A Love Letter, by C.T. Studd
by C. T. Studd

This is a portion of a letter that C.T. Studd wrote to his prospective bride, Priscilla Stewart.

It will be no easy life, no life of ease which I could offer you, but one of toil and hardship; if I did not know you to be a woman of God, I would not dream of asking you. It is to be a fellow-soldier in His army. It is to live a life of faith in God, a fighting life, remembering that here we have no abiding city, no certain dwelling place, but only a home eternal in the Father’s House above. I just want to beseech you, darling, that we both make the same request every day to our Father, that we may give each other up to Jesus every single day of our lives, to be separated or not just as He pleases, that neither of us may ever make an idol of the other.

I must write and tell darling mother this mail, and others too, for I cannot keep it secret; only do I laugh when I think of how little I know of or about you, my own darling, not even your age or anything; only it is more than enough for me that you are a true child and love of the Lord Jesus.

I love you for your love for Jesus, I love you for your zeal towards His, I love you for your faith in Him, I love you for your love for souls, I love you for loving me, I love you for your own self, I love you forever and ever. I love you because JEsus has used you to bless me and fire my soul. I love you because you will always be a red-hot poker making me run faster.

–Summit Living