. . . Spurgeon's work has been carefully abridged by David O. Fuller in this accessible one-volume edition. As Herbert Lockyer observes, this edition gathers out "all the jewels" of this great work, presenting more than 4,000 quotes from notables such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, Bunyan, Matthew Henry, and of course Spurgeon himself . . . Contains some of the greatest and grandest words of comfort and inspiration that have ever been penned. (from the preface) . . . David O. Fuller (1903-1988) was a Baptist preacher known for his condensations of Spurgeon's works.