Spurgeon on Fresh Air in Churches

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 10, 1878

Spurgeon on Fresh Air in Churches

At the recent laying of the corner-stone of a chapel in London, Mr. Spurgeon recounted his effectual way of securing pure air in a church where the windows were so rarely opened that it was found difficult to raise them.

"It was so close and hot," he said, "that I asked every gentleman near a window to smash a pane or two. There was soon a very grand smash, but then the beautiful fresh air streamed in. I paid the bill afterwards like an honest man; but it was much better to do that than bear the cruelty of preaching in such an atmosphere, or forcing people to listen when they were more disposed to sleep."