Excerpt from Spurgeon: Episodes and Anecdotes of His Busy Life; With Personal Reminiscences This volume is designed to present to American readers a general impression of the many-sided character and the varied work of the great Preacher whom Mr. Gladstone not inaptly described as the last of the Puritans. The compiler of these pages was for years a near neighbor to Mr. Spurgeon; he has preached in his Tabernacle; lectured to the Students of the Pastors' College; and talked to the Boys in the Orphanage at Stockwell. His opportu nities of studying Mr. Spurgeon and his work were numerous and favorable; his many pleasant mem ories of the great Preacher afford him special ad vantages for the grateful task of telling America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.