Gleaning Among the Sheaves represents the best from the heart of Charles Spurgeon. Over one hundred short devotional messages reveal Spurgeon's eloquence combined with his warm and colorful personal style. Typically, these selections touch the center of a Christian's faith, emotions, and hope.

Spurgeon was acclaimed by his contemporaries to be "the most impressive and permanently successful evangelistic preacher of his age. And the strong and growing popular demand for his writings in our times confirms the permanence of Spurgeon for every age.

The topics covered include the following:

• The Privileges of Trial
• The Joy of Victory
• All Things Working for Good
• The Triumph of Grace
• The Happiness of Religion
• The Lord's Jewels
• Foretastes of Heaven
• Faith and Feeling
• The Joy of Pardon
• The Hope of Heaven
• Rejoice Always

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) converted to Christianity at the age of fifteen. By the age of twenty-two, he was the most popular preacher in England, and remained so for the latter half of the 1800s. He frequently spoke to crowds over 10,000 in the days before electronic amplification. Known as the "Prince of Preachers," he delivered nearly thirty-six hundred sermons throughout his life. A prolific writer as well, many of Spurgeon's works remain in print to this day.