Excerpt from The Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon, Vol. 3: Compiled From His Diary, Letters, and Records, by His Wife; 1856-1878 The following evening, more than three thousand of the contributors to the Building Fund assembled in the Tabernacle, under the presidency of Sir Henry Havelock. The Pastor had undertaken. In the month of january, to bring in at the Opening of the building, in addition to all that he had previously raised; and in the course of the meeting he announced that he had paid in others had brought the total up to so that the building was free from debt, although they still needed about 500 for various matters which could wait until the money was in hand. The architect (mr. Pocock), and the builder (mr. W. Higgs), were heartily thanked for their joint skill and liberality. And both gentlemen expressed their gratitude for the vote of appreciation. The next night. The ministers and members of neighbouring churches, to the number of about four thousand, gathered under the chairmanship of Dr. Steane, to express their congratulations to the church at the Tabernacle on the completion of the beautiful and spacious structure. In the course of his address, the chairman first asked the ministerial brethren present, and then the whole congregation, to rise and so signify to Mr. Spurgeon how much they loved him, and how devoutly they wished him God speed. This spontaneous outburst of sympathy was gratefully acknow ledged by the Pastor, who said that, while his own church had naturally raised most of the money for the new building. There was hardly any church in London which had not had some share in the work. 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.