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For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr
by Duncan Hamilton
I've been fascinated by Eric Liddell ever since first discovering him in the beautiful movie "Chariots of Fire." [if you haven't seen it, drop everything you are doing and go watch it. You can thank me later] The only problem with "Chariots of Fire" is that Mr. Liddell's story ends shortly after the 1924 Olympics. His life was much more than that, and until now the rest of his life has been somewhat of a mystery other than the bare facts that he went to China as a missionary, was interned by the Japanese during WW II and died of a brain tumor.
Duncan Hamilton fills in all the details of Mr. Liddell's life in engaging and clear prose [I listened to the audio book which was excellent]. Here is Eric working cheerfully in missions in a very dangerous time during the Japanese occupation. He is robbed more than once, his life is threatened more than once. He goes and gets a wounded Chinese nationalist and brings him back 20 miles through territory regularly patrolled by the Japanese to get him medical attention. Not because he sided with the Nationalists, but because it was the right thing to do.
We see the difficulties of his short marriage in which he and his wife and children are separated for more than half of its duration. We see him as he works in the internment camp, sometimes a counselor, sometimes a mediator, sometimes a friend and teacher of the children, and sometimes a preacher of the gospel.
We weep as Mr. Liddell dies from an undiagnosed brain tumor, while his wife and children [one whom he never gets to meet] are in Canada. We get to find out the rest of his wife's story and see how even though she remarried, Mr. Liddell affected the course of her life and that of their daughters'.
It's an excellent book. Well-written and informative. You'll come away with even greater appreciation for the character of Mr. Liddell and his wife and the sacrifices they made to spread the gospel.
Duncan Hamilton fills in all the details of Mr. Liddell's life in engaging and clear prose [I listened to the audio book which was excellent]. Here is Eric working cheerfully in missions in a very dangerous time during the Japanese occupation. He is robbed more than once, his life is threatened more than once. He goes and gets a wounded Chinese nationalist and brings him back 20 miles through territory regularly patrolled by the Japanese to get him medical attention. Not because he sided with the Nationalists, but because it was the right thing to do.
We see the difficulties of his short marriage in which he and his wife and children are separated for more than half of its duration. We see him as he works in the internment camp, sometimes a counselor, sometimes a mediator, sometimes a friend and teacher of the children, and sometimes a preacher of the gospel.
We weep as Mr. Liddell dies from an undiagnosed brain tumor, while his wife and children [one whom he never gets to meet] are in Canada. We get to find out the rest of his wife's story and see how even though she remarried, Mr. Liddell affected the course of her life and that of their daughters'.
It's an excellent book. Well-written and informative. You'll come away with even greater appreciation for the character of Mr. Liddell and his wife and the sacrifices they made to spread the gospel.