by Ray Rhodes | Jun 10, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
June 10, 1854, was a day of fanfare in London with the re-opening of the Crystal Palace. The Palace, crafted from iron and glass, was the genius of the famed designer Sir Joseph Paxton and an architectural marvel. It had originally been built at London’s Hyde Park as...
by Ray Rhodes | Feb 14, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Fact and fiction are intertwined in the modern recounting of the story of St. Valentine and his surmised connection with romance. However, he is remembered each year on February 14th, a day considered to be a day of love. Valentine’s Day is celebrated with cards,...
by Ray Rhodes | Feb 14, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Charles Spurgeon was miles from home preaching in East Yorkshire, however, his heart was with Susie. He wrote her a love-poem. MARRIED LOVE–TO MY WIFEOver the space that parts us my wife,I’ll cast me a bridge of song,Our hearts shall meet, O joy of my...
by Ray Rhodes | Jan 31, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Mentone, France where Spurgeon died at the Hotel Beau Rivage. Spurgeon’s room faced the Mediterranean Sea and was at the base of the Maritime Alps. What are some of the reasons why Charles Haddon Spurgeon died on January 31, 1892, at age 57? Spurgeon believed...
by Ray Rhodes | Jan 1, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Charles Spurgeon was unaware, when he addressed a small group of Christians on December 31, 1891, and again on January 1, 1892, that he was four weeks away from death. For Spurgeon, ignorance concerning specific future events was a blessing. He declared: “Could we...
by Ray Rhodes | Dec 9, 2019 | Dancing Puritan
A few days before Christmas 1891, while recovering in Mentone, France, from poor health, Charles Spurgeon wrote a moving letter to the children of his orphanages. From the time Spurgeon moved to London in 1854, he was deeply concerned about the plight of the hundreds...
