Spurgeon on God's Absolute Sovereingty

I first heard the quotation below on God's absolute sovereignty in a lecture that John Piper gave on C. H. Spurgeon in 1995 at Desiring God's Conference for Pastors: Charles Spurgeon: Preaching through Adversity.  It's one of my favorite Spurgeon quotes, and Justin Taylor recently reproduced it on his blog.  I record it here mainly for my own soul to return to again and again--because it's so good, so right, so true, so solid.

Charles Spurgeon on the absoluteness of God's sovereignty:

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes—
that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit, as well as the sun in the heavens—
that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses.
The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—
the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche.

This is exactly what I believe.  And I believe, exactly what Scripture affirms.  Which is why I believe it.  For from him and through him and to him are all things--to him be the glory forever!  Amen! (Rom. 11:36).