Sadhu Sundar Singh Papers
Letters, 1918-1929, of Sadhu Sundar Singh in India to Rebecca Parker, the subjects including his work and activities. Romanised Hindustani (Urdu?) and English
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CWM/LMS/India/Personal/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1918-1929 |
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Sub-series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Singh; Sadhu Sundar (1889-1929); Indian Christian 'sadhu' |
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| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/India/Personal/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
Letters, 1918-1929, of Sadhu Sundar Singh in India to Rebecca Parker, the subjects including his work and activities. Romanised Hindustani (Urdu?) and English |
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| Main author: | Singh; Sadhu Sundar (1889-1929); Indian Christian 'sadhu' | |
| Extent: |
1 box |
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| Admin history: | Sundar Singh: born in a Punjab village, 1889; of dual Sikh and Hindu descent; his early dislike of Christianity resulted in a symbolic burning of the Bible; soon after followed a vision of Jesus Christ and he was baptized, 1905; determined to become a Christian sadhu (holy man); associated briefly with a semi-Franciscan brotherhood and attended an Anglican theological college for a few months, but had no formal church affiliations; travelled and preached in mountain regions from his centre at Kotgarh, c1910-c1916; wrote about the many hardships in the Urdu Christian press, his accounts forming the basis of books about him by Alfred Zahir, 1916, and Rebecca J Parker, 1918; began to travel abroad, 1918; visited Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China; travelled to Europe, North America, and Australia, 1920; visited Europe again, 1922; following the publication of B H Streeter and A J Appasamy's The Sadhu (1921), Sundar Singh was identified as a living mystic and several more books were published about him; some people did not accept his accounts of his early adventures and his later years were dogged by controversy and ill health; set off to travel once more, 1929; his fate, and the circumstances of his death, are unknown. Rebecca Jane Parker: born, 1865; née Perkins; a church member in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; married Arthur Parker (1858-1935, a London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary in South India) in Calcutta, 1888; adoptive mother to Sundar Singh; working with her husband in the Trivandrum area, she ran a hostel and boarding home for Christian girls and Bible women; established an embroidery industry, employing over 1,000 Christian women; awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal by the British government for social service, 1921; retired, 1925; died at Leamington Spa, England, 1946. Publications: Sadhu Sundar Singh, called of God (1918 and subsequent editions); Sundar Singh, At the Master's Feet, translated by the Rev Arthur and Mrs Parker [1922]; Children of the Light in India: biographies of noted Indian Christians [1929]; Father of Twenty-Five Thousand: Arthur Parker, missionary in India [1939]; How They Found Christ: Stories of Indian Christians (1940). | Sundar Singh: born in a Punjab village, 1889; of dual Sikh and Hindu descent; his early dislike of Christianity resulted in a symbolic burning of the Bible; soon after followed a vision of Jesus Christ and he was baptized, 1905; determined to become a Christian sadhu (holy man); associated briefly with a semi-Franciscan brotherhood and attended an Anglican theological college for a few months, but had no formal church affiliations; travelled and preached in mountain regions from his centre at Kotgarh, c1910-c1916; wrote about the many hardships ... View more |
| Custodial history: | The papers were deposited with the London Missionary Society by Rebecca Parker's son and form part of the special series of personal papers of individual LMS missionaries and officers. | |
| Acquisition: |
Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the London Missionary Society by the Congregational Council for World Mission (later Council for World Mission) in 1973. |
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| Access status: |
Open |
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| Language: | Urdu English |
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| Scripts: |
Latin |
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| Finding aids: |
Unpublished handlist |
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| Related material: | The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds records of the Conference of British Missionary Societies, International Missionary Council, including papers relating to Sadhu Sundar Singh, 1929-1930s (Ref: CBMS/H/PB6/71/46, CBMS/H/PB28/93/94, CBMS/H/PB52/117). | |
| Publications: |
Wikipedia biographical entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakht_Singh |
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| Format: | Archive | |
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