C. H. Spurgeon Autobiography, Volume 2: The Full Harvest, 1860–1892 tells the story of Spurgeon’s mature ministry, largely through his own words and the recollections of those who knew him best.

Beginning with the opening of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, this volume follows the extraordinary breadth of Spurgeon’s labours during the final three decades of his life. It records his preaching, pastoral work, open-air evangelism, ministerial training, writing, orphan care, and the growth of the institutions connected with the Tabernacle. Readers are given a vivid picture not only of the public preacher, but also of the pastor at work, the author in his study, the sufferer enduring prolonged illness, and the Christian persevering through controversy and affliction.

For confessional Baptists, The Full Harvest is especially valuable because it shows historic Baptist convictions embodied in active ministry. Spurgeon’s commitment to the gospel, the local church, the training of pastors, evangelism, and doctrinal faithfulness was never merely theoretical. His theology produced preaching, church planting, pastoral care, practical mercy, and a willingness to contend for truth when compromise threatened the churches.

The volume also includes Spurgeon’s own perspective on the Down-grade Controversy, together with accounts of the pressures and sorrows that marked his later years. These chapters reveal the cost of maintaining conviction, while showing the deep love for Christ that governed his life. As Archibald Brown wrote, Jesus stood in Spurgeon’s heart “unapproached, unrivalled.”

Substantial, moving, and often deeply personal, The Full Harvest is more than the biography of a celebrated preacher. It is the record of a life spent in the service of Christ, and an encouragement to pastors and believers to labour faithfully while opportunity remains.