Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher.
Portrait of Spurgeon by Alexander Melville (1885)
Image: C. H. Spurgeon's signature
Spurgeon at age 23.
Staffordshire figurine, c. 1860
The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. The Tabernacle Fellowship have been worshipping together since 1650. Its first pastor was William Rider; other notable pastors and preachers include Benjamin Keach, John Gill, John Rippon and C. H. Spurgeon. The Tabernacle still worships and holds to its Biblical foundations and principles under its present pastor, Peter Masters.
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1890
Interior of the original Metropolitan Tabernacle