Clapham Calling

Micah J. was 1 year old at the end of March

 

 

Revival service 1939

S M Lockridge’s famous message "My King"

You hum the tune and I will play it.

 

Micah and Grandma. Easter.

Some of my favourite Spurgeon quotes

"There are no crown-wearers in heaven that were not cross-bearers here below."

"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." 

Back from the Banner.

Last week I was at the Banner Conference at Leicester. It was a lot of fun to be there with my Dad and father in law.

For me the stand out speakers were Joel Beeke and Stuart Olyott. Olyott was just what I needed, simple,homourous and very practical.

It was great to catch up on Pastor friends from all over the UK and catch up on sleep.

This quote from Beeke preaching on Matthew 27:46  "About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?— which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" sums up the conference for me "God gave the best that he had (Christ) for the worst he could find." There is also a good overview here.

Spurgeon at West Norwood Cemetery

A couple of months back I took a funeral at West Norwood Cemetery. The Chapel is right on top of a hill and in front of it is the grave of Charles Spurgeon. If you are a Baptist it is likely that he is a hero of yours. What I really like about him is what he was like as a person. Despite his phenomenal gifts and skills he still had time for the ordinary people. When you read about him he seems to have such warmth about him and a fantastic sense of humour.

He lived here in Clapham for a time and his wife Susannah said about their time here that it was amongst their happiest. Clapham then was considered in the countryside and it was an escape from the demands of his hectic ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in Elephant and Castle.

His orphanages where very near to our church. You can see pictures of what they used to look like on Lambeth council's website

Every time I have been up at the chapel I have been the only one around (until it is time for the funeral to start) and a number of times I have thought, as I looked at his grave, how would he of handled this?

Here are some photos I took.

 

Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland

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