Gene Higgins examines the life and ministry of nineteenth-century preacher Charles Haden Spurgeon, focusing on his extraordinary preaching career in London, the immense public response to his ministry, and his profound personal struggles with physical exhaustion and deep psychological distress. Higgins outlines Spurgeon's early success at Water Beach and New Park Street Chapel, the severe overcrowding that led to services in large venues like Exeter Hall and the Surrey Gardens Music Hall, the tragic panic of 1856, and his subsequent decades of ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. He addresses the intense public criticism Spurgeon faced, his rigorous preparation and reliance on prayer, and the extensive network of orphanages, colleges, and benevolent societies that emerged from his life work.