The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25
FL1TIUS JONEPHUs COOK.
The Latest Orthodox Boston Clergyman-A
Man with Destiny.

large man; Il heavy man n man OF
rddd fee aud sand hair Il man Of sAnsuine
M nner sometimes uupiels tntlf intense; a
man in all WAYS phsslc INV ma.-ivs anu intel
l"ftIIlli Neneui; man wlO-e pune sprcrh
tu,h"s hnd to-s"s aud bpiis ami DuOOIes aud
10 ms like nuunt an torrent, dcep. steady.
ani stfoh2-tha. Is Joseph Cook. ~ the eye aud
ear.
Phillips Brooks "a much OF that lie. too. Is
large. heavy, nervous hammered, 80 netmss un-
comfortably, Though hardy an .,leis .ntl. In
ien,c, IN ssive g. Il me, niye elueni In speech
!iut h- j. lark. Joseph COOK !, light. here Is
no color in PHILLIPS iirooh,'s face; Joseph
looks : fil OF Il. Joseph Cooks nmr AS inc
iiste OF gold f"illip, BfOOass is dark To
la some things these two men are not unlike 1;
IN others tnov present astrking contrast.
six, seven. or eignt years ago. in no Tradul
Grafton commanded the ad niration Of his
nearer, a, ms ahihiss htd previously earned
the re pect Of ms ins ructors. A men listened
{ . MIN 81" MYSTICAL theology" md surrendered
their minds to ne power OF his logic and
Is thtsf' II was n.t lttl -atisfiction tat the
srttnine L We tue e.: Jp-epn Cook, Iicln-
deros y. y. liary ri Coll -ge, lsjj." Even IN
lhtt ihu program . Il u not tell tnc whole. His
true full name - ~ tvtus J1ssphus Cook.
few ~ 'nths ufter that time voice was
heard the Boston diIister,' Meeting direct
ins attention t. the rrmdrkaoie ministerial work
~ Mhssach see town 4 youny Gralu.te Of
in lover. me Rev. 9seph Coos" tney ca,ie1
MIA. An eiors wis IA ide - set MN at wOrA In
Boston. 1 thina II failed.
\ few years ago the newlv-seitloi pastor OF
a
~ preaching some penetrating sermons GA the
relations 81 labor and capital IA tn busy city ~
shpenakers. with sharp thrusis acre and there
AT cert Ia social wees attend NJ On the ways u
dcns liDpring pnptlIitOn. ihs meeung
house Wing been burned down. tao ,Ougrrga
uoh touk reiuse ia a Ia Se y iOllc NAH. me
preac lcr's bIlL ami sttrng uttcrance- fOunl
wide publicity. prnyoAed discussion, crcatei ex
ctoin NJ, led 10 sharp division of sontlhent,
rmbittored luDtc feeling, anu nnaiy ended in
Ia, wthlr iwal from tue pastor tie. That Mas
l-eph Cook gain.
4 "a A Ar NJ a an nf
Amherst College. luchhinz to nave a bit OF an
Intellectual spree, formed = radical elm. lhe
iacuiiv attemptei u brelN II up-lpt by blows
of discipline, but hY a process II Uy ~ iming
eHl wi,n god. they I'm or,ed lecturer VINO
mad seen ana siudiei radiralism In H. home
trrrranyl ana whn knew now 70 isii witr II IN
America. HIS mrthpd was Ell -cuVe, IN ii IL
$ I'd int stock ~ the rauicll cluD Il Amherst
liese has I Hen cpn,IdeIdOl, below par. That
lecturer WIS J Isepl Co.'s.
l. .st winter, h, one of those acts OF Providence
wnch IT - - aim ~ g. uliOld and measure,
this "a ue Joseph cook tie imc installed a. a
siunday lee urer In one u the lesser nails OF the
fremont temple. 1t ~ no child's DAY u ad-
dress an audience II IN e. nundre o tue mia
iSfers pf Boston lnu VI Init, On themes ~ teir
own h nlhng Tor an hour every Mnnd.. ~ for A
wnoie winter, AMI u leave nc audience the
close WITH such an ap. ette that arrangements
are .ndcrt kan u max the IT, 'turrsnip "a uer-
boston mimi, err Oi al denominations have
come g. take "Cooh's Mlnd.y Lecture" a. a
sort ~ "heAlth ltu.' There has been nothing
Ike II ~ the city Tor ysaIs. IL promises 10 %
not much longer true tha. he CONGREGATIONAL.
lists 81 Boston nave no lead r..
Mr.. Cook isa cnelJr. lac lives In lodgings
on thi back side u Beacon nm. The Atne-
no I'm l. h WORK shop; there he FORCES ms tools.
I'm ersOn Is uis trent. tAyls y Ms cOrre-
spInd MT lie Laws all department, OF knowl
edge under trilute. lie - prcHmlnently a
s'hOlir. lie Il, In splte ui himself ~ orator. lie
| ~ theological crusAd ~ ami or hDdnxy Of con-
serv tive piin'iple', nut hueral an. ,lratiOn II
hI, shrine should heath not tail MIN ne has
destiny. Prot. PARK ace Iunt, MIN tho lnlest
graduate Of Andpver Ia recent years Yst no IS
~ sir'pilnI' ,non.h les tn.n dee ida from the
SEMINARY and hiidF moro than u decade from
Cll ge. lie VIII prob tbly never see forty AGAIN
II mhy Mt no long before ne sees nfty; Dut,
whatever his 70, els - fun grown man.