Eric Liddell's Final Race in Weifang
In the winter of 1944, Eric Liddell — the Scottish sprinter who had stunned the world by refusing to run on Sunday at the 1924...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 25:1-10.
In the winter of 1944, Eric Liddell — the Scottish sprinter who had stunned the world by refusing to run on Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics — found himself in a Japanese internment camp in Weifang, China. The gold medalist who once electrified crowds now organized games for children and shared his last scraps of food with the sick.…
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