Remember this; or you may fall into error by fixing your minds so much upon the faith which is the channel of salvation as to forget the grace which is the fountain and source even of faith itself. [. . .] Grace is the first and last moving cause of salvation; and faith, essential as it is, is only an important part of the machinery which grace employs. [. . .] Never make a Christ out of your faith, nor think of as if it were the independent source of your salvation. Our life is found in “looking unto Jesus,” not in looking to our own faith. [. . .] The peace within the soul is not derived from the contemplation of our own faith; but it comes to us from Him who is our peace.

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".