The Life Of Alfred Cookman: With A Brief Account Of His Father, The Rev. George Grimston Cookman - Softcover

Henry Bascom Ridgaway

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371934656 ISBN 13: 9780371934654

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

The Life Of Alfred Cookman: With A Brief Account Of His Father, The Rev. George Grimston Cookman by Henry Bascom Ridgaway is a biographical study of Alfred Cookman, a prominent 19th-century American Methodist preacher. Drawing on family letters, journals, church records, and contemporary testimony, Ridgaway traces Alfred’s spiritual formation from his English Methodist home, through his conversion in Baltimore and Carlisle, to his ascent as a pastor and revivalist in cities like Philadelphia, Washington, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Newark, and New York. The work emphasizes his vocation as a preacher of holiness, his leadership in Sabbath schools, and his tireless evangelistic campaigns—especially at camp meetings across the United States. It also interweaves his responses to national crises, including slavery and the Civil War, with his vision of Christian unity and social reform. The biography culminates in his heroic death in 1871, celebrated as a martyr-like testimony to the power of sanctified life in public ministry. The Life Of Alfred Cookman is thus both a portrait of a singular man and a window into the broader revival and reform currents of 19th-century American Methodism.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371934656
• ISBN 13: 9780371934654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356