But when he ran out of money and couldn't fund his studies, he realised that maybe art wasn't the career for him. He really had his sights set on being an artist and went to the Royal College of Art in London and then on to Edinburgh University to study psychology and philosophy as well as art. His family moved to Perth and then to London where teenager Oswald became a Christian under the preaching of Charles Spurgeon. Rev Oswald Chambers was born in Aberdeen in 1874, the son of a Baptist minister and one of eight children. Oswald Chambers started off life wanting to be an artist before becoming a Bible teacher. Significantly, he is better known now than ever he was in his lifetime. Only 43 when he died, Chambers left a young widow and a small daughter to carry on his literary work. Sadly, in his own country, he is hardly a household name, as he should be. Oswald Chambers is known to millions of readers around the world, especially in North American. Exactly 100 years ago today, one of the UK's best-loved Christian writers and communicators died in an Egyptian army camp during the Great War.
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