In the book, The Life And Works of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the author, Dr. Henry D. Northrop tells personal stories from Mr. Spurgeon as he remembers them throughout this book. Some are funny and some will bring tears to your eyes. This is a funny one.
Dr. Northrop recalls this story from an older Spurgeon with a walking stick, looking back when he first began to pastor at New Park Street.
"It is sometimes rather difficult to get along with deacons. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you; resist a deacon and he will fly at you.
When I first began to preach at New Park Street, the immense crowds made the heat so oppressive that I could scarcely preach. Many women were carried out fainting.
I asked that the windows be opened. The deacons, in the exercise of their high authority, objected. Next Sunday evening I ordered a man to open them before the commencement of service. They were ordered to be closed again. The following Sunday morning many of those windows were found mysteriously broken with wondrous regularity all around the building.
Great was the indignation and searching the investigation into this act of vandalism. It was never found out, though possibly suspected, as I made no great secret of my visit to the building, but this old stick was responsible for it. Possibly thinking that the same thing might occur again, the windows were left in future under my control."
Dr. Northrop recalls this story from an older Spurgeon with a walking stick, looking back when he first began to pastor at New Park Street.
"It is sometimes rather difficult to get along with deacons. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you; resist a deacon and he will fly at you.
When I first began to preach at New Park Street, the immense crowds made the heat so oppressive that I could scarcely preach. Many women were carried out fainting.
I asked that the windows be opened. The deacons, in the exercise of their high authority, objected. Next Sunday evening I ordered a man to open them before the commencement of service. They were ordered to be closed again. The following Sunday morning many of those windows were found mysteriously broken with wondrous regularity all around the building.
Great was the indignation and searching the investigation into this act of vandalism. It was never found out, though possibly suspected, as I made no great secret of my visit to the building, but this old stick was responsible for it. Possibly thinking that the same thing might occur again, the windows were left in future under my control."
