DEATH OF REV, THOMAS COOK.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 9

DEATH OF REV, THOMAS COOK.

A GEEAf E7A»GE.LIST, ."'. '.The:.E4v.'Thomas Cb6k> Principal ' t .oi\ ■ .Slijf College, Calver, :fid peacefully 'away, .on Septenl.ber.:2ijVinj a.. nursing hoiiio in liondbn. s Mr,:V'Oookj.was:..: born at 'Middiosljrough:.: in.:^ fe) the. 'iiifl-i!ien&';<rf;;']ijs' Sahdny feachOT,":TCAbvTCas\ : k • the "GhtistiativWorld"}.:.' Quite 1 early.■.fie; began'' to •preach; 'and/inn apjftjal by UK' ,Punskjn ■''leiG.-t'ti-.' his',. becoming,-, a' .toine.' m.j§si6riary'iiiHajifas' rind/Bradford ■ district, and t•his.■.' : was' : by his entry .into ihe .ministry. He "was notsent to cdllege-Jjiit-directly'to- evangeli'a-* tic .work as theVfirst-CdrtofeHpital evangel ist. His success was phenomenal, "''and'/ ali.ovej? the -British Isles he-won.converts; by the hundred/ Jtr. Cook preached with ■] similar success in Afr'icaj !uidia; Austin--1-ia, Palestine, France, nod other -Europeim . countries, often having; his seTmons into**. prefced sentence; by sentence. ■ ..Mr. Cook becnine associated with the l.ato Thomas Chauxpncss, anil by- jiieatisbf; "joyful- News/'vho approached'the Methodist public for help in his OutrandrQut' . Band .caravan mission to the "■ villages;-■ ■After Mr. Champness's death.he became 1 editor, of "Joyful News," and teas, a'ssor, dated with-'it 'to -the end, ' When Gliff* College ..was. founded : in ■wh'ic'h.-tp'. train' lay preachers, ' Sir. Cook was rh;nde : its. first principal.' - Here by his. optimistic and cheery natute, his eager cnthusiasHi.' and his slirewd -and, practical.'business methods', he'exercised:* great- influence o'n.J. buiidfeils bjf Ihen \vh.o for n terin or in,; soine cases three terpis were tahght.the .best methods of evangelism." Besides ;re- - : ceiving this training, the men,! under Mr* sup'eriiltendencej cultivated the | fields" and gardens attached- to- thb 'college, i and cared- for.-tho poultry and cattle.',