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Spurgeon’s Agony in Prayer

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 39.

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Spurgeon’s Agony in Prayer

WHEN Mr. Spurgeon was asked to open Mr. Moody’s first London meetings with a discourse, he was exceedingly reluctant, and said, "What shall poor Spurgeon do before ten thousand people?" And he fell upon his knees in prayer, the perspiration running down his face in the intensity of his emotion. Moody said he never saw a man in such agony of petition. When he arose, he was ready to preach, and the sermon that followed was a remarkable one.—Sel.