Mr Spurgeons Christmas Letter.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 6

Mr Spurgeons Christmas Letter.

At Mr Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle on Sunday the following letter, dated Mentone, December lflth, was read from Mr Spurgeon to his flock ‘ Beloved friends, I wish you a joyful Christmas and happy New Year. 1 am informed of all that is going on at home by the coming to me of Mr Allison. My own Lord continues his shepherd care of all the flock, and feeds you by the hands ot the beloved brethren who fill ray, place. To them who are newly converted. be lovingly attentive, and endeavour to lead them to know the Lora more fully. To the meeting for prayer I entreat you to pay special. heed, that there be no flagging in this the central channel of power. This is a season for thanksgiving. Let us be specially mindful of the needs of the Lord’s work and the necessities of the poor. Set aside also a portion for the Surrey Gardens memorial which is to be the work of the coming year—a token of gratitude to the Lord our God. lam well in all but the voice. The doctor says that I have the gout in my throat, and i have no doubt, it is so. It will soon bo gone. I rejoice that this loss of voice only comes when there is no need for me to speak aloud. I hope to return to you restored in body,refreshed in mind, and revived in spirit. Then, too; 1 trust the voice will again be the force needed for making all hear in our great sanctuary. Grace, mercy, and peace be with you all for evermore. Please pray for me always, for I always need it, and the Lord is always ready to bless. With the New Year may all enter upon an era of fuller consecration, greater holiness, and larger usefulness.’