C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Burckhardt states, that although the Arabs are strict predestinarians, yet when the plague visited Medina, many of the townsmen fled to the desert, alleging as an excuse that although the distemper was a messenger from heaven sent to call them to a better world, yet being conscious of their own unworthiness, and that they did not merit this special mark of grace, they thought it more advisable to decline it for the present, and make their escape from the town. If it really came to the point with those of us who talk of longing for death as a great deliverance, should we not cling to life? It is a question perhaps more easily asked than answered. FA55 All we can lose is the frail tent of this poor body. By no possibility can we lose more. When a man knows the limit of his risk it greatly tends to calm his mind. 1719.262 “What!” cries one, “is there not a terrible amount of pain connected with death?” I answer—No. It is life that has the pain; death is the finis of all pain. You blame death for a disease of which he is the cure. 2039.467 We feel a thousand deaths in fearing one. 2264.330 Are you afraid of dying? Oh! never be afraid of that; be afraid of living. Living is the only thing which can do any mischief; dying never can hurt a Christian. 2625.275 Do not be afraid to die, beloved, but rather look at death as an experience to be desired. I have not the slightest wish to escape it. 2723.189 If you dwell near to God, you will not be afraid of dying; you will rather dread to remain here than to be taken away. 2795.430 It is a very natural thing that man should fear to die, for man was not originally created to die. 3125.1 I may say to myself, “Do I feel now that I could die calmly or even triumphantly?” I may put the question if I like, but it is hardly a fair one, for I am not yet called to die; yet my experience and observation of others lead me to believe that very remarkable grace is often given to believers in their last hours. 3125.7 It is well that there should be such a thing as the fear of death in the world; but for it, sinners would be more outrageously wicked than they are already. 3286.38