{"product_id":"letters-and-travels-by-c-h-spurgeon-9781527110502","title":"Letters and Travels by C. H. Spurgeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection of C. H. Spurgeon's travel letters offer a rare insight into a different side of the famed preacher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf the many telling phrases C. H. Spurgeon gave the world, one speaks to the way he, and his contemporaries, greatly valued letters, or what he called \"gifts of the pen.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe lived in a golden age of letter-writing, and helped to make it so. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best letters, he knew, are written with caring reflection, love of the written word, wit, and a vivid sense of place. His travel letters model these gifts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis love of nature, history, culture, and art live--and breathe--in these pages. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRest and recreation, on holiday, when he could follow these interests, were meaningful, renewing gifts from God. He cherished them, and needed them. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey lend a special, one-of-a-kind voice to this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a painter's gifts, set amid the countryside of England, or places of Europe, Spurgeon's Travel Letters are eloquent, and many times moving. His \"gifts of the pen\" shine in them. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt long last, they have a place well-deserved, a place all their own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, we ourselves may travel with Spurgeon--discovering the world that he knew. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd we may bless God for the privilege given in these letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Focus Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781527110502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96","brand":"Kevin Belmonte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132897067189,"sku":"9781527110502","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6909da58-74ca-481f-8d1f-f96f2bf9d1ea.jpg?v=1695135705","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-and-travels-by-c-h-spurgeon-9781527110502","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}