OC had a sister named Gertrude, so he gave the young woman he came to love a nickname: B.D. She “took down” at 250 words per minute–or faster than most people speak. Gertrude Hobbs, meanwhile, cherished a dream of becoming secretary to the British Prime Minister and as a sickly teenager perfected her stenography skills. He liked the idea of using the printed word to spread the good news of Jesus Christ, according to biographer David McCasland in Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God. Tongues of Fire magazine often included the text of his teachings. The Bible is in Wheaton College’s Special Collections LibraryĪt the turn of the twentieth century, the popular press often printed sermons in newspapers the day after they were preached. On the voyage to his YMCA post in Egypt in 1915, he spoke to all 1300 passenger on the SS Baltic about God. He taught in the United States, Japan and ended in Egypt. OC began preaching as a young man and ultimately preached all over the United Kingdom.
This was the reason he was so sure of God and His guidance.” Early to bed and early to rise was his rule, and the early hours were spent in devotional exercises and study. One friend from that time described him as a “man of prayer.” After studying fine arts at Edinburgh University, he attended Dunoon Training College to focus on the Bible.
Raised in a pious Scots family, the son of a Baptist clergyman, Oswald gave his life to Christ as a teenager. His utterances in public were charming in form, rich in suggestion and full of ‘power from on high.’ “ “He had a richly endowed mind which he reinforced by ceaseless study and prayer. Longtime friend Dinsdale Young described Oswald Chambers this way: He rose early in the morning and believed spending time with God first, was important. The key to life for Oswald Chambers was the Bible and studying God’s word and praying were central to that task. The story, of course, began long before My Utmost for His Highest’s 1927 publication. My Utmost for His Highest was a successful joint effort conceived of, created by, and directed in accordance with God’s direction.
Putting it together into a coherent devotional, however, was the work of his widow, Biddy Chambers. The ideas, the concepts, the ear willing to listen to God‘s direction and the ability to communicate them, all came through Oswald Chambers’ teaching. Oswald and Biddy (Wheaton College Special Collections library) You probably think Oswald Chambers wrote the well-loved devotional My Utmost for His Highest.
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