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Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Baptist Churches
As one of the most revered Baptist preachers of his time, Charles
Haddon Spurgeon's eventful and prolific life and career offer
outstanding inspiration for all Christians to this day. In the
first volume of Spurgeon's autobiography, we witness his rise from
modest obscurity, embarking on a long road toward fame and
admiration as a representative of God on Earth. A lengthy, lively
and detailed biography is helped by the fact that Spurgeon was an
effusive and prolific talker and author of many documents: he would
recount incidents of his life on paper and in speeches regularly.
We find in this volume the famous instance in which the young
Spurgeon encountered his call from God. When Spurgeon was aged
fifteen, a violent snowstorm forced him from his route into a
Methodist church where he felt the Lord beckon him to service.
After this, he undertook parochial study with great fervor, and
quickly became a respected teacher in his local Sunday School,
gaining the nickname 'the boy-preacher of the Fens'.
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