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Famous Men
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Famous Men
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- C.T. Studd, the famous English cricketer and member of the English XI cricket team, gave away his vast wealth and became a missionary a century ago. His slogan was, "If Jesus Christ be God, and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for him.
- In 1912 William Borden, a graduate of Yale University, left one of America's greatest family fortunes to be a missionary to China. He got as far as Egypt and died of cerebral meningitis. He died&md;and was only in his 20s&md;but there was "no reserve, no retreat, no regrets" in his consecration to God.
- When D.L. Moody was visiting England he heard Henry V. Arley say, "the world has yet to see what God will do with a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to the Holy Spirit." Moody would later comment, "He said &ls;a man.'" He did not say a &ls;great man' nor &ls;a learned man' nor a &ls;rich man' but simply &ls;a man.' I am a man, and it lies within the man himself whether he will or will not make that entire and full consecration. I will try my utmost to be that man."
- In 1912 William Borden, a graduate of Yale University, left one of America's greatest family fortunes to be a missionary to China. He got as far as Egypt and died of cerebral meningitis. He died&md;and was only in his 20s&md;but there was "no reserve, no retreat, no regrets" in his consecration to God.
