The Forgotten Spurgeon"An incisive, historical and theological insight into the great 19th century Baptist, with emphasis on the doctrines that moulded his life and thought. This book seeks to throw light on the reasons which have given rise to the superficial image of Spurgeon as a genial Victorian pulpiteer, a kind of grandfather of modern evangelicalism. Even before his death in 1892 newspapers and church leaders disputed over the features of his life which entitled him