# “Our Head has triumphed over death” by Charles Simeon

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2006/04/13/our-head-has-triumphed-over-death-by-charles-simeon/
- Published: 2006-04-13T15:21:51-05:00
- Author: tollelege

After pastoring Trinity Church in Cambridge, England, for 49 years Charles Simeon
explained to his friend, Joseph Gurney, how he was able to persevere through years
of adversity and prejudice in the ministry:

"My dear brother, we must not mind a little suffering for Christ's sake. When I 
am getting through a hedge, if my head and shoulders are safely through, I can bear
the pricking of my legs. Let us rejoice in the remembrance that our holy Head has
surmounted all His suffering and triumphed over death. Let us follow Him patiently;
we shall soon be partakers of His victory."

–Charles Simeon, quoted in H.C.G. Moule, _Charles Simeon_, (London: InterVarsity,
1948), 155f.

[(HT: DesiringGod.org)](http://www.desiringgod.org/library/biographies/89simeon.html)