Spurgeon
On June 19th, 1834 Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born. He was born in Kelvedon, Essex. His father was twenty-four years old. He was a clerk in a coal yard and also a minister. His name was John Spurgeon. His mother was nineteen when he was born and her name was Eliza Jarvis. She gave birth to nineteen children but only eight survived, two boys and six girls. Due to what was probably bad housing Charles was sent to live with his grandparents, Reverend and Mrs. Spurgeon and his aunt Ann. He was only a baby at the time. His grandfather most likely had an influence on his path in life. He ministered for years and Charles would go each Sunday to listen to him preach the Gospel.
In 1841 Charles went back home to live with his parents. On Sunday evenings instead of going to service his mother would sit the children around the table and each one would take turns reading from the Bible. After each passage their mother would explain what it meant. Afterwards they would all pray together. This was then followed by her reading them to sleep from either Alarm to the Unconverted or Call
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