Samuel J. W. Spurgeon

Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon (October 25, 1861 – death date unknown) was an American minister, a publisher, and editor. He founded and edited the Christian Worker; and was a contributing editor of The Messenger, a weekly published in Lexington, Kentucky.

Life and career Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon was born on October 25, 1861, in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He attended a district school where he learned to read and write, followed by studies at a public school. Spurgeon worked as a minister at the Constitution Street Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky (now East Second Street Christian Church of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)). He also worked for many years as a minister at a Christian church in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

He founded and edited the Christian Worker; and was a contributing editor of The Messenger, a weekly published in Lexington, Kentucky.