1865 C. H. SPURGEON. The Sword and the Trowel. First Edition of First Year Ever Issued. Premillennialism Second page indicates this was

Second page indicates this was gifted to Middleburg College later [minor markings]

An important call to national corporate prayer for revival

The Suffering Saviour Meditations on the Last days of Christ

The walls of your long patience: I hope no worse

1865 C. H. SPURGEON. The Sword and the Trowel. First Edition of First Year Ever Issued. Premillennialism Second page indicates this wasReasonably well preserved first edition of the very first year of Spurgeon's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. In addition to his weekly sermons, it provided a vehicle to engage controversies, i. e. Calvinism, Baptismal Regeneration, Sectarianism, The Downgrade Controversy, etc., to provide a platform for many of the excellent people he was surrounded by at the Pastor's College, at various conferences, etc., to promote an interest in Church