Spurgeon利用他的机智在私下和公共场合挑起笑声。他在一个讲道中说，如果一个笑声我可以让男人比以其他方式更好地看到错误的愚蠢，他们会笑。
(Spurgeon used his wit to provoke laughter in private and in public. He said in one of his sermons, If by a laugh I can make men see the folly of an error better than in any other way, they shall laugh.)