The Late Rev. Emile Cook.
At one of the revival meetings recently held in Edinburgh, Mr. Moody spoke of the importance and power of faith in prayer. Dr. A. Thomson read a letter which he had received from a lady in Edinburgh, narrating a series of incidents in connection with the rescue of the passengers of the shipwrecked Loch Earn. “After the Trimountain left them, and they had examined their ship, they feared they would never see land again. They could not navigate the vessel, and were left to the mercy of the wind and waves, or rather to the care of Him who ruleth wind and waves. Two ministers were left on board the Loch Earn. One, M. Cook, a truly good man, did all he could to encourage their hearers. Every day at noon he gathered them together, and earnestly by prayer strove to lead them to the Saviour. The day before they were rescued, he told them he had no doubt they would be saved; that even then a vessel was speeding to save them; that God had answered their prayers; and that next day, as morning dawned, they would see her. As morning dawned, every eye was strained to see the promised ship. There truly she was, and the British Queen bore down upon them. One thing is remarkable—the officer in charge on board the British Queen had a most unaccountable feeling that there was something for him to do, and three times during the night he changed the course of the vessel, bearing northward, telling the watch to keep a sharp lookout for a ship.”