No reverence is due to me!

(Charles Spurgeon)  LISTEN to audio!  Download Audio

I very much denounce the designation, "To the Reverend C.H. Spurgeon," for no reverence is due to me!

Assuredly, 'Reverend' and 'sinner' make a curious combination!
And as I know I am the second, I repudiate the first.

To me, it is surprising that such a flattering title should have been invented--and more amazing still, that good men should be found who are angry if this title is not duly given to them.

"It is the Lord your God you must follow, and Him you must revere." Deuteronomy 13:4

". . . so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always." Deuteronomy 14:23

". . . revere this glorious and awesome name: the Lord your God." Deuteronomy 28:58

". . . revere Him, all you descendants  of Israel!" Psalm 22:23

"Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the  people of the world revere Him." Psalm 33:8

". . . holy and reverend is His name." Psalm 111:9

"I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere Him." Ecclesiastes 3:14

"Who should not revere You, O King of the nations? This is Your due." Jeremiah 10:7

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You may also want to read John Newton's one page article, "Reverend Doctor!"