Baptism of Charles Spurgeon

From the Ely Standard:

Charles Spurgeon, who gave sermons to more than 10,000 people at a time in the nineteenth century, was baptised in the river Lark at Isleham.

Retired Anglican priest, Christopher Goodwins, said Spurgeon has been remembered for five years with a Ecumenical processional along the lanes of the village and along the river to the site of a memorial stone.

He said: “It was placed there by someone unknown about 40 years ago, by the site of the old ferry, that marks the place and date of his baptism in May 1850, acknowledging him as the prince of preachers.

“He had, apparently, walked that day from Newmarket to Isleham Pound Lane Church, and then to the river, where he and three others were baptised by total immersion.

“As the retired Anglican priest in charge of Isleham, I have organised this Ecumenical trundle, in order that members of the three churches here, as well as the general public, may get to see Isleham’s best-kept secret.”