Born: June 19, 1834, Kel­ve­don, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 31, 1892, Mon­tone, France.

Buried: Nor­wood Cem­e­te­ry, Lon­don, Eng­land. Com­pos­er Jo­seph Barn­by lies near­by.

Spurgeon was one of the best known En­glish preach­ers of the 19th Cen­tury. His hymn work in­cludes:

Sources

Hymns

  1. Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands
  2. Forth to the Battle Rides Our King
  3. All My Soul Was Dry and Dead (Fountain of Praise; his last hymn)
  4. Guilty Sinner, Fly to Jesus
  5. Ho­ly Ghost Is Here, The
  6. Sweetly the Ho­ly Hymn