In this sermon, Charles Spurgeon mourns deeply over two causes of great sorrow: the brutal violence and atrocities committed during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, where British men and women were murdered and women were horrifically abused by rebel soldiers, and the widespread moral destruction happening across England through sins like drunkenness, sexual immorality, and spiritual apathy. He uses Jeremiah's passionate cry for tears as his text to urge Christians to weep not only over physical suffering but even more so over the countless souls being destroyed by sin in their own communities, families, and even congregations. Spurgeon concludes by calling Christians to move beyond tears into action—praying fervently, preaching boldly, caring for the poor, and doing everything in their power to win souls to Christ before they perish eternally.

Sermon delivered on September 6, 1857.