“I have often thought that one great secret of the marvelous honor which God has put on a man who is not in our denomination (I allude to Mr. Charles Spurgeon) is the extraordinary boldness and confidence with which he stands up in the pulpit to speak to people about their sins and their souls. It cannot be said he does it from fear of any, or to please any.
“He seems to give every class of hearers its portion — to the rich and the poor, the high and the low, the king and the peasant, the learned and the illiterate. He gives to everyone the plain message, according to God’s Word. I believe that very boldness has much to do with the success which God is pleased to give to his ministry. Let us not be ashamed to learn a lesson from him in this respect. Let us go and do likewise.”
~ J.C. Ryle
Tract: Not Corrupting the Word
