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Spurgeon’s College in London will begin auctioning off memorabilia and artifacts from the storied institution, including several items that belonged to ‘The Prince of Preachers’ himself, such as his bookshelf and the trowel used by Spurgeon to lay the foundation of the original Pastors College. In June, Spurgeon’s College, the London-based Baptist institution founded in 1856 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, announced in a press release that it has closed its doors for good, citing financial hardships and struggles. Founded when he was just 22 years old, the college trained nearly 900 pastors during the esteemed Baptist preacher’s lifetime, and almost...