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==Early Life==
==Early Life==
He was born in 1834 in Kelvedon, [[Essex]] of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] parents. Spurgeon was converted in a [[Methodist]] chapel, but became a member of a [[Baptist]] church in 1850. An eloquent speaker and a hard worker, he grew into a young preacher. His first sermon was at the age of sixteen, and he pastored a church in Waterbeach, [[Cambridgeshire]] by the age of only twenty.
He was born in 1834 in Kelvedon, [[Essex]] of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] parents. Spurgeon was converted in a [[Methodist]] chapel, but became a member of a [[Baptist]] church in 1850. An eloquent speaker and a hard worker, he grew into a young preacher. His first sermon was at the age of sixteen, and he pastored a church in Waterbeach, [[Cambridgeshire]] by the age of only twenty.
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==Pastor==
==Pastor==
The Spirit of God worked strongly through him; his congregation grew till the building could no longer accommodate them all. His oratorical gifts no doubt helped, but it was the truth of the [[Gospel]] that gave his words real power. The church had gone from empty to packed within months. People of every class and type gathered to hear him speak.
The Spirit of God worked strongly through him; his congregation grew till the building could no longer accommodate them all. His oratorical gifts no doubt helped, but it was the truth of the [[Gospel]] that gave his words real power. The church had gone from empty to packed within months. People of every class and type gathered to hear him speak.