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Charles Thomas Studd, often known as C. T. Studd , was a British missionary, a contributor to The Fundamentals, and a cricketer.

In 1888, he married Priscilla Stewart, and their marriage produced four daughters, and two sons .

As a British Protestant 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 . As a cricketer, he played for England in the 1882 match won by Australia, which was the origins of The Ashes.

A poem he wrote, "Only One Life, 'Twill Soon Be Past", has become famous to many who are unaware of its author. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. December 1860 – 16. July 1931
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C. T. Studd Quotes

“Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.”

C. T. Studd

The Chocolate Soldier ( text at Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22331)

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