SAVING THE LOST

Christ’s call is to save the lost, not the stiff-necked; He came not to call scoffers but sinners to repentance; not to build and furnish comfortable chapels, churches, and cathedrals at home in which to rock Christian professors to sleep by means of clever essays, stereotyped prayers, and artistic musical performances, but to capture men from the devil’s clutches and the very jaws of Hell. This can be accomplished only by a red-hot, unconventional, unfettered devotion, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.”
C.T. Studd (1860-1931) a famous cricketer and English missionary.

C.T. Studd was born into an extremely turbulent decade in history. There were massive changes taking place with cultural, social and political upheavals in Europe and America. There were revolutions in Germany and the Ottoman Empire. The abolition of slavery finally took place in Europe and America. The Civil war between the Northern and Southern States lead to massive deaths and the destruction of many cities in America. There were advancements in military technology such as iron and steel warships. After the war turmoil continued with the rise of white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and the issue of granting civil rights to black people freed from slavery. It was a complicated and confusing world.

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