Robert J. Nash | Sermons and Free Resources

Mustaches are back in style. This picture was taken around 1880 of a young twenty-year-old named Charles. He was a famous cricket player who didn’t look too happy. I believe it was not because of his game; it was just what everyone did. (Once, I thought looking serious was going to be cool, so I didn’t smile for my Driver’s License, and it backfired. It made me look more like a felon than cool. But when this picture was taken in 1880, not smiling was the thing to do.) Charles was born on December 2, 1860, in Northamptonshire, England, to a wealthy merchant, Edward Studd, and his wife, Dorthy. Edward made his money in India. He used that wealth to send Charles to the prestigious school Eaton, then to Trinity College, Cambridge. Edward loved sports, and in his retirement he got into horse racing, built a track, and won many awards. Near the end of his life, he heard the good news about Jesus from D.L. Moody, and Edward responded in faith. This picture from a few years later captures a mo...