A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.
(The above are purported to be Spurgeon quotes from an internet source without book or page source.)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was converted to Christ this date (1/6/1850) in England. Thought later known as a Baptist minister his conversion took place in a Methodist chapel.