Song was born in
Sichuan (formerly romanized as
Szechwan) in 1890, a mentee of James Stewart and baptised by Reg Taylor in 1916 after family hostility to his conversion had died down. After graduation from the Union University, he studied theology at
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and
Ridley Hall, Cambridge before being
ordained in 1927. He was regarded by Bishop R. O. Hall as the "outstanding
Szechwanese leader". He died from a stroke in 1955. == See also ==