One Man's Walk with God: A Lifetime of Christian Witness

Huntington College, March 1995
Spending time with Herb Cook is spending time with the Lord. Herb's life is an incredible story of a man's faith and God's faithfulness

Book Description
The inspiring autobiography of a Christian teacher and missionary.

From the Publisher
The author recalls with faith, humor and humility, a good life that began as a "preacher's kid" in rural Michigan. He describes early 20th century country life including one-room school, church and family activities, games and social customs. Major events and turning points in his life led to a career as a high school teacher and principal, college science professor, and lay missionary in Sierra Leone.

From the Author
I thank God who blessed me with the experiences that have manifested His love for His children, given me the commission to write about them, the talent necessary and the help I needed to complete the task.

Excerpted from One Man's Walk With God : A Lifetime of Christian Witness by Herbert R. Cook. Copyright © 1995. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
From Chapter 1: "Fire!" That dreaded word rang over the rural telephone lines in Gratiot County, Michigan in the spring of 1917. Fire meant tragedy in rural America in those days, for out in the country there were neither pressure hoses nor hydrants. Volunteer fire departments were yet to be organized, and fire meant the certain loss of a farm family's home and possessions. I was only two years old when our family home burned to ashes. This is my earliest recollection. From Chapter 32: Coeducation was a new idea in Africa in the 1950s, and Centennial High School was at the forefront. The mission board reasoned that girls should not only have formal schooling and educational opportunity, but they also should be in an environment of equality with boys. By socializing, living, and working together, the traditional barriers could be broken down that had established gender inequality deeply within the culture. ... Our missionaries pioneered in trying to raise the status of women by encouraging parents to send their daughters to school. In the early days of this movement, the clinching argument was that an educated girl brought a higher "bride price" on the marriage market. From Chapter 35: I am too impatient to be a fisherman. ... For over an hour, nobody got so much as a nibble. We jokingly decided the fish in Africa must also take a daily siesta. Virgilia, who is no fisherman either, played about with a rod with an eight-pound line. Suddenly she screamed, "I've got one, and I can't hold it!" We all reeled in our lines and Marion said, "Here, Honey, let me take your pole. You probably just got snagged on a rock." With his first jerk on the pole he exclaimed, "this is no rock, Virgilia. You sure did hook a big one. You want to bring it in?" ...


Buy from Amazon     Compare Prices