Depression and Spurgeon

Depression can of course have many causes, and even very great Christians, like Charles Spurgeon, have suffered with severe ‘black dog’ times. But even in the blackest of times, Spurgeon, convinced of the truth of Scripture and the hope of life eternal through his faith in Jesus Christ, could say, with the Apostle Paul, ‘I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day’ (2 Timothy:1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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—Carl Weiland (born 1950, Australian Medical Doctor, young earth creationist, author, and speaker.