“It has given me the opportunity to chase my dreams”How your support is helping a young student take her first steps beyond the HomesDuring his lifetime, Dr Graham’s work with children became so globally famous that he often found himself crossing paths with famous people.
One of those celebrated figures was Eric Liddell, the Scottish sprinter whose Olympic exploits were immortalised in the Oscar-winning 1980 film Chariots of Fire.
The two men met one cold night in November 1931, at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh. The occasion was a “Conference of the Church of Scotland’s Young Men’s Guild”. What were they doing there?
Two extraordinary lives
History doesn’t record the conversation between Liddell and Dr Graham at the event (at least, we haven’t been able to find one – do contact us if you know otherwise!). But they certainly had common grounds for friendship: both were celebrated teachers, preachers and missionaries, with a lifelong passion for young people. Not to mention that they were both proud Scots.
Liddell and Graham returned to their respective mission stations in the early 1930s. While Dr Graham served in Kalimpong up until his death in 1942, Liddell would go on to dedicate the rest of his life to China. He ultimately died there in 1945, while imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
“It has given me the opportunity to chase my dreams”How your support is helping a young student take her first steps beyond the Homes
