Sadhu Sundar Singh
A Biography by C. F. Andrews
About this book
Sadhu Sundar Singh is a 1934 biography of the Indian Christian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929), written by his friend and fellow worker C. F. Andrews and published in London by Hodder & Stoughton. It is one of several biographical studies of Sundar Singh that appeared in the years following his disappearance on a preaching journey into Tibet, drawing on Andrews's personal acquaintance with him to set out the story of his life and ministry.
This scan is catalogued by the Internet Archive as a Hodder & Stoughton (London) printing. Harper & Brothers of New York and London published the same year under the fuller title Sadhu Sundar Singh: A Personal Memoir — almost certainly the same text under a different regional publisher's imprint. UECF.NET's fuller page, built from that Harper & Brothers digitization, has a verified table of contents, short excerpts, and extended biography: Sadhu Sundar Singh: A Personal Memoir.
- 1934 First edition
- 268 pages (scanned edition)
- Christian Biography
- English
📜 Copyright & access notice
UECF.NET has not obtained, and has not sought, reproduction rights for the complete text of this 1934 biography, so the full book is not — and will not be — published, scanned, mirrored, or linked to as an unauthorized copy anywhere on this site. This page is a bibliographic and access-information page only, in the same spirit as a library catalog entry.
The copy held by the Internet Archive is an access-restricted item (part of their Print Disabled and In Library collections), lent one reader at a time through their Controlled Digital Lending program — the online equivalent of a library loan, with matching technical protections. The link on this page goes directly to that official Internet Archive record. UECF.NET has not bypassed, and will not attempt to bypass, any lending restriction, DRM, or other access control on that platform or any other.
Ways to read this book in full, all of them legitimate:
- Borrow it online — the access-restricted digital edition at the Internet Archive (a free Internet Archive account is required to borrow).
- Borrow it from your local library — in print or via your library's own catalog. Use WorldCat to find a library near you that holds a copy.
- Buy a copy — new or used, from a bookseller of your choice.
If C. F. Andrews's estate, Hodder & Stoughton, or another authorized rights holder grants UECF.NET permission to publish the complete text, this page will be expanded into a fuller edition. Until then, this information page is the complete, legally appropriate UECF.NET entry for this title.
About the author — C. F. Andrews
Charles Freer Andrews (1871–1940) was an English Anglican priest, educator and missionary who spent much of his life in India. A close friend of both Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, he was affectionately given the Bengali name Deenabandhu ("friend of the poor" or "friend of the lowly") for his work on behalf of indentured Indian labourers and the poor. Andrews came to know Sadhu Sundar Singh personally and, like several of Sundar Singh's other contemporaries, wrote about his life and witness after his disappearance in 1929.
About Sadhu Sundar Singh
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929) was an Indian Christian evangelist and ascetic. Born into a Sikh family in Punjab, he experienced a vision of Christ as a teenager that led to his conversion, after which he adopted the saffron robe of a Hindu "sadhu" (holy man) as a sign that following Christ did not require abandoning his Indian identity. He travelled widely as an itinerant preacher across India, Tibet, and other parts of Asia and the West, becoming known for his simple, story-based style of teaching. He set out on a journey into Tibet in 1929 and was never seen again; he is presumed to have died on that journey. His life and disappearance prompted several biographical studies, including this one by C. F. Andrews.
This summary states widely documented, publicly available facts about Sundar Singh's life. UECF.NET has not independently verified every detail and welcomes corrections at info@uecf.net.
Related Christian Books
- The Search After Reality — Listen Online
- The Christian Witness of Sadhu Sundar Singh — A Collection of His Writings, ed. T. Dayanandan Francis
- The Cross Is Heaven — The Life and Writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, ed. A. J. Appasamy
- Wisdom of the Sadhu — Teachings of Sundar Singh, ed. Kim Comer
- Visions of the Spiritual World — Sadhu Sundar Singh
- With and Without Christ — Sadhu Sundar Singh
- The Apostle of the East and West — James A. Kelso, a life of Sadhu Sundar Singh
- History of Christianity in India — M. M. Ninan
Publication details
- Title: Sadhu Sundar Singh
- Author: C. F. Andrews
- First published: 1934, Hodder & Stoughton (London)
- Language: English
- Pages: 268 (scanned edition)
- Source record: Internet Archive — sadhusundarsingh0000cfan
Latest updates
- 2026 — Published as a UECF.NET book-information page: bibliographic details, author background, and links to legitimate reading options. No copyrighted text is reproduced on this page.
Spot an error, or are you a rights holder who can authorize a full-text edition? Please contact us.