CT Studd

C.T. Studd was an outstanding County and All-England Cricketer. He was a freshman at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1879-1880, and took a degree in law.

He gave up his cricketing fame and the family fortune and followed Hudson Taylor to China when challenged to become a full time missionary.

He returned 21 years later, broken in health, after serving in China and India.

Unexpectedly he received a new and very distinct call to the heart of Africa.

At 53, leaving his invalid wife in England, he set out in utter reliance on God’s promises.

His answer to all who questioned the wisdom of his action was found on a postcard on his desk:

If Jesus Christ be God, and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.