New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-20
JOSEPH COOK IN NEWTORK.

aIvcTr-pr on THE RELIGIOUS SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Joseph Cook, of Boston, lectured last night
a. the Church Divine Paternity, at Flihave ana
Forty fifth St. for the bneAt OF the Sawyer Memorial
Church. OF Harlem Mr.. Cook spoke without notes, and
held the an iiance for quarter without
person leaving the room. 1t was his first
appearance in New-YorG since his return
from his trip around the world The Rev. Dr.
John p Newman presided. and introduced Mr. Cook. On
The platform sat the Rev Dr. Armi;age The subject OF
the address was The Religious signs Of the Times"
The speaker said in substance
In our day there foreign lands
NO stores are distant The antpodes nearer
rs than were the S% K s G 5ne hS 10 o Umpire
thaI nstee Is the groming unity o. OF cviIzaI
Africa Ia fast being broken up. 1t
cannot hold out Al century cent longer III, Every
Is approved In the Occident Is adopted IN the Orent
II we wish 60 study the Signs OF the times from rells
10 International plane; even above that
plane, and view the signs as they, are
Church dedicated the worship OF God taught in
the creed OF Uniyersaism VIII be frank aud say tDat
am going of the world trusting in time for pre-
psraoD for In unseen world What will not
DO myself viii not advise any Que else to do.
We must consider ,ur times In three ways
personsl national and cosmopoltan-and repeat tue
DontrOveruble proposition. IL Is this: We are all
going soon reward punishment for tue
sioud aud fnI that 1 must be delivered from
tnings-the love of sin and tue guilt OF sn If am
.
heaven would De Tor the deepest woe. You innot
lose sight of your own nature: the divine
lies behind you; and Christianity SHOWS the
only meInod for blottins out this record. When
This Is the secret OF Christianity have all
the world minds considering the atonement
the birth. Science quite terrible revelation
IN wnat says REGARDING punishment here .fter.
beve that booved msn no once preaoned from this pull
us tonight, would say regarding that doctrine ::
"5peec is silver silence is golden" You preach
af.ard VIII IA In.
OF the Uniyersais doctrine d. not regard as sign OF
the times that needs give US alarm Let US have no
o "new departure from orthodoxy" find
after careful study that Wnst Is new Is not trge and
II they we're. what arr wei believe the Puritans IN
many respects were far IN advance OF tue geu ration
Tuning now 20 the national side Of my sub
OF ms generation. In 1900 there church
Der Tor every fifteen pc sons In the United states. To-
80 county, unless possibly Scotland, has such
showln-. This result has been obtained by
has founded OF all the higher INSTITUTIONS Of
learning Ia ths county. Oar fathers did not under
slavery az weli learned it, Our Temperance
views are ahead of theirs. aud have
almost created missions. We do not OBJ
serve the sabbath so well as they dii. 1
believe that this nation needs Christian Sunday or IL
wil be led ny chaflatans The state Of lyon to
DAY Is mol sObsd as wnen President Dwight entered
Yale College, fhe end Of the last ury. de found
tae college infested with nhleity. bat he
S eSH as bad al ont It did not have % Pres shSS
Dwight, and It's influence has pervaded Boston,
the religious OF HarvArd nas changed wOudrOusy
within the last fife years, and for the better Pcrs
nent Jefferson procted that Ia hfty years Untartansm
would BE- belief OF nineteenth Of the American people
Al the expiration OF taat Ine President AcCosn "res
that UnIGriaDsm s dead anu LAID out for burial Bar
ton has II cd 70 Ouno new religion AID has failed
Herbert spencer has been over here recently and ls
SAID that lac Is the philosopher OF Lnsiand HIS
disciple, Professor Flske, nas called me char
Ia an because / do not believe IN spen
GERS doc .rine will not cai him so
hafd name QUO he IL the echo OF charatGn. Why.
epencer. am creditsbly informed, cannot read Ger
man, and The idea OF such scholar attempting TO lead
1he thought Of great peOpir In this day!