By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

His weekly sermons which sold for a penny each were widely circulated and still remain one of the all-time best selling series of writings publiCharles Spurgeond in history. The collection was purchased by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary [5]in Kansas City Missouri in 2006 for $400000 and is currently undergoing restoration. Spurgeon found friends in London among his fellow pastors such as William Garrett Lewis of Westbourne Grove Church an older man who along with Spurgeon went on to found the London Baptist Association.

Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. ) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers".