Well, I may not fully agree with your pastor concerning Spurgeon and the Puritans that came before him.

One, in every era, God raises up great men that expound the truth of God for that age. Look at many of today's pastors, writers, et. al. God accomplished what He set out to accomplish in the age of the Puritans and He will accomplish that which He has set out for in this era. May I add, it is not only the men, but women, as well, that He raises up "in different capacities" to honor and bring glory to Him. Many times this is often overlooked.

I, as many others here enjoy reading the Puritans, but they were not without their faults, and thus, for this and many other reasons, we must not idolize them, but Christ alone. God has His present day Puritans doing His will, His way. He is constantly preparing His people in "the" way He can communicate to them. "In the fullness of time" God does as He wills with whom He wills.

In every "true" revival I have read about they were preceded by the prayers of God's saints and reformation in His church. But note, it is God's holiness and sovereignty driving us to our knees and not our prayers driving God to do a work. Thus, keep praying, for it is Christ that worketh in you. Don't pray for the return of the Age of the Puritans, but pray for something much greater. Pray for the Age of the Full-Truth of the Gospel to be "preached" and "lived out" to God's glory alone.

Behold, He cometh quickly.

Reformed and Always Reforming,