Charles Thomas Studd, better known as C. T. Studd, was a British
missionary, a contributor to The Fundamentals, and a cricketer.
He was born on December 2, 1860, in Spratton, United Kingdom, into a
family of wealth and privilege.
In 1883 he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1885 entered the
missions field with Hudson Taylor in China.
As a British Anglican Christian missionary to China he was part of the Cambridge Seven, and later was
responsible for setting up the Heart of Africa Mission which became the
Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (now WEC International). As a cricketer, he
played for England in the 1882 match won by Australia, which was the origins of
The
Ashes.
C.T. Studd spent his life in dedicated service to the Lord, serving in
China, India, and Africa. In 1913 he formed the World Evangelisation Crusade
(now WEC International) which operates to this day.
In
1888, he married Priscilla Livingstone Stewart, and they had four
daughters and two sons.
She died in 1929, and C.T, died in 1931, in Ibambi, Belgian Congo.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Studd
https://reasonsforhopejesus.com/only-one-life-twill-soon-be-past-by-c-t-studd-1860-1931/
A poem he wrote, "Only One Life, 'Twill Soon Be Past", has become famous to many who are unaware of its author. Only One Life
