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TO THE MEMORY OF
MISS JANE COOK
WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM
FEBRUARY 11TH 1851
AGED 75 YEARS
BLESSED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE
WITH A LARGE AND INCREASING ESTATE
CONTENTED WITH THE RETIREMENT OF PRIVATE LIFE
AND UNAMBITIOUS OF WORLDLY SPLENDOUR
SHE DEVOTED MUCH OF HER PROPERTY FROM YEAR TO YEAR
IN HER LIFE.
AND BEQUEATHED THE RESIDUE AT HER DEATH
TO THE PROMOTION OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION,
UNTO THE JEW FIRST,
AND ALSO TO THE GENTILE.
EARNESTLY SEEKING THE WELFARE OF THE CHURCH AT HOME
AND DESIROUS OF SPREADING THE KNOWLEDGE OF SALVATION
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
SHE PREFERRED JERUSALEM ABOVE HER CHIEF JOY
HAVING IN HER LIFE TIME CONTRIBUTED
MAINLY TO THE BUILDING
OF A HOUSE FOR THE LORD OF MOUNT ZION.
AND THE PERMANENT SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN ESTABLISHMENTS
IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM.
SHE FINALLY LEFT A LARGE FUND
TO BE APPLIED TO THE GENERAL PURPOSES
OF THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY
AMONGST THE JEWS.
“THOU SHALT ARISE AND HAVE MERCY UPON ZION. FOR THE TIME TO
FAVOUR HER, YEA THE TIME IS COME FOR THY SERVANTS TAKE PLEASURE
IN HER STONES, AND FAVOUR THE JUST THEREOF’ PSALM CII. 13, 14
