May 3, 1850. Charles Spurgeon, world-renowned Baptist preacher and writer was baptized at the age of 16. Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians hold his writings in exceptionally high regard among devotional literature. ABHS has some of Spurgeon’s correspondence (1865-1890) involving personal matters and pastoral concerns. There are also many of Spurgeon’s writings in the Colgate Historical Collection.
