Charles Spurgeon Ministry Quotations

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.

An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

I always say to young fellows who consult me about the ministry, "Don't be a minister if you can help it," because if the man can help it, God never called him. But if he cannot help it, and he must preach or die, then he is the man.

Don't just throw the seed at the people! Grind it into flour, bake it into bread, and slice it for them. And it wouldn't hurt to put a little honey on it

All the hope of our ministry lies in the Spirit of God operating on the spirits of men.

Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved.