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Eric Liddell: The Greatest Race

Eric Liddell: The Greatest Race. Japanese Internment Camp.

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Eric Liddell: The Greatest Race

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  1. Eric Liddell:The Greatest Race Japanese Internment Camp

  2. Reviewhttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=23http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=36This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

  3. Enemy Nationals sent to Weihsien, 300 miles awayhttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org

  4. http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Press%20Cuttings&page=1http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Press%20Cuttings&page=1

  5. Weihsien Camp (1943-1945) http://www.weihsien-paintings.org • Enemy nationals could bring two suitcases and send four large pieces of luggage • 1800 people • Former Missionary Compound • “Surrounded by a tall gray wall, whose corner turrets served as guard towers, with searchlights and machine guns.” (Eric Liddell-Pure Gold, pg. 255)

  6. Map of the Camphttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=43

  7. Camp Weihsienhttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org • Camp needed work • Did have old school buildings, a hospital, a church, 400 rooms, and five large houses where the Japanese stayed • Nationals had to clean up the camp

  8. Nine Committees Establishedhttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org • All expected to work 3 hours a day • “Eric was asked to divide his time between teaching in the camp school and organizing athletic games. He was also elected to the Weihsien Christian Fellowship Committee, a group responsible for planning evangelical worship services and special meetings.” (Eric Liddell-Pure Gold pg. 257)

  9. Camp Life • Boredom and repetition • SOS (“Same Old Stew”) • Various performances, games • Eric shared a small room (9 by 12 feet)

  10. New Campers Arrivehttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=34 • Hundreds of campers were allowed to go home and “300 students and teachers of the China Inland Mission school at Chefoo” arrived (Eric Liddell-Pure Gold, pg. 262)

  11. Eric shows an interest in the kids http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/ • Many of them were without their parents • He didn’t have his family there, they didn’t have their family there, and he knew what it was like to not have family around growing up (Etham Coll.) • Tutoring them, created a 100 page book of chemistry from memory

  12. God loves childrenhttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=34 • “Remember your Creator in the days of thy youth.” (Ecc. 12:1) • “ ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these…..’ And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.” (Mark 10:14,16)

  13. “Uncle Eric”http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=40 • Eric mended the hockey sticks • Taught the kids games like basketball and rounders • They loved him • His roommates hung a sign with the words “IN” or “OUT” for the kids

  14. Valuable Lesson about enemieshttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org • Young people heard Eric speak once on Matt. 5:44 (“ ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you.’” (Matt. 5:44)) • Eric said that it had changed his attitude

  15. Eric kept his morning quiet timeshttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org • He and new roommate Joe Cotterill would read the Bible and pray together before starting their day (Quiet Time) • “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” (Ps. 5:3)

  16. Headaches?http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=40 • In Nov. of 1944, Eric begins to feel bad • Head hurt, speech slowed down, walked slower, homesick • Couldn’t get up for rollcall • Depression? Overworked? Nervous Breakdown?

  17. Eric suffers a small stroke http://www.weihsien-paintings.org http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=40 • Walked with a slight limp and one eye was affected too • Doctors thought it may be a brain tumor but they didn’t have the equipment to investigate

  18. Eric talks about “Surrender”http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=40 • One of the teenagers on hospital staff would come and talk with Eric • They discussed what “surrender” meant • “ ‘Surrender means that we are prepared to follow God’s guidance, wherever or however He guides, no matter what the cost.’” (Eric Liddell-Pure Gold, pg. 279) • “Teach me to do they will; for thou are my God.” (Ps. 143:10)

  19. “Be Still My Soul” • “Be still my soul; the hour is hastening on, • When we shall forever be with the Lord, • When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone • Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. • Be still my soul; when change and tears are past • All safe and blessed, we shall meet at last.”

  20. February 21, 1945http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Press%20Cuttings&page=4 • Eric wrote Florence a letter • Suffers a seizure, goes into a coma and dies • He was 43 years old • Autopsy showed he died of an inoperable brain tumor • The others would be freed in August

  21. Eric had finished his coursehttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=41 • “One of Eric’s roommates, a British businessman, said simply, ‘He lived a far better life than his preaching.’” (Eric Liddell-Pure Gold, pg. 285) • “Follow my example, as I follow Christ.” (I Cor. 11:1)

  22. Church was crowdedhttp://www.weihsien-paintings.org • Grown men crying • Known for being a friend to all, not the Olympics • Eric was loved and missed • He had loved God and loved people

  23. Eric finished his life’s racehttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/eric-liddell-biography.php • “I have fought a good fight, I finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day. And not to me only but to all them that love his appearing.” (II Tim. 4:7-8)

  24. Why was the word “Surrender”so important to Eric? • Because of what Jesus accomplished on the cross • “For all have sinned.” (Rom. 3:23) • “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Rom. 6:23) • “But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Rom. 5:8) • JESUS

  25. Jesus loves you. He deserves our lives.http://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=38 • “And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.” (II Cor. 5:15)

  26. Eric’s race is overhttp://www.ericliddell.org/eric-liddell/gallery/index.php?cat=Eric%20Liddell&page=18 • But you are still running. • Who are you running for? • Yourself: crowns that will fade away • Jesus: crowns that will never fade away

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