In Praise of Eric Liddell

In Praise of Eric Liddell

The race and the glory, great things he has done

So loved he that excellence, he gave all each run

But never on Sunday, as was seen as a sin

Rather off to the chapel, where good folk go in

The race was his joy, with the fire in his blood

In sunshine and storm, on grassland and mud

This was God’s gift, so he truly believed

The swiftness of feet, the victory received

Great was the Olympics, and great things he has done,

In Paris that year, in the heat and the sun

But after his calling, that greater would be

To China, his task, his vocation to see