Subject: C. T. Studd: Exchanging a Bat for the Yoke of Christ

No one in England ever would have guessed that C. T. Studd would become a missionary. Why? He was the most famous cricket player in England!
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Matters of Life & Death

C. T. Studd: Exchanging a Bat for the Yoke of Christ

Biographical Sketch

 

No one in England ever would have guessed that C. T. Studd would become a missionary. Why? He was the most famous cricket player in England! His name was a household word known throughout England and the entire English-speaking world wherever the sport of cricket was followed. When the young athlete announced that he was going to China as a missionary, the news took the world by storm.


Charles Thomas Studd was born on December 2, 1860, in Northamptonshire, England. His father was a successful merchant who had made a fortune in India. Charles was one of six Studd boys. Better known by his initials, C. T. and his brothers enjoyed the best education that money could buy. As a teenager, C. T. was already known as an exceptional cricket player destined for fame and success. He attended Eton College at Cambridge and became captain of his team at the age of nineteen.

 
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