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<p> a Methodist Episcopal minister. He was born in [[Pennsylvania]] (date wanting), of pious and cultivated parents; removed early to Western Virginia; was converted in youth; entered Cokesbury | Valentine Cook <ref name="term_34213" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister. He was born in [[Pennsylvania]] (date wanting), of pious and cultivated parents; removed early to Western Virginia; was converted in youth; entered Cokesbury College while a boy, where he was one of the four boys placed on the charity foundation, and, after a partial course in 1787, entered the itinerant ministry in 1788. In 1794-7 he was presiding elder on [[Philadelphia]] and [[Pittsburg]] districts; and in 1798; missionary to Kentucky. In 1799 he took charge of [[Bethel]] Seminary, the second Methodist literary institution in America; afterwards was some time principal of Harrodsburg Academy, and finally removed to a farm near Russelville, Logan Co., Ky., where he resided until his death. In his youth he was very studious and serious, and became in subsequent life a good classical scholar. He had great reputation as an eloquent and effective minister. Many were converted by his preaching, and his influence was widely extended. '''''—''''' Stevenson, Life of Cook (Nashville, 1856, 12mo); Methodist Quart. Rev. April, 1859, p. 183; Geo. Peck, D.D., Early [[Methodism]] (N.Y. 1860, 12mo, p. 71, 72, 86); Sprague, Annals, 7:151; Summers, Biograph. Sketches, p. 183. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:58, 15 October 2021
Valentine Cook [1]
a Methodist Episcopal minister. He was born in Pennsylvania (date wanting), of pious and cultivated parents; removed early to Western Virginia; was converted in youth; entered Cokesbury College while a boy, where he was one of the four boys placed on the charity foundation, and, after a partial course in 1787, entered the itinerant ministry in 1788. In 1794-7 he was presiding elder on Philadelphia and Pittsburg districts; and in 1798; missionary to Kentucky. In 1799 he took charge of Bethel Seminary, the second Methodist literary institution in America; afterwards was some time principal of Harrodsburg Academy, and finally removed to a farm near Russelville, Logan Co., Ky., where he resided until his death. In his youth he was very studious and serious, and became in subsequent life a good classical scholar. He had great reputation as an eloquent and effective minister. Many were converted by his preaching, and his influence was widely extended. — Stevenson, Life of Cook (Nashville, 1856, 12mo); Methodist Quart. Rev. April, 1859, p. 183; Geo. Peck, D.D., Early Methodism (N.Y. 1860, 12mo, p. 71, 72, 86); Sprague, Annals, 7:151; Summers, Biograph. Sketches, p. 183.
