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Norman Percy Grubb (1895–1993). Born on August 2, 1895, in Hampstead, England, to an Anglican vicar, Norman Grubb became a missionary, evangelist, and author. Educated at Marlborough College, he served as a lieutenant in World War I, earning the Military Cross, though wounded in the leg. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he helped found what became InterVarsity Christian Fellowship but left in 1920 to join his fiancée, Pauline Studd, daughter of missionary C.T. Studd, in the Belgian Congo. There, for ten years, he evangelized and translated the New Testament into Bangala. After Studd’s death in 1931, Grubb led the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC) as general secretary until 1965, growing it from 35 to 2,700 missionaries, and co-founded the Christian Literature Crusade. He authored books like C.T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer, Rees Howells, Intercessor, and Yes, I Am, focusing on faith and Christ’s indwelling presence. Retiring to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, he traveled, preaching “Christ in you” until his death on December 15, 1993. Grubb said, “Good is only the other side of evil, but God is good and has no opposite.”
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Norman Grubb emphasizes the manifestation of victory through Jesus Christ's work on Calvary, urging the congregation not to delay their own spiritual harvest by expecting future generations to reap what they sow. Drawing inspiration from Jesus' interactions with the adulterous woman and the woman of Samaria, Grubb highlights the importance of recognizing the present harvest opportunities through faith and immediate action, rather than waiting for a distant future. He stresses the role of the Holy Spirit in empowering believers for service and producing holiness within them, going beyond mere seed scattering to active reaping of God's blessings.
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He has come to manifest the victory that One wrought out on Calvary and bring it into life. I don’t know about you, but I can’t let myself off by saying, “I’ll sow and somebody else will reap in the next generation. I prefer the outlook of Jesus when He dealt with an impossible woman who was an adulteress and everything else, the woman of Samaria, and found in her a fruitful harvest field. When those disciples came back to speak to Him, He said, “Lift up your eyes. You say it is four months till harvest. I say that harvest is here, right there if you lift up your eyes and see it . . . by faith.” It is there! Reap it! Reap it now! That evidently was the emphasis of His message there, wasn’t it? Maybe you will not all agree with me there, but I say God has put that into me all the years of my life. It isn’t enough just to scatter the seed. The Holy Ghost does more than that and there is more implied in Him being the Power for service within me as well as the Producer of holiness. Karuizawa Japan Conference of 1954
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Norman Percy Grubb (1895–1993). Born on August 2, 1895, in Hampstead, England, to an Anglican vicar, Norman Grubb became a missionary, evangelist, and author. Educated at Marlborough College, he served as a lieutenant in World War I, earning the Military Cross, though wounded in the leg. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he helped found what became InterVarsity Christian Fellowship but left in 1920 to join his fiancée, Pauline Studd, daughter of missionary C.T. Studd, in the Belgian Congo. There, for ten years, he evangelized and translated the New Testament into Bangala. After Studd’s death in 1931, Grubb led the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC) as general secretary until 1965, growing it from 35 to 2,700 missionaries, and co-founded the Christian Literature Crusade. He authored books like C.T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer, Rees Howells, Intercessor, and Yes, I Am, focusing on faith and Christ’s indwelling presence. Retiring to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, he traveled, preaching “Christ in you” until his death on December 15, 1993. Grubb said, “Good is only the other side of evil, but God is good and has no opposite.”