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.[1] He attended West China Union University in 1917, where he majored in English language and literature.[4][5] After graduation from the Union University, he studied theology at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge before being ordained in 1927.[1] He was consecrated an Assistant Bishop of Western China in St Thomas' Church, Mianzhu, on 29 June 1929 and Bishop of West Szechwan in 1937.[3] He was also a visiting professor in Religious Studies at West China Union University. He visited Hong Kong in 1943 at the invitation of Bishop R. O. Hall. He was also invited by Archbishop Mowll to visit Australia, where he spoke at civic events, universities, and theological colleges. As an example of ecumenism, he collaborated with Roman Catholic scholars in translating some works by Church Fathers into Chinese.[6] He was regarded by Bishop R. O. Hall as the "outstanding Szechwanese leader". He died from a stroke in 1955.[1]
^Zhang, Liping (2013). "从三个'教徒世家'看基督教对城市家庭的影响" [Understanding Christianity's Influence on Urban Families by Researching on the History of Three Sichuanese Christian Families] (PDF). Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities (Humanities and Social Science) (in Simplified Chinese) (2): 87. ISSN1004-3926. Archived from the original(PDF) on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
