Spurgeon

Let me make this plain kids- God is the greatest
 He never changes- His ways are blameless
 For His own glory and at different stages
 He raises up servants to make His name famous
 I'll highlight one particular servant for
 The purpose of encouraging your worship to the Lord
 Furthermore, Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born
 On the outskirts of London- 1834
 His dad and his grandpa were both in the ministry
 His mother was praying for his soul since his infancy
 Naturally intelligent, rapidly developing
 But lacking Jesus' fellowship, that would be irrelevant
 The God of his mother unknown
 Though Christ was up in his home, the faith just wasn't his own
 The Lord answered prayer when at the age of 10
 Young Charles became convinced of the wages of sin
 For the next five years, the Spirit brought conviction
 Terrors and affliction, aware of his condition
 One Sunday morning though- the stormiest snow
 Kept Charles from going in the church he'd normally go
 Randomly stepped into a church
 Heard the words "Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth"
 And though only heaven knows the name of the preacher
 That's the day that Spurgeon became a believer
 The Lord is so merciful, always so purposeful
 Those whom He draws find His call irreversible
 Immediately after Spurgeon's conversion
 Obediently, he was earnest to serve Him
 The Lord poured His Spirit on Spurgeon abundantly
 Anyone could see that he spoke with profundity
 Extraordinary giftedness seen
 Proclaiming God's mysteries at the age of fifteen
 In a place called Waterbeach graced with the sort of speech
 That even made the old folks say, "This boy can preach!"
 In fact he was so crafted after the Master
 A Baptist church snatched him and asked him to pastor
 At the time, He was seventeen years old
 On fire for the King who redeemed his soul
 People flocked from everywhere- it was quite a scene
 Called to a church in London at the age of nineteen
 He was more than ready- to his Lord he was dedicated
 Even though he was never formally educated
 If you would have scratched him, he would bleed Bible
 A rich prayer life was his means of survival
 Amount that he read was truly mind-blowing
 Steeped in the writings of dudes like John Owen
 And by God's grace He fed the sheep new manna
 In London met his wife, her name was Susannah
 Behold the grace of God- stand to the side
 The Spirit exalting the Lamb who has died
 It can't be denied- this man we describe
 Was simply a tool in the hand of his God
 To observe this servant's extremely instructive
 One word about Spurgeon is he was productive
 Preached Jesus- no speakers- loudly he'd shout it
 Each week packed houses of crowds in the thousands
 His sermons were published- sixty-two volumes
 He worked almost like he just knew he would die soon
 Made mad disciples, passed on his knowledge
 Established a school to train pastors in college
 Sold out to the Lord Jehovah, his portion
 Also he built two homes for the orphans
 A monthly magazine, plus he wasn't too busy
 To write books- about a hundred and fifty
 God's grace in Spurgeon was manifest
 But remember, the best man is a man at best
 Yes, he struggled with depression- consistently sick, kid
 Both he and Susannah physically afflicted
 He experienced as a servant of Jesus
 The power of God made perfect in weakness
 Later on comes complications
 His stands for orthodoxy got him shunned by his denomination
 But through all the hardship and all the controversy
 He never stopped relying on the sovereign God of mercy
 And when he had finished pressing towards the goal
 He entered into heaven at the age of fifty-seven
 His life is a case of God's grace effectively
 At work in sinners to leave a great legacy
 The proof is many years later in your speakers
 We're praising Jesus for raising up the "prince of preachers"