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 PrintableVersion Susannah Spurgeon: free grace and dying loveSusannah & CHSSUSANNAH SPURGEON: FREE GRACE AND DYING LOVE Everyone who appreciates Spurgeon will be delighted to read about his wife and their courtship, marriage and ministry together. There are valuable insights into the outworking of this great man's influence through the serving heart of Susannah. It is a tender love story. They first met when Charles was 19, a young preacher clearly up from the country. She was not very impressed! His approach to courting her was typical — he showed concern for her spiritual growth first and later asked her to read part of a poem, ‘If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on earth, therefore think of her and pray for her.’ He then asked her in a whisper if she was praying ‘for him who is to be your husband’ Soon they were married. She realised he was no ordinary man and vowed never to hinder him by self-centredness. In their various homes the best room became his study and they lived simply, to be good examples to the young men who would be trained in their home. She set up a book fund, which was to supply the needs of many poor preachers over many years, and, despite ill health, she worked tirelessly. Her book of 24 daily readings shows her heart towards God, both in meditations in the Scriptures and turning them into prayer. For instance, in commenting on Psalm 71.8, ‘Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and thy honour all the day.’ She prays: ‘How often then must we have disappointed and dishonoured you .... stir my spirit to the constant melody of wholehearted gratitude.’ Altogether this is a heart-warming, challenging and inspiring book. Shirley Jebb, © Evangelicals Now - September 2006 |
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