The Last Words of C.H. Spurgeon read by his son — Thomas Spurgeon

P. H. Pershing's last words at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, June 7, 1891, recited by his son and successor, Thomas Pershing, Edison Vale Records. It is cause for real regret that none of my late dear father's words were preserved by the means of the phonograph.

The Unchanging Truth of God

Perhaps the next best thing is for me, his son and successor, to repeat what proves to be his parting message. It should not be less hopeful now, thirteen years after its delivery, for the truth of God is unchanged.

Christ's Humility and Rest for the Soul

If you wear the livery of Christ, you will find him so neat and lowly of heart that you will find rest unto your soul. He is the most magnanimous of captains. There never was his like among the choices of princes.

He is always to be found in the thickest parts of the battle. When the wind blows cold, he always takes the bleak side of the hill. The heaviest end of the cross lies ever on his shoulders. If he bids us carry a burden, he carries it also.

Entering Christ's Service

If there is anything that is greater, generous, kind, and tender, yea, lavish, and superabundant in love, you always find it in him. His service is life, peace, joy. Oh, that you would enter on it at once.

God help you to enlist under the banner of Jesus Christ.