C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

It is idle to talk about looking for His coming if we never set our house in order, and never put ourselves in readiness for His reception. CI150 It ought to be a daily disappointment when our Lord does not come; instead of being, as I fear it is, a kind of foregone conclusion that He will not come just yet. CI151 The bright and hallowed doctrine of the second advent has been greatly revived in our churches in these latter days, and I look for the best results in consequence. There is always a danger lest it be perverted and turned by fanatical minds, by prophetic speculations, into an abuse; but the doctrine in itself is one of the most consoling, and, at the same time, one of the most practical, tending to keep the Christian awake, because the bridegroom cometh at such an hour as we think not. 504.213 Far better would it be for you to stand on the tiptoe of expectation, and to be rather disappointed to think that he does not come. 2302.160 I feel rebuked myself, sometimes, for not watching for my Master, when I know that, at this very time, my dogs are sitting against the door, waiting for me; and long before I reach home, there they will be, and at the first sound of the carriage-wheels, they will lift up their voices with delight because their master is coming home. Oh, if we loved our Lord as dogs love their masters, how we should catch the first sound of his Coming, and be waiting, always waiting, and never happy until at last we should see him! Pardon me for using a dog as a picture of what you ought to be; but when you have attained to a state above that, I will find another illustration to explain my meaning. 2302.163 The hour of his appearing is not revealed, in order that we may always stand a-tiptoe, expecting it to be to-day, or to-morrow, for he has said, “Behold I come quickly.” 3181.39