![Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon by [Rhodes Jr., Ray]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512AUQuPoSL.jpg)
Here is the book summary:
The definitive biography of Susannah Spurgeon.
While many Christians recognize the name of Charles H. Spurgeon,
the beloved preacher and writer, few are
familiar with the life and legacy of his wife, Susie. Yet Susannah
Spurgeon was an accomplished and devout woman of God who had a tremendous
ministry in her own right, as well as in support of her husband. Even while
dealing with serious health issues, she administered a book fund for poor
pastors, edited and published her husband’s sermons and other writings, led a
pastor’s aid ministry, wrote five books, made her home a hub of hospitality,
and was instrumental in planting a church. And as her own writing attests, she
was also a warm, charming, and fascinating woman.
Now, for the first time, Susie brings this
vibrant woman’s story to modern readers. Ray Rhodes Jr. examines Susannah’s
life, showing that she was not only the wife of London’s most famous preacher, but also a woman who gave all she had
in grateful service to the Lord.
Susie is an inspiring and encouraging
account of a truly remarkable woman of faith that will delight Spurgeon
devotees and fans of Christian biographies alike.
“I
am writing in my husband’s study, where he thought,
and prayed, and wrote. Every inch of the place is sacred ground. Everything
remains precisely as he left it. His books (now my most precious possessions), stand in shining rows upon the shelves, in
exactly the order in which he placed them, and one might almost fancy the room
was ready and waiting for its master. But oh! That empty chair! That great
portrait over the door! The strange, solemn silence, which pervades the place
now that he is no longer on earth! I kneel sometimes by his chair, and laying
my head on the cushioned arms, which so long supported his dear form, I pour
out my grief before the Lord, and tell
Him again that though I am left alone, yet I know that ‘He hath done all things
well’…”
And now, my review:
Reading the works of Spurgeon has always been
a blessing to many believers throughout the years including myself. This book is on the life of the wife of
Charles H. and it brings to life all the things going on throughout their lives
together. The happy moments, the family
dynamic changes, and the hard times and how they navigated through it all by
holding on to God. That makes it a book
that encourages the reader to know God and hang on to Him in all the types of
“water” that life brings. Whether they
are ideal calm “water” moments or crazy tumultuous crashing seas it inspires
others through the telling of their life and walk
with the Savior through it all.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for
my honest review.
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