Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-04
CERTAINTIEs or Cn INSTANTLY.
A Lecture last Evening ~ the Op-
era House by Rev Joseph COOk Of
BOst0n--A good Attendance ana
an able PhilOsOphic Discourse.

dr-d persons that formed the aud
rnce at the Opera House, last even
ing-who had braued the cold bitin
northeast winds and the dangeron
stat. of the sids-walks-but who di'
not think that that for which they ha'
risked so much was worth double tn
danger and discomfort. Rev. JOSEPH
Cook on "Certaintiss in Religion" il
moral force, that entrenched behinC
bulwarks Of truth, becomes philosoph
ic-sullime, and yet with argument
comprehensive to all. The whole lee
ture is given in the form. of a soliloquy
Take The bible away from the worc
and there will be nothing left but gues
= es. Let us look into the future! Wha
do know of the future' Let us con
slider.
There are l35, 900 hours in man
life, granting that the life in reality be
gins at twenty one years and extend
until the limit Of seventy. Some of yol
have 81 900 hours, some 10000 ant
some 20, 900. And at the end of those
hours lf. will bs closed-(iettysburl
will have been fought and won.
You say there will some line hence
be London in Philadelphia; Londor
on the Hudson. and London on the
Pacific You ar" thinking offuturity-
tn. future Of America. And God for
bid you should not ponder upon that
glorious existence. America is the
tree; you are the leaves. The tree con
tinues to hold its possession but the
leaves fall. A thousand summers 60
on in succession; the tree lives, but the
leaves see one summer and fall.
You and go down into the general
wreck. In our natures there is desire
an instict that teaches of an exi5tanc"
beyond. know, am certain that
" i'll 90 hence. God did not create this
hunger for the SAKE OF seeing 1t perish
of want. This desire he created to
meet an rxigency some" here beyond.
Is there half hinge or Joint any
where in physical nature. Do you know
Of anything in this universe That does
not j1in in and fit with companion
necessity. In the brests of the birds of
the air, in the economy OF the fishes OF
the sea, there is an instinct which, as
draws its pOssesser to an
atlllatlon with a corresponding clrcum-
stance in accordance with that desire of
instinct The migratory instinct OF the
bird which comprls it to seek summers $
warmth in the climate of the south,
finds a south to meet that want. Oh!
but say some instinct is nothing but a
of teachings CT correlatlve
a mere habit.
Well then, give the swan amid the
lilies of the lake, fishes in the cool
brook streams a reasoning power. Says
the swan: I'll stay here. all is fair, it
does not look as though | would be de-
priv-d of sustenance | am certain OF
The present spot, and why need | go
of to face the uncertainties OF weather
scenes SO reiterate the fishes.-With-
IN the breast of the swan, and the
.conemy of the fishes that magnetism
If the lif saving instinct isl at work
to draw then. back to the
of nature. But no; rea-
son has the sway and so they linger.
According to the doctrine of Spencer
laEism applied to human existence, the
instinct of life beyond is nothing but
the result of false education. Nature
4 , Z L., t.ll . L. Oh
instinct what is beyond.
IN. 6.has and ,b,. swar disoheving
Tn. demand If heaven ordained in
,,;,c, ,ing.r.d Tb.v saw TN. l.av.s
I'll .hiverad a, th. rising of tb. chill.
ing winds and felt Tn. falling SNOW az
Il wrannad them in Tn. NANTES ofdeath
and ,hsv war. all frozen for beiny
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