the radio station for him. Eric Hogg, who was involved in the Missionary Technical Fellowship (who provided technical support to serving missionaries) also caught the vision of Gospel Recordings. He invited Joy Ridderhof to England in 1955 and arranged meetings and a press conference in London. It was during this time that the UK headquarters was established. Rev George Scott, then Home Director of China Inland Mission was the first Chairman. Scott, along with Eric Hogg and Gilbert Vinden, became the first members of the UK Council of Gospel Recordings, at one time the publishers of the largest amount of 45rpm records. Author Gook wrote a number of books, both in English and in Icelandic. His book Can a Young Man Trust His Bible? was translated into many languages, and during a world tour in 1950–1951, he found that his work had preceded him. His other books include: Can a young man find the path?, London: Pickering & Inglis, 1958. Can a young man overcome?, London: Pickering & Inglis, [n.d]. Can a young man trust his God?, London: Pickering & Inglis, [n.d.]. Can a young man trust his Saviour?, London: Pickering & Inglis, [n.d.]. Fighting with beasts: a chat with young Christians, London: Pickering & Inglis, [n.d.]. Which has won: Modernism or the Bible?, London: Pickering & Inglis, 1937. Among his literary achievements was the translation of Arthur T. Pierson's biography of George Müller (unabridged) into Icelandic. Gook started the Christian periodical Nórdurljósid, translated The Northern Light. The Lowe Continental Brethren donated funds in its early days with the finance of this magazine. Gook was assisted by the Icelandic schoolteacher, Saemundur Johannesson, who continued the periodical for more than 25 years. Saemundur wrote or translated from English most of its contents. Nórdurljósið was widely distributed, but when Saemundur died, it ceased circulation. Translator Gook was a man of poetic taste and greatly admired the Hymns of the Passion by Rev Hallgrímur Pétursson. Although an earlier English translation of the hymns had been made in 1913, Gook was not satisfied. When he returned to England in 1955, due to poor health, he began a new translation of Pétursson's Passion Hymns into English. As far as possible, he kept to the metrical form of the original. His colleague Saemundur G. Jóhannesson comments in a preface to the published translation, "His literary taste, poetic mind, and musical ear, his knowledge of the Bible,