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MRS. MARY COOKMAN,

MOTHER OF ALFRED COOKMAN,

THE DEVOUT CHRISTIAN LADY WHO, THROUGH A LONG LIFE, HAS SO

BEAUTIFULLY EXEMPLIFIED THE DOCTRINES

TAUGHT BY HER SON,

This Volume is Affectionately Enscribed

BY

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE COOKMAN FAMILY.- GEORGE GRIMSTON COOKMAN..

CHAPTER II.

THE REV. GEORGE G. COOKMAN IN AMERICA.-THE BIRTH

OF ALFRED.

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19

34

CHAPTER III.

THE GROWING FAME OF REV. GEORGE G. COOKMAN.-THE

CHILDHOOD OF ALFRED

CHAPTER IV.

REV. GEORGE G. COOKMAN IN THE CAPITAL OF THE NA-

TION. THE YOUTH OF ALFRED.

CHAPTER V.

REV. GEORGE G. COOKMAN LOST AT SEA.—ALFRED'S RAPID

PROGRESS

49

63

81

CHAPTER VI.

ALFRED, THE CHRISTIAN WORKER.—ESSAYS AT PREACHING

95

CHAPTER VII.

THE YOUTHFUL PASTOR.-HIS FIRST CIRCUIT.

III

CHAPTER VIII.

FROM COUNTRY TO CITY.-TRIP TO ENGLAND.

CHAPTER IX.

THE FOREIGN TOUR.-ENGLISH SCENERY AND FRIENDS..

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125

138

CHAPTER X.

HOME AGAIN.

MARRIAGE.-MINISTRY AT WEST CHESTER

AND HARRISBURG, PA

CHAPTER XI.

MINISTRY AT CHRIST CHURCH, PITTSBURGH, PA.-INCREAS-

ING FAME AND USEFULNESS

CHAPTER XII.

MINISTRY AT GREEN STREET CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA.

REMARKABLE REVIVAL

152

169

191

REMOVAL TO NEW YORK.-MINISTRY AT THE CENTRAL

CHURCH.-PATRIOTISM AND THE CIVIL WAR....

CHAPTER XV.

TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-THE ARMY OF

THE POTOMAC AND THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION

CHAPTER XVI.

229

RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA.-PASTORATE OF THE SPRING

GARDEN STREET CHURCH.-AMONG THE CHILDREN...

281

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER XVII.

SPRING GARDEN STREET CHURCH.-CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE

COLORED RACE.-VACATION AT CAMP-MEETINGS

CHAPTER XVIII.

SPRING GARDEN STREET CHURCH.-THE NATIONAL CAMP-

MEETING MOVEMENT...

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297

314

CHAPTER XIX.

SPRING GARDEN STREET CHURCH.-DEATH OF GEORGE

COOKMAN AND OF ALFRED BRUNER COOKMAN...

...

328

CHAPTER XX.

GRACE CHURCH, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.—THE NATIONAL

AND OTHER CAMP-MEETINGS.-MISSIONARY JUBILEE...

CHAPTER XXI.

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NATIONAL

GRACE CHURCH.-SKILL IN THE PASTORATE.

CAMP-MEETINGS AT HAMILTON, OAKINGTON, AND DES-

PLAINES

345

369

CHAPTER XXII.

GRACE CHURCH.-THE PENINSULA CONVENTION.

384

CHAPTER XXIII.

CENTRAL CHURCH, NEWARK, N. J.- OCEAN GROVE CAMP-

GROUND.-NATIONAL CAMP-MEETINGS AT ROUND LAKE

AND URBANA

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE LAST CAMP-MEETINGS.-FAILING HEALTH.-THE LAST

SERMON..

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