Spurgeon Timeline

Volume/Year		Sermons	Spurgeonic Chronology From 1855-1917
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63	1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917	1-53 54-106 107-164 165-224 225-285 286-347 348-426 427-486 487-546 547-606 607-667 668-727 728-787 788-847 848-907 908-967 968-1027 1028-1088 1089-1149 1150-1209 1210-1270 1271-1330 1331-1390 1391-1450 1451-1510 1511-1574 1575-1636 1637-1697 1698-1756 1757-1815 1816-1876 1877-1937 1938-2000 2001-2061 2062-2120 2121-2181 2182-2236 2237-2288 2289-2341 2342-2393 2394-2445 2446-2497 2498-2549 2550-2602 2603-2655 2656-2707 2708-2759 2760-2811 2812-2863 2864-2915 2916-2967 2968-3019 3020-3072 3073-3124 3125-3177 3178-3230 3231-3282 3283-3334 3335-3386 3387-3439 3440-3492 3493-3544 3545-3561	First sermon published January 10 Marries Susannah Thompson on January 8 Preaches to 23,654 at Crystal Palace on October 7 231 members added to New Park Street Chapel First Tabernacle foundation stone laid August 16 Visits Geneva, preaches in John Calvin’s pulpit Metropolitan Tabernacle opens on March 18 Preaches to open air crowd of 10,000 Tabernacle membership reaches 2,500 Controversial sermon on baptismal regeneration Begins monthly publication of Sword and Trowel Beginning of the Colportage Association Founding of the Stockwell Orphanage Brother James Spurgeon becomes associate pastor First volume of The Treasury of David released Infirmary added to Stockwell Orphanage Chooses Mentone, France for frequent sabbaticals Largest number of members added to church (571) Refuses $25,000 for 25 lectures to be given in USA College buildings open, baptizes twin sons D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey preach at Tabernacle Mrs. Spurgeon begins Book Fund to help preachers Tabernacle membership exceeds 5,000 25 years of ministry, preaches to 15,000 in open air Out of pulpit for five months due to illness The Spurgeons move to new home “Westwood” The Spurgeon’s 25th wedding anniversary Prime Minister Gladstone visits Tabernacle Spurgeon’s parents celebrate 50th anniversary Moody preaches for Spurgeon’s fiftieth birthday Finishes Treasury of David after 20 years of labor 25th year in Tabernacle, adds 418 members Spurgeon withdraws from the Baptist Union Mother dies, brother sides with the Baptist Union Preaches against Baptist Union, health declines Thirty-five years consecutive publishing of sermons Last sermon preached at the Tabernacle on June 7 C.H. Spurgeon enters Heaven on January 31 Son Thomas agrees to pulpit supply at Tabernacle Thomas Spurgeon assumes Tabernacle pastorate Joseph Passmore, Spurgeon’s publisher, dies Thomas Spurgeon becomes third College president 2,500th sermon in print, 43 continuous years Metropolitan Tabernacle destroyed by fire Dwight L. Moody and brother James Spurgeon die Rebuilt identical Tabernacle opens debt free Queen Victoria dies Spurgeon’s father, John Spurgeon, dies on June 14 Wife Susannah Spurgeon dies on October 22 “Harvest Time,” first printed sermon appears here Spurgeon’s library sold to William Jewell College 3,000th consecutive sermon issued August 9 Son Tom’s health declines, A. G. Brown installed Thomas Spurgeon resigns from Tabernacle “Spurgeon Literature Distribution Fund” begun Archibald G. Brown completes 3 years of ministry American A.C. Dixon assumes pastorate Sinking of Britain’s pride The Titanic on April 14 Peace treaty signed in London ends Balkan war Britain enters World War One Completion of publication of The Fundamentals 3,500th sermon in print, 61 continuous years Thomas Spurgeon dies, sermons cease due to war
All numerical information above is based upon the Passmore and Alabaster (Spurgeon’s lifelong printer) original volumes of sermons, as reprinted by Pilgrim Publications. Volumes One through Six comprise sermons preached at Spurgeon’s second church, New Park Street Chapel. These first six volumes were bound in three double volumes by Pilgrim Publications. Volumes Seven through Sixty-Three contain sermons primarily delivered at Spurgeon’s third church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Volumes Sixty-Two and Sixty-Three were bound in one volume. There are, however, some sermons in the Metropolitan Tabernacle volumes that were originally delivered at Park Street. The sermons were not always printed in the same order as they were chronologically delivered.