C T Studd

He used to be a pretty decent cricketer (he was actually rated among the best ever)... he also had a way with words

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.

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.

Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.