Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold by Janet Benge & Geoff Benge

Author:Janet Benge & Geoff Benge [Benge, Janet & Benge, Geoff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography, Non-Fiction, History, Religion
ISBN: 9781576587225
Amazon: 1576587223
Barnesnoble: 1576587223
Goodreads: 17247145
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
Published: 1998-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Together at Last

Eric spent six weeks with Flo and her family in Toronto. The time went by far too quickly, but Eric was able to tell Flo all about Jenny’s wedding, and together they made some early preparations for their own in wedding in Tientsin. They decided to be married in March 1934, right after Flo returned to China at the completion of her nursing training.

By September 1932, Eric was back in Tientsin ready for the start of a new school year. All of his old responsibilities were waiting for him. Eric was once again housefather to a group of boys and Sunday school superintendent at Union Church. He also took on some new responsibilities. He was made secretary of the Anglo-Chinese college and chairman of the sports committee. And now that he was an ordained minister, he took on more speaking engagements in churches. He also wrote long letters home to his parents once a week. Since his parents were no longer returning to China, they wanted to know all about what he was doing and whether he had seen any of their old friends. On top of all this, Eric was still a schoolteacher, with lessons to plan and papers to grade. But Eric liked all the extra work; it helped him pass the time while he waited for Flo to return.

Everything went well for Eric until November 1933, when he received a telegram telling him that his father had died suddenly the day before. Eric felt sad and helpless. He and Robert were both on the other side of the world at a time when their mother needed them most, with no way to make it home in time for the funeral. With the news of James Liddell’s death, many people, both missionaries and Chinese nationals, came to comfort Eric. Eric’s father had made an impact on a great many lives in and around Tientsin, and Eric renewed his determination to do the same.

During the next few weeks, Eric thought often about Jenny’s wedding. No one had suspected it then, but it was the last time the Liddells would be together as a family. Still, if he and Robert couldn’t be with their mother, Eric was comforted by the fact that Jenny and Ernest were there to help her. In one letter to his mother, shortly after James Liddell’s death, Eric wrote, “Jenny’s garden will soon be in bloom again. You must go there, Mother, and stay with her, especially at this time of year. I am glad that I recently had a furlough and was with you, for now I can picture it all so clearly and see what you are doing.”

If word of his father’s death saddened and depressed Eric, the news that Flo and her mother were aboard the Empress of Canada bound for Taku, China, lifted his spirits. Eric could hardly wait for Flo to arrive. Finally, he and Flo would be together. The ship was making stops in Hawaii and Japan and was due to dock in China on or about March 1, 1934.

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