized by biblical text. These notes were widely used by other ministers during Spurgeon’s lifetime and were valued for their clarity and focus. The original cloth bindings include gilt-stamped titles on the front covers.

Spurgeon wrote and published these ‘sermon-notes’ for other preachers to help them with their sermons. According to the preface in the first volume of this extensive work, Spurgeon states:

“I have prepared these frame-works, not to encourage [laziness], but to help a bewildered industry; and I hope that I have not written so much as to enable any man to preach without thought.”

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Sermon-Notes. A Selection from Outlines of Discourses Delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle
• Author(s): Charles H. Spurgeon
• Publisher: London: Passmore and Alabaster
• Edition: First edition, 1884–1887
• Format: Octavo (8vo), four-volumes
• Binding: Cloth boards, gilt titles to front covers
• Size:  8.75in x 5.75in (22 cm x 14.5 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol I: viii, 9–200, [4]
  • Vol II: viii, 201–392, 12, [8]
  • Vol III: viii, 9–200, 12, [8]
  • Vol IV: viii, 201-408, 12, [8]
• Contents Include:
  • Spurgeon’s notes from the entire Bible
• Provenance: Handwritten signature of Geo. Jones in Vol. III front endpaper

Condition:

Good. All bindings remain intact, with moderate wear along edges and corners; head of the spine on Vol. I missing, with some splitting of the cloth at the joints. Gilt titles are legible. Volume IV has handwritten volume number on front board. Interiors are complete with mild age toning and foxing, though with no loss of text. Text block is shaken, though no pages are disconnected.

Why Collect This?

• First edition of Spurgeon’s sermon outlines
• Representative of Baptist preaching in Victorian London
• Practical use among preachers during Spurgeon’s era and today

Item Number: # 28891