PRESUMED DEAD

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11955, 27 May 1933, Page 9

PRESUMED DEAD

MYSTERY OF SVNPAIt >IXOII

CALCTTTA. Hay F,. Behind the bald announcement that the English Courts had given leave to presume the death of Pardar Su«dar Singh lies a strange story. The home of Sunda r Singh was in the Simla hills, but- he made frequent journeys into Tibet-, wheic, he related. l>e met saintly men who had conquered death and had. been living for hundreds of years. In 19-9 he set off towards- Tibet, and has not. been heard of since, though in 1931 there was a false report that he had emerged. Sundar Singh originally was a Sikh who was converted do Christianity as suddenly as fit. Paul. TTe. had all the fervour. of the. first Christians, and the, ,rapture in. his face left, none in doubt, thaj. to him. at least, the visions and miraculous appearances h'c described wore ieal. The writings of Sundar Singh have been translated into numerous European languages. Gorman - scholars have written books about him. and in England, where Canon Strootoi was ids editor and. sponsor, he was known and revered by many. Whatever may h~ the explanation, of his visions, his .was a rare spirit. Needless , to-sn-y, many in India will continue to believe he is still alive.