To The Numerous Hearers and to The Innumerable Readers of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's Sermons, This unpretentious little Volume Is Respectfully Dedicated By The Publishers. --- the stems grow up every week: the shocks appear once a month: the sheaves are bound together once a year: And it is thought that these samples, gleaned from the Sermons, will be welcome to many, but chiefly to those who are most familiar with the ample fields from which they are gathered.