Faithful to the End; The Story of Emile Cook's Life (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...continent of Europe. It was in Lausanne that he had achieved his first great successes as a teacher of children while he was himself but a child. Now again he found his way to the hearts of the children, and through them to those of the parents, whom he thus first succeeded in reaching. His one aim in Sunday-school work was to turn the hearts of the young to the love and service of Christ; and in this he succeeded, as every one does in an object upon which every power of mind and soul is bent. His influence over them all was unbounded. He knew just how to produce a lasting impression upon their hearts. On a certain beautiful June day all the Sunday-schools in the canton of Vaud were assembled for a monster Sabbath-school celebration. A noble lady had thrown open her magnificent park for their reception. More than four thousand children, with their teachers and relatives, had assembled. Few of the number had ever been in such beautiful grounds. The most joyous excitement prevailed: the children ran hither and thither, shouting, screaming, expressing the animation of the moment in every possible manner. As the hour for the collation drew near it was desired to gather the happy company together for some short religious service. To assemble the children upon the lawn before the chateau, in sight of the wellspread tables, was an easy matter--to keep them quiet was quite another thing. One after another, the would-be speakers appeared upon a balcony of the chateau and tried in vain to make themselves heard. At length Mr. Cook presented himself. In his hand he held a little book, one of those collections of Scripture texts for every day in the year of which, probably, every French Protestant possesses a copy. "My children," he cried in that bright, cheer...