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 * [[image:christianheritage/200px-OswaldChambers.jpg width="275" height="363"]] || Oswald Chambers, prominant and prolific Scottish minister and writer was the author of the renowned and inspiring //MyUtmost for His Highest//devotional in the early twentieth century. Chambers was born July 24, 1874 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He made a profession of faith in his teen years. Chambers demonstrated a great love and passion for the Lord, but he did not plan to go into ministry. He studied fine art and archaeology at Kensington Art School and also attended the University of Edinburgh. While studying there, he felt called to ministry, and soon transferred to Dunoon College where he remained as a student and then a tutor for nine years. In 1911, he founded and became the principle of the Bible Training College in Clapham in London.

It was on one of his trips to America that Chambers met Gertrude Hobbs, whom he later married and affectionately called her “Biddy.” On May 24, 1913, Biddy gave birth to their only child, Kathleen.

More than thirty books bear his name, but only was penned by him, //Baffled to Fight Better//. His wife, Biddy, was a stenographer and was able to take dictation at a rate of 150 words per minute. While he taught at the Bible College and various other campuses, Biddy kept verbatim records of his lessons. She spent the remaining 30 years of her life compiling all her records into the bulk of his now known published works. || Christian Literature Home

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