William Grimshaw Of Haworth (Cook)

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Cook, Faith

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9780851517322

Publisher:

Banner of Truth Trust

Pages:

342

Binding:

Paperback

Description

Faith Cook has drawn on unpublished and little-known sources to produce this comprehensive new biography.

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Table of Contents:

	Introduction: Haworth – Now and Then
1	‘Sober and Diligent’	1
2	An Ungodly Cleric	9
3	The Pardoning Love of God	18
4	Harbingers of Blessing in Yorkshire 1734-1742	32
5	Haworth – A Barren Wilderness	45
6	Showers on Dry Ground	57
7	Full Assurance	68
8	Haworth – A Garden of the Lord	78
9	‘Strains of Tremendous Eloquence’	88
10	The Care of Souls	99
11	A Bona Fide Methodist	110
12	Not Counting the Cost	123
13	Anecdotes from Haworth Days	138
14	Days of the Son of Man	149
15	‘The Great Haworth Round’	161
16	Every Moment to God’s Glory	177
17	Years of Consolidation	188
18	Grimshaw’s Unpublished Writings	200
19	The Unresolved Tension: Church or Dissent	215
20	When Good Men Differ	229
21	Friends and Fellow Workers	245
22	‘What Has God Wrought!’	263
23	‘For to Me to Live is Christ’	274
24	‘ and to Die is Gain’	284
	APPENDICES:
1	Grimshaw’s Letters	299
2	Grimshaw’s Covenant	309
3	Grimshaw’s Creed	314

Author

Faith Cook, daughter of Stanley and Norah Rowe, missionaries of the China Inland Mission (now OMF), was born in north-west China. After missionaries were evicted from the country in 1951, she returned to the UK and attended Clarendon School in North Wales before proceeding to teacher training college in Bromley, Kent. She married Paul Cook in 1961, and they served several evangelical churches in the Midlands and Yorkshire before his retirement. They have a daughter, four sons and ten grandchildren, and now live in Breaston, Derbyshire.

Contemporary Comments on William Grimshaw of Haworth

"Perhaps this century has not produced another who could say with more justice and propriety to his hearers (if his great humility would have permitted him). 'be ye followers of me, as I am of Christ'." — JOHN NEWTON

"A few such as him would make a nation tremble. He carries fire wherever he goes." — JOHN WESLEY

Endorsements

"Grimshaw’s unflagging energy and vigorous defense of the faith was matched by a charitable spirit that was a model of true Christlikeness . . . a surprising measure of what he said and wrote is germane to the times in which we live. This is a welcome addition to the rich treasure trove already available from the Banner of Truth. It is also a classic example of what a good biography ought to be." — JOHN MACARTHUR

"A biography that I hold dear because it is a challenge to my wimpishness, something this Canadian Christian historian deeply laments. Grimshaw was a true radical." — MICHAEL HAYKIN

"Atmosphere, action, great character: it’s Wuthering Heights meets Whitfield-Wesley revival." — MIKE REEVES