The Armagh Free Presbyterian Church has printed a very attractively presented tract on the conversion of Dr SB Cooke and is offering free copies of the tract.
They can be delivered through your local FPC, or shipped to you, requiring only the cost of postage.
Contact Rev David McMillan at (revdavid7@yahoo.co.uk) or (1 Drummanmore Grange, Armagh, BT61 8RQ) with your request and let him know how many tracts you would like to have.
Here is the testimony of Dr Cooke as set forth in the tract.
Dr SB Cooke was one of the Founding Fathers of the Free Presbyterian Church. He was also for many years the highly esteemed deputy Moderator of the Denomination, and Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Care. In addition, he pastored with great blessing the congregations in Mount Merrion, Rasharkin, and Armagh.
Dr Cooke was born into a Christian home, where both his parents desired that their children would get saved, and live for the Lord. The young Bert Cooke went regularly to many Church meetings, but he did not personally come to Christ in Salvation.
After he completed his education at Methodist College, Belfast he started to train as an accountant. He also really enjoyed swimming, ballroom dancing, and he was a devoted supporter of Linfield Football Club.
Sadly, at this time Bert was the black sheep of his family and was becoming increasingly worldly and godless. His mother was very concerned about the direction that his life was taking spiritually, and often when he came home late, he would find her on her knees pleading with God for his salvation.
There maybe someone in this meeting thinking I will wait to Sunday night to get saved, but Sunday night may be too late!’
In the Autumn of 1949, the internationally known Canadian evangelist, Dr Oswald J Smith came to Belfast to hold a two week Gospel mission, in McQuiston Presbyterian Church. Bert was encouraged to go to those meetings by his mother, and to please her he attended on the final Friday night, 30th September. That night the Lord spoke to his heart, and he knew that he needed to get saved, but in his pocket, he had two tickets for a ballroom dance that he wanted to go to on Saturday night. So, he decided that he would go to the dance, then return to the final meeting of the mission on Sunday evening and get saved then.
…My spirit shall not always strive with man… (Gen 6:3)
But as they were singing the words of the closing hymn, ‘I hear thy welcome voice’, Dr Smith stopped the singing and stated, “There maybe someone in this meeting thinking I will wait to Sunday night to get saved, but Sunday night may be too late!’ At that moment the words, “My spirit shall not always strive with man’ (Gen 6:3) came powerfully to Bert’s heart. He trembled as he thought of his spiritual condition, and as a result before he left the Church that night, he received Jesus Christ as his Saviour.
Maybe you are planning to be saved at some later time but remember that could be too late. The first message that SB Cooke ever preached was on 2 Corinthians 6:2, *..Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation’. Let me urge you to hasten to Christ for Salvation right now, while you still have opportunity.
By Rev David McMillan
