When a lyceum head offered

StoryHistorical Account★★★★

Charles H. Spurgeon a contract for fifty
nights at a thousand dollars a night to
come

to America

and lecture, he an-

swered: “I can do better than that. I can stay in London and save fifty souls.”

The point

Charles Spurgeon declined a lucrative speaking contract in America, stating he could do better by staying in London to save souls.

Scripture

Matthew 16:26Mark 8:36James 5:201 Timothy 4:16

Audience

AdultsYouth

Tone

Convicting · Uplifting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 38 words

Subjects

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