Was blind, but now?

John Newton quilled those words, but fore the life of me, I still can't see any "modern" biographies on Spurgeon, save Tom Nettles - Living By Revealed Truth.

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So, if your searching eyes are better than mine, please point me in the right direction regarding newer biographies.

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Milkman

This is a new biography I ordered yesterday.

Justin Gatlin

I did an all search for "biography on Spurgeon" and saw some articles which gave me bibliographies.

Here are some from the bibliography in the book Theologians of the Baptist Tradition. Not all of them are modern,

Bacon, Ernest W. Spurgeon: Heir of the Puritans. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967.
Dallimore, Arnold A. Spurgeon: A New Biography. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1985.
Day, Richard Ellsworth. The Shadow of the Broad Brim: The Life Story of Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Heir of the Puritans. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1934.
Drummond, Lewis A. Spurgeon, Prince of Preachers. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1992.
Fullerton, W. Y. C. H. Spurgeon: A Biography. London: Williams and Norgate, 1920.
George, Timothy, ed. A Marvelous Ministry: How the All-Round Ministry of C. H. Spurgeon Speaks to Us Today. Ligonier, Pa.: Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1993.
Lorimer, George C. Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The Puritan Preacher in the Nineteenth Century. Boston: James H. Earle, 1892.

Here is the list from Christian History Magazine

C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Compiled from his Diary, Letters, and Records by his Wife and his Private Secretary, 4 vols. (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1897–1900). Profuse with photographs and engravings, this is the best single source on Spurgeon’s life. An abridged edition in two volumes (The Early Years and The Mature Harvest) is now available from The Banner of Truth Trust (Carlisle, PA, or Edinburgh, Scotland).
The Life and Work of C. H. Spurgeon by G. Holden Pike (London: Cassell and Company, 1892). by a close friend who served as “sub-editor” of The Sword and the Trowel the last twenty years of Spurgeon’s life.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, A Biography by W. Y. Fullerton (London: Williams and Norgate, 1920; now Moody Press, 1980). The author was one of Spurgeon’s students who later assisted in preparing Spurgeon’s sermon manuscripts for publication.
From the Usher’s Desk to the Tabernacle Pulpit by Robert Shindler (New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1892). by the friend whose articles launched the “Down-Grade Controversy.”
The Life of C. H. Spurgeon by Charles Ray (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1903). Also, A Marvellous Ministry by Charles Ray (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1905; Pasadena, TX: Pilgrim, 1985). Records interesting stories about the influence of Spurgeon’s printed sermons.
Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the World’s Greatest Preacher by Russell Conwell (New York: Edgewood Publication, 1892). At the time, the most popular biography of Spurgeon.
Searchlight on Spurgeon by Eric W. Hayden (Pasadena, TX: Pilgrim, 1973). Quotations from Spurgeon’s sermons are used to create an “autobiography.”

I also found Tethered to the Cross: The Life and Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon and SpurgeonL The People's Preacher by putting type:biography title:Spurgeon into the Library pane and clicking "add books." Putting Spuregon into the Factbook and scrolling down to Bookstore also gave me Travel with CH Spurgeon: In the Footsteps of the 'Prince of Preachers'. My library search missed it because it is tagged as a monograph instead of a biography.

Milkman

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Thanks, Justin,

Well, of those mentioned, I have only a few. Now, the one that I didn't realize eye have is Charles H. Spurgeon: The EssexLad Who Became the Prince of Preachers.

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It's shocking/disappointing and even surprising that we don't have a multiplicity of bios on him.

Maybe in the future Logos will have a "better" and more current selection of titles. But, in the meantime I can once again only quote Newton: "Ah What Can I do?"