Excerpt from The Wit and Wisdom of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon: Containing Selections From His Writings and a Sketch of His Life and Work His ancestors were pious people. Rev. James Spur geon, his grandfather, and his father, Rev. John Spurgeon, were preachers Of the gospel and pastors of Independent Churches. The mother of Mr Spurgeon was the youngest sister Of Charles Parker Jarvis, Esq., Of Colchester, a woman re markable for piety, usefulness and humility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.