The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03

top of Rogers Rock, with a command
! ing outlook, rs "a fit place for a summer
house, aud was the first to suggest the
building of study and small observa-
tory there. But he looked through
nature, and all material forms, to the
God in and over all. Standing on the
tower of Mt. Auburn and looking
abroad over Harvard University, Cam
bridge, the winding Charles River aud
Boston, he stretched out his hand to-
wards the landscape aid slowly re.
peated the words: "They shall perish I;
but thou remaiucst; and they shall wax
old AS doth garment; and as vesture
shalt thou fold them up, and they shall
be changed; but thou art the same, and
thy years shall not tat."
The following is an extract from a
letter received from Rev. L. W. Jones,
formerly pastor of the Congregational
church of Ticonderoga, and now settled
over the New England Congregational
church of Saratoga at is a JOY to me
that | knew your father. Once 1 saw
| him when he seemed to me great
man. was preaching one Sabbath
evening in the Baptist church to a
crowded house. My subject was the
Limitation of Gods Mercy He
limiteth n certain day'-a truth I be-
lieve In ms believe my existence. The
moment | closed, your father, who was
sitting near the door, walked down to
| the middle of the aisle greatly animal.
ed. He stood erect, arms folded, and
the earnestness of eternal things in his
eyes aud countenance. Pausing few
moments, then he spoke with an elo-
quence born of the deepest convictions,
words, burning words, flowing in
quick succession. Finney seemed to
stand before me. Tall, commanding of
figure and full of fire as | saw and
heard Mr.. Finney in his palmiest days,
| said TO myself What q preacher
this man would have maden In my
conversation with him at different
times, was much impressed with the
logical clearness and profundity of his
mind and often he expressed to me con
Germ for the spiritual welfare of Ticon-
deroga."
Mr.. Cooks attitude towards his needy
and suffering fellow men was in
keeping with his religious fervor. His
enthusiasm for reform was 50 marked
feature OF his character that his son
aflirms that his father was his chief
teacher in anti-slavery, anti-dram-shop
and anti-Mormon sentiment. He was
early and always opposed to slavery.
lntemperarce and the liquor-traffiC
were his adherence. When on his
death-bed, and articulatiug with great
difficulty, he said to his son with most
solemn emphasis Take care of your
self; you will be needed to defend
the oppressed, The Chinese, the Indi-
ans, the Freedmen"
Such, in brief outline, the man whose
rare, though humble, life-work is
done. Burial services were conducted
at the house by the pastor of the Bap-
fist church, Sabbath morning, 22d ult.
The sun shOne bright, the winds were
hushed, the motiOnless, snOw-clad
mountains seemed to stand in reverent
sympathy, as all that was mortal OF
him who had tenderly loved them was
laid at their feet to await the resurrec.
ton morn.
In the afternoon, memorial services
were held at the village in the church
its crowded audience attentive and
fearful. The sermon, by Rev. 5. Lew.
is b. Speare, was full hour in de
livery upon the text, "And | heard
voice from Heavens saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea
saith the Spirit, thai they may rest from
their labors and their works do follow
| them