Yours, till Heaven
The Untold Love Story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon
Behind the great man was a great wife, and between them a profound marriage.
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Charles Spurgeon is esteemed for his writing, preaching, and passion for the Lord. But behind the great man was a great wife—and between the man and wife was a profound marriage.
Yours, till Heaven invites you into the untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon to discover how the bond between this renowned couple helped fuel their lifelong service to the Lord. Discover how Charles and Susie traversed the challenges of loneliness, physical affliction, popularity, controversy, and other trials together with a heavenly vision.
With historical precision and narrative craft, Spurgeon scholar Ray Rhodes Jr. captures the inner life of this Victorian romance that not only served the Spurgeons in their day, but can also continue to empower and encourage couples today.
Endorsements
A book that shows us what such a marriage looks like in the midst of all the joys, frustrations, and disappointments that life brings. Husbands and wives will do well to read this book and emulate the loving marriage of Charles and Susie Spurgeon.
I am truly very thankful for the deep love that my great-great grandparents shared for God and for each other, and I have learned valuable lessons from reading about their lives together.
This book is at times devotional, a manual, an encouragement, and a biography, but always a beautiful love story that we will never forget and that, we pray, shapes our own.
Though many have heard the first story, we are in Ray Rhodes's debt for the second: the true tale of Charles and Susie Spurgeon, told realistically, grippingly, movingly, and powerfully.
Ray's careful research and thoughtful retelling of their unlikely relationship create a marital treasure that inspires and challenges us at the same time.
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Ray teaches on the life of Charles Spurgeon for church staffs, conferences and Sunday school classes. Invitations go through Nourished in the Word.
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