, 1877-08-04
ULTIMATE AMERICA.
Lecture at the tabernacle by the
Rev. Joseph Cook.
A Good Word for Chicago by Why
Of q Prelude.
Physical Features Of America-.-The
Population Of the Future.
The Causes Of tile Recent Riots...1fow
10 Prevent Their Recurrence.

to Prevent Their Recurrence.
An audience quite large In Numbers and en,-
fncnt1y respectable In tone assembled at tho
tabernacle Last evening tn listen 10 the Rev.
Juseplt Ct,ok's lecture on HUltnatc America"
Had It not hccn for the excitement attending
the recent slrikc In this city. this lecture would
hare been delivered on the 1ath Of july. The
postponetncnt, however, while Il may hare Ills
appointed some who lad made their arrange
mcnts to 20 that evening. WAS rather fortM-
nate OCCURRENCE than otherwise, the prckcnt .lc-
liEhtfut weather having tho effect ol call1nK out
A larger audience than would probably have
como together two weeks ago.
The lcetltrcr was introduced by Mr. r. W.
narrry, and WIS received with aprIat,sc. lie
plunged into his subject In hts characteristic
why with the following
GLANCE At CHICAGO:
Chicago thinks much Of herself, and the world
thinks much Of Cnieaso, but what do tho su-
prc.ne Powers think Ut this cityi rl.cEr opfn-
ion ought to 10 ours. They know, as well as
We, Tint In Chicago Europe aud Aucrlca look
with anazctnent on squarc miles Of patatial
streets, stanlIng on the very shore where
seventy years ago tho crooked amphibians,
nnd the wolf. aud tic sayage lar among the
any citizens here, that you l,aye 1900 acres OF
parks uud thrty-tsrcc miles Of drives over
buuleyurls ~, feet vide At every point, on soil
over which tlu Indian trait ran within tho
memory Of men now living. Tho Powers above
understand rs we'll as nc that tho bison tracks
nre hardly yet wAshcd out on tile l1rnries where
n0w railroads cotcelitre thenaelyes IN such a
manner Al 10 make this city tile Ercattet rail-
road centre un the planet It ts understood in
t4hopa1 that yf,t1 fhfrf r. .f,,t1t nil nf
wlch h ''ii' the W wake 'sA * t,le ts In indisa 10
canoo bas l,artliv faded. But I tilink
tions aru asked concerning this city than any
concerning the height uf lis warehouses Or tlto
length of fts railways. AL these things, It u
knuwn np yondcr. NC need, but OF tlcsc thinga
tiosc Supreme Powcrs ncyoF hare shown ti'eu,.;
these, aud size Ia forgotten. sttaun had all
thrse, ami sat nnloi,r her rulns ycar or two
ngo and saw tlIat wealth fs only randtestfrk,
and THAT something far hisAc1 must 10 ths
myra had all tl'csc, Or thelr equivalents,
a1iu aho tue is forgotten. Tais building ID
,iurc venerable TO inc tilan any Cathedral, bc-
cause the atmosphere in this temple has been
III tnontlla Tut long past such tint ! tan we'll
suppobt that II 1t were to be- the atnpsuhrre Ut
out future the Snprclnu Powers who know
wnat Is TO CONS would predict oeayc for our
land. would predict wealth fur It, would pre-
nigllt that no explosive riH raE riots will ever
put olit the Light TINT stands here In tlIe golden
cansl!cstek " cntcrnrlec. anu industry.
md wealth. But unlc-s m atmosphere filled
ual,--rcE1iuus, In q wuru,-sta11 Ill the North
wrst, wo kuows tlat tho glory Of your material
civilization will be remembered 5,000 ycara
t.cnce any nlnre than greater gl0rlcs haye been
geographical position that las made Chi. ago
great. .....a .-
fou say TINT 1t Ia the position oN tic elue Of
las made this etty great, IIafdnt ConstartF
roplc a fine position, and is aho Ercatt II the
Turks had had ttesc sa!,ls Of Lake Michigan,
We would not hare had Chicago. The Turks
ever since 1A3. Thcy hays hal tic fat lands Of
thu Hack Sen and thu panubc, where wheat
zelda rlynlIng your own stretch from lhe rising
20 Tho stttng stlH, and tllosa lant'H have grown
that II must be that some other force than the
TuriisIl ones kIavu been to work here. OF
toslrse your geographical position Is the asia Of
your material PROSPERITY, but had u nalfon with
s S .os " Isss sian @ had asa ws viz *oa
tho training OF our AnEto-Sa1on latlers, bccu
put luwm here. We m'g1lt-hal we had nu
iamilics, i'ad we hal no deep morat culture. "a
noro tan ti!ty lid. Boul i.as tlonu il. you
tay,-tLe Anslu-Saxon. What has done 1t hut
our Chrlatlail rrllurel CnriJtu anl Emerson
were onvc WalkiuE together Wien Carlyle joint
You know CafIyl, Is the sreatest l.istoslan snco
| Thueydldcs. hut as E1nersun himself reports,
Car!yle. with an outlook over the relations OF
cause and clIest,Wcnt on to say; "Chtlst died on
ts 4sut IT, yta sa's md l s iN'esi Nsm t1
that the Ullc curltr.ston1 Ut Chicago Is
| pLrMOuTH Aocx.
You hare the prairie for corner-stone. You
hays the laka for your grlle Of beauty, and yet
tho deepest foundation of prosperity hero
| In In thu ln10n!ta,la and unsubtuaIe vigoY
wAhh y0u lase 1hherltets from a lung toursc Ut
Christian trimming, FROM generations truu. ht up
and the 1eit.. Alnplion tuilt old Themes b5 tlla
nluslr ol Ills 'yrc, and ynu hare built Cn!ra,o by
tle r.stllng grain IN your praires, by tle uiull-
Ing Ut tho 'xds thrullsh tho tops Of the Indian
usulxc, but butter u'usle than tfas bus caused
Gauss OF ClTistlan civilization. [Appiausc. !
And It must BE- said, although this city l!as i
reputation for freedom of living In certain guar.
tcrs VI ~ population, you aro not Inclined
on tho shlttIua sanas Ut any. looso speculation,
u any loO.u religious Or social Thought. TAey
showed ne majestic piece oi architecture At
1t. Louis the other 4Ar-501 lect tle span Ut fts
tl.s ssnlls: they e1cayated taose shifting banks
Of earti. which liu under thu muddy torrruts.
aud tilen thry pierced through thvm to the lcd
rxwk ani put upon TINT tho trm atlabant: aud
Of hundreds oi years vii! roar With tho thunder
| Of passago. And now, II Centuries were tn pass
nyer Tho. siisslasippl Valley, aud il
t.s,, tie thunder Of i, tug o.I passage Of ooa'.
advantage and not to our ruin, un,tcr lila rhas.
ti.culeuta, then NJ must bul nut Oh tho stlit.
Ing sands u Communism, nut On the drift. but
g. m t!!e tlTln rosk u tl.Yusht, religious Or sesa!
an If tbs AfssssltInt Valley Ia II, h, hr,u. ri al