Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 290 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
Cricketer and Pioneer
Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 290 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9557-0
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The biography of one of the greatest cricketers of his time, who became a missionary and founded the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade.
Nurtured in the lap of comfort, educated at Eton and Cambridge, the hero of the British sport-loving public, C. T. Studd, whose Cambridge career has been described as "one long blaze of cricketing glory", created a stir in the secular world of his youth by renouncing wealth and position to follow Christ. He was captain of the Eton XI in 1879, and of Cambridge University in 1883, being accorded in the latter year (vide The Cricketing Annual) "the premier position as an all-round cricketer for the second year in succession". The illness of a brother brought him face to face with realities and the transitoriness of worldly riches and fame. He obeyed the divine command, "Go thy way, sell what thou hast and give to the poor. take up thy cross and follow me", throwing himself into the work which had called him with the same thoroughness and earnestness with which he had learned to "play a straight bat". Henceforward his life was dedicated to the service of God and his fellow men, and the story of his labours and adventures makes an epic of faith and courage against great odds that will be an inspiration to all who rejoice in a tale of high endeavour.
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Foreword by Alfred B. Buxton
Author's Preface
1. A Visit to a Theatre and Its Consequences
2. Three Etonians Get a Shock
3. An All-England Cricketer
4. The Crisis
5. A Revival Breaks Out Among Students
6. C.T. Becomes a Chinaman
7. He Gives Away a Fortune
8. An Irish Girl and a Dream
9. United to Fight for Jesus
10. Perils and Hardships in Inland China
11. On the American Campus
12. Six Years in India
13. A Man's Man
14. The Greatest Venture of All
15. Through Cannibal Tribes
16. The Very Heart of Africa
17. C.T. Amongst the Natives
18. Forward Ever, Backward Never!
19. The God of Wonders
20. When the Holy Ghost Came
21. Bwana's House and Daily Life
22. Hallelujah!
23. God Enabling Us, We Go On!
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