Charles Haddon Spurgeon was England's
best-known preacher for most of the second half of the
nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his
conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of
London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored
by the famous Baptist theologian John Gill).
The congregation quickly outgrew
their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey
Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached
to audiences numbering more than 10,000 - all in the
days before electronic amplification.
In 1861 the congregation moved
permanently to the new Metropolitan Tabernacle.
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