Confronted by a soldier who said, "I can't stand religious people," Chambers replied, "Neither can I." Chambers was stricken with appendicitis on Octobut resisted going to a hospital on the grounds that the beds would be needed by men wounded in the long-expected Third Battle of Gaza. Soon his wooden-framed "hut" was packed with hundreds of soldiers listening attentively to his messages. He was assigned to Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt, where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops, who later participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. In 1915, a year after the outbreak of World War I, Chambers was accepted as a YMCA chaplain. Oswald married Gertrude in May 1910, and on May 24, 1913, Gertrude gave birth to their only child, Kathleen. Even as a teenager, Chambers was noted for his deep spirituality, and he participated in the evangelization of poor occupants of local lodging houses.
At age 16, Oswald Chambers was baptized and became a member of Rye Lane Baptist Chapel. Oswald Chambers was born to devout parents in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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