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Charles Spurgeon Stories for Children | Five Daily Devotionals for Kids

June 22, 2023 By Danika 6 Comments

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This wonderful series contains five sets of Charles Spurgeon daily devotional for kids, focusing on Charles Spurgeon stories for children.


Charles Spurgeon Stories for Children

I want to thank Grace and Truth Books for providing me with a copy of How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life in return for my honest opinion. 

I love early morning devotional times with our kids. We are very intentional about our Bible study, and about family worship in the evenings, so during our devotions, we have the opportunity to read from a number of interesting books.


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Charles Spurgeon Stories for Children

If you’re looking for a fabulous Charles Spurgeon daily devotional for kids, consider the series that begins with: How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life and 51 Other Great Stories by Tony Hutter (DayOne Publications).

Minister Tony Hutter has taken 52 stories from the life of Spurgeon–and from his grandfather James’ life–and transformed them into short, 2-page devotions for children under the age of 12.


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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) is often called “The Prince of Preachers”. More than 100 years after his death, Spurgeon’s preaching is still highly regarded among Christians of many different denominations.

His life was filled with interesting events, large and small, which Mr. Hutter shares with children through his book, How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life — and now the rest of the series!

Many of the stories center on Spurgeon’s childhood and early preaching career (which he began at the age of 17!). This makes the stories especially relatable to young readers.


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Devotional for Kids

Each Charles Spurgeon devotional begins and ends with a Bible verse.

The stories chosen by Mr. Hutter help illustrate the verse so that children can apply the line of thought to their own life. The stories are addressed directly to children, using “you” to speak to the reader. Many devotionals for kids that employ this technique veer into the territory of becoming preachy. Yet, Mr. Hutter manages to avoid preachiness.  Rather, his devotions have the tone of a grandfather telling stories around the fire on a stormy evening.

I read several of the stories in How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life to my children, much to their delight.

They particularly loved the title story about a special spider. It was a true story which Spurgeon’s grandfather James used to tell Spurgeon as a child–about a man fleeing martyrdom who hid in a kiln. This man would certainly have been caught, had it not been for a spider who spun a web over the mouth of the kiln just before the man’s pursuers burst upon him. The angry men reasoned that the man could not possibly be hiding in the kiln. After all, who could sneak past a fully formed spider web? Thus, the would-be-martyr was saved.

The boys and I had a great discussion about God’s providence and sovereignty, and about the persecuted church throughout history, after reading the devotion.


I wrote this review seven years ago, when my boys were much younger. The year we covered the 1800s, we read  a biography from Christian Focus Publications’ Trailblazers series: Charles Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers by Christian George, along with How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life. It was a great experience for all of us!

How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life by Tony Hutter is charming, engaging, and informational. I highly recommend it as a family read-aloud. Since the time when I read and reviewed How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life, Tony Hutter has written four additional volumes of delightful Spurgeon Stories for Children. Check them out!


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History matters. Now, more than ever, we see how important it is for our children to know and understand history and the Bible.

Here’s why:

  • God is the sovereign ruler of all things. It’s important for our kids to see his hand in the history of nations and in the lives of both peasants and kings. 
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  1. kara@thechuppies says

    October 9, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    Had to stop by when I read your title over at The Better Mom…this looks so good…definitely something I’d love to share with our crew. Thank you for sharing and thanks for joining us over at The Better Mom!
    ~Kara @ The Chuppies

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    • Danika Cooley says

      October 9, 2012 at 8:24 pm

      Kara,

      Thanks for stopping by! It is a great devotional. I appreciate The Better Mom; thanks for your hard work!

      ~ Danika

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  2. Mrs Sally Hutter says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Book No 2 is now out in the series on talks for children about the life of Spurgeon. It is entitled ‘Who stole the milk?’ and has another 52 stories, continuing through Spurgeon’s life. Published by Day One Publishers. If they sell well, there could be 5 books in all, as Pastor Hutter gave 281 stories in total as children’s talks in churches where he was the pastor!

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    • Danika Cooley says

      October 12, 2012 at 10:28 am

      Mrs. Hutter,

      I’m so excited to hear this. Thank you so much for the information. I found a link for the book here:http://www.christianbook.com/spurgeon-stories-children-stolen-other-great/tony-hutter/9781846253577/pd/253577?item_code=WW&netp_id=1047875&event=EBRN&show_all_cr=1 We’ll certainly be adding that to our collection! Thank you both for the wonderful contribution to our library!

      ~Danika

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      • Mrs Sally Hutter says

        October 13, 2012 at 3:53 am

        Dear Danika
        We have just received Day One’s new catalogue, and I see that the second book about Spurgeon for children is now entitled ‘The milk’s been stolen again’ and not ‘Who stole the milk?’
        We hope that you will enjoy these stories as much as we have done, and that the Lord will use them to bring children to love Spurgeon and, more importantly, his Saviour.
        We long to see God at work again in the UK as He was in the Victorian era. and that He would raise up godly men, unafraid to proclaim His truth to our nation.
        Happy reading!
        With Christian greetings,
        Sally

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  3. What Joy Is Mine says

    October 14, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    Danika…this sounds like a wonderful read for families. I am presently working through a study book on prayer. Thank you for sharing at WJIM. Have a fabulous week.

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