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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Studd
Living a life that wasn’t planned by man: Many many times, God’s Spirit takes us down a road that is utterly unforeseen by us or the people that know us. They couldn’t have pictured it. WE couldn’t have foreseen it. But the Lord God knows the potential He has planned for human beings.
CHARLES THOMAS STUDD, often known as C. T. Studd (2 December 1860 – 16 July 1931), considered by many to be England’s most outstanding cricket player, gave away a high life and wealth to become an impassioned missionary traveling to three continents for Christ. No one could have predicted it while he was at the top of his game.
He was part of The Studd brothers, Sir John Edward Kynaston, George (GB) and Charles (CT), Victorian gentleman cricketers who were educated at Eton and Cambridge. They all represented Eton in the Eton v Harrowannual needle match and represented Cambridge at cricket. These three brothers dominated the Cambridge cricket scene in the early 1880s. The exceptional skills shown by CT gained him a place in the England team in 1882 against Australia. Cambridge University, powered by the three gifted Studd brothers, defeated the great Australian side of 1882 in a historic encounter. this originated the tradition of "the Ashes" between the two countries. The following winter he toured Australia with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team who recovered the trophy.
(On his Cricket statistics: https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20398.html
On the brothers, https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/the-miracle-of-the-studd-brothers-cambridge-university-beat-the-1882-australians-327441 )
Charles’ wealthy father, Edward Studd, who had 11 children in all, was born in Bombay and made his fortune in indigo manufacture. Edward Studd became a Born-again Christian during a Moody and Sankey campaign in England while sons Kynaston, George and CT were still at Eton. They were far from pleased by his efforts to interest them in the gospel. However, all three themselves converted when a visiting preacher went to stay with the Studd family during the summer holidays of 1878, an event that was to have a profound influence on the rest of their lives.
In his Christian walk, Charles Studd emphasized the life of faith, believing that God would provide for a Christian's needs. When his father died and left him with a sizable inheritance, he gave it all away to Christian organizations including the Moody Bible Institute, George Müller’s mission work with his orphans in England, George Holland's work with England's poor in Whitechapel, and to Commissioner Booth Tucker for the Salvation Army in India. Charles Studd believed that God's purposes could be confirmed through providential coincidences, such as a sum of money being donated spontaneously at just the right moment. He encouraged Christians to take risks in planning missionary ventures, trusting in God to provide.
His spirituality was intense, and he mostly read only the Bible. Another work that influenced him was Hannah Whitall Smith's The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. Although he believed that God sometimes healed physical illnesses through prayer, he accepted that sometimes He did not.
Charles began as an evangelist, and as a result of the effect of brother Kynaston’s illness upon him, Charles decided to pursue his faith through missionary work in China. The British Protestant Christian went to China at the age of 25, and became part of the “Cambridge Seven.” These were six students from Cambridge University and one from the Royal Military Academy who, in 1885, decided to become missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission. While in China, Charles met and married Miss Priscilla Livingstone Stewart, an Irish girl who had given herself to spreading the news of salvation in China after her conversion. Charles’ and Priscilla’s marriage produced four daughters, and two sons (who died in infancy).
In 1894, Charles and his wife’s health became poor so they returned to England. Finally, in 1900, his doctor permitted him to try the climate of India for missions. Charles truly poured out his life for Christ, as did Priscilla who mostly remained in England to raise their children and manage his missionary board affairs while he traveled. Despite the chronic ill health which plagued him till the end, Charles had spent fifteen years in China, six in India, and finished out his life on the African continent spreading the Gospel message. He founded the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (now WEC International). To this day, his name remains linked with the evangelisation of the Congo Basin, and in 1930 he was made a Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Lion by the King of the Belgians.
In God’s providence, Priscilla made a short visit to the Congo in 1928 to view his work, which was the last time he would see her as she died the following year. Charles was then joined in his work by his daughter Pauline and son-in-law Norman Grubb. In 1931, still labouring for the Lord at Ibambi at the age of seventy, Charles Studd died from untreated gallstones. But his vision for China, India and Africa was maintained by son-in-law Norman Grubb who took over managing the WEC.
Norman Grubb wrote a biography of his father in law which was exceptionally popular. Charles Studd himself wrote several books, including The Chocolate Soldier, or, Heroism: The Lost Chord of Christianity (1912) and Christ's Etceteras (1915). Studd's essay The Personal Testimony of Charles T. Studdbecame part of the historic The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth, R. A. Torrey and A. C. Dixon
There are a number of profound sayings of his regarding the religious life.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.”
― C.T. Studd.
“Some want to live within the sound
Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
― C.T. Studd
“God's real people have always been called fanatics.”
― Studd, C. T. (Charles Thomas), The Chocolate Soldier Or, Heroism-The Lost Chord of Christianity
“Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.”
― C.T. Studd
Living a life that wasn’t planned by man: Many many times, God’s Spirit takes us down a road that is utterly unforeseen by us or the people that know us. They couldn’t have pictured it. WE couldn’t have foreseen it. But the Lord God knows the potential He has planned for human beings.
CHARLES THOMAS STUDD, often known as C. T. Studd (2 December 1860 – 16 July 1931), considered by many to be England’s most outstanding cricket player, gave away a high life and wealth to become an impassioned missionary traveling to three continents for Christ. No one could have predicted it while he was at the top of his game.
He was part of The Studd brothers, Sir John Edward Kynaston, George (GB) and Charles (CT), Victorian gentleman cricketers who were educated at Eton and Cambridge. They all represented Eton in the Eton v Harrowannual needle match and represented Cambridge at cricket. These three brothers dominated the Cambridge cricket scene in the early 1880s. The exceptional skills shown by CT gained him a place in the England team in 1882 against Australia. Cambridge University, powered by the three gifted Studd brothers, defeated the great Australian side of 1882 in a historic encounter. this originated the tradition of "the Ashes" between the two countries. The following winter he toured Australia with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team who recovered the trophy.
(On his Cricket statistics: https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20398.html
On the brothers, https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/the-miracle-of-the-studd-brothers-cambridge-university-beat-the-1882-australians-327441 )
Charles’ wealthy father, Edward Studd, who had 11 children in all, was born in Bombay and made his fortune in indigo manufacture. Edward Studd became a Born-again Christian during a Moody and Sankey campaign in England while sons Kynaston, George and CT were still at Eton. They were far from pleased by his efforts to interest them in the gospel. However, all three themselves converted when a visiting preacher went to stay with the Studd family during the summer holidays of 1878, an event that was to have a profound influence on the rest of their lives.
In his Christian walk, Charles Studd emphasized the life of faith, believing that God would provide for a Christian's needs. When his father died and left him with a sizable inheritance, he gave it all away to Christian organizations including the Moody Bible Institute, George Müller’s mission work with his orphans in England, George Holland's work with England's poor in Whitechapel, and to Commissioner Booth Tucker for the Salvation Army in India. Charles Studd believed that God's purposes could be confirmed through providential coincidences, such as a sum of money being donated spontaneously at just the right moment. He encouraged Christians to take risks in planning missionary ventures, trusting in God to provide.
His spirituality was intense, and he mostly read only the Bible. Another work that influenced him was Hannah Whitall Smith's The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. Although he believed that God sometimes healed physical illnesses through prayer, he accepted that sometimes He did not.
Charles began as an evangelist, and as a result of the effect of brother Kynaston’s illness upon him, Charles decided to pursue his faith through missionary work in China. The British Protestant Christian went to China at the age of 25, and became part of the “Cambridge Seven.” These were six students from Cambridge University and one from the Royal Military Academy who, in 1885, decided to become missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission. While in China, Charles met and married Miss Priscilla Livingstone Stewart, an Irish girl who had given herself to spreading the news of salvation in China after her conversion. Charles’ and Priscilla’s marriage produced four daughters, and two sons (who died in infancy).
In 1894, Charles and his wife’s health became poor so they returned to England. Finally, in 1900, his doctor permitted him to try the climate of India for missions. Charles truly poured out his life for Christ, as did Priscilla who mostly remained in England to raise their children and manage his missionary board affairs while he traveled. Despite the chronic ill health which plagued him till the end, Charles had spent fifteen years in China, six in India, and finished out his life on the African continent spreading the Gospel message. He founded the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (now WEC International). To this day, his name remains linked with the evangelisation of the Congo Basin, and in 1930 he was made a Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Lion by the King of the Belgians.
In God’s providence, Priscilla made a short visit to the Congo in 1928 to view his work, which was the last time he would see her as she died the following year. Charles was then joined in his work by his daughter Pauline and son-in-law Norman Grubb. In 1931, still labouring for the Lord at Ibambi at the age of seventy, Charles Studd died from untreated gallstones. But his vision for China, India and Africa was maintained by son-in-law Norman Grubb who took over managing the WEC.
Norman Grubb wrote a biography of his father in law which was exceptionally popular. Charles Studd himself wrote several books, including The Chocolate Soldier, or, Heroism: The Lost Chord of Christianity (1912) and Christ's Etceteras (1915). Studd's essay The Personal Testimony of Charles T. Studdbecame part of the historic The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth, R. A. Torrey and A. C. Dixon
There are a number of profound sayings of his regarding the religious life.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.”
― C.T. Studd.
“Some want to live within the sound
Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
― C.T. Studd
“God's real people have always been called fanatics.”
― Studd, C. T. (Charles Thomas), The Chocolate Soldier Or, Heroism-The Lost Chord of Christianity
“Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.”
― C.T. Studd
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