In 1892, the “Prince of “Preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, died at age 57. At his funeral, 100,000 people filed past his coffin during to pay their respects and give thanks for his life and ministry at Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. Pastor Archibald Brown said these words at the graveside service:

“…Champion of God, thy battle long and nobly fought is over. The sword which clave to thy hand has dropped at last [2 Sam. 23:10]; the palm branch takes its place. No longer does the helmet press thy brow, or weary with its surging thoughts of battle; the victor’s wreath from the Great Commander’s hand has already proved the full reward. Here for a little while shall rest thy precious dust. Then shall thy Well-Beloved come, and at His voice thou shalt spring from thy couch on earth fashioned like unto His Body in glory [Phil 3:20,21]. Then spirit, soul and body shall magnify the Lord’s redemption…We praise God for thee, and by the blood of the everlasting covenant, hope and expect to praise God with thee. Amen.”

Note how Spurgeon was addressed as singular (personhood), as separate from his mortal body (dichotomy), yet with three distinguishable parts–“spirit, soul and body” (1 Thess. 5:23). This is another example of holistic trichotomy.