Delayed while seeking to enter the Congo, C. T. Studd penned these poetic rhymes as a call and a challenge to all Christ followers to truly follow Christ.
The missionary's heart is borne open as his passion for the Mission of God bleeds on every page, wishing that all who proclaim Christ would, without restraint, give up all on account of the one because Jesus Christ gave up all that was his in heaven and on earth for them.
The battle trumpet sounds calling all of God's warriors to rank and file; their Captain leading the march of heaven. Studd implores through witty verse and rhyme, will you join your Savior's cause?
Simply written, these poems are surely a joy to read, yet potent in their message, cutting quick to the heart of the matter. A great addition to any library!
English missionary. C.T. Studd was the son of a wealthy man, Edward Studd, who was converted to Christ under the ministry of Dwight L. Moody in 1877. Young C.T. Studd became an excellent cricket player, and at the age of 19 was captain of the team at Eton. He attended Cambridge University from 1880 to 1883, and, while he was there, he also heard Dwight L. Moody preach and was converted to Christ.
Shortly afterwards, he and six other students dedicated their lives and their wealth to the Lord Jesus Christ and offered themselves to Hudson Taylor for work in China. They sailed to China in 1885. In 1888 Studd married. He continued to work for several years before bad health forced him and his wife to return to England, where they turned over all their property to the China Inland Mission.
Studd and his wife began to tour the world in order to raise funds for missions. While in southern India, on one of those tours, he found a suitable climate for him and his wife. He served there six years, after which time he returned to England to make plans to go to Africa.
In December of 1912 he left his family and was gone for two years in evangelistic work on the Dark Continent. He returned home for a short time, and then once again went back to Africa for five more years. Mrs. Studd did not join him until 1928, one year before she died.
Studd died in Malaga, Africa, in 1931.
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