C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Churlish souls stint their contributions to the ministry and missionary operations, and call such saving good economy; little do they dream that they are thus impoverishing themselves. ME600 If we are grateful to God, we shall feel that the first thing to do is to give of our substance an offering of thanksgiving to the Most High. But this does not strike some people, whose religion is so spiritual that they cannot endure to hear of money, and they faint at the sound of a collection. 1763.70 He gives as if he was parting with his blood. His fingers tremble and linger long over the shilling, which has to be extracted as forcibly as if it were a tooth. One wonders that the Queen’s image is left upon it when it has been held with such pressure. 2087.293 I know a man; I hope he is a Christian, it is not for me to judge; but I wish that the Lord would convert his pocket. It needs a button taken off, for it is very difficult to get it open. 2315.317 I have heard of a man, who, as he went by the plate one collection Sunday, said, when he was asked what he gave, “What I give is nothing to anybody.” Somebody said he thought that was exactly what he did give. 3073.7