As a preacher, as a writer, as a college lecturer, the late C. H. Spurgeon
was continually illustrating the Gospel by references to Nature. By many a
simile he thus made the allusions of Scripture more readily understood by
the crowds who listened to him. He also read the Book of Nature in a way
that proved how he looked upon the works of God with a poet's eye. As
showing in what measure the sanctified genius of the great preacher was
successful in this wide and charming field of observation, this volume may
well be allowed to speak for itself.