Omaha daily bee., 1892-04-08
THE GREAT BIBLE DEFENDER
Professor Cook of Boston Expresses His
Opinion Upon Various Subjects.
BOOK OF BOOKS is STILL UNSHAKEN
MIR. Cook Favors sunday Closing ut the
Worlds Fair and Exclusion of
Liquor Sellers-IngcrsoIl and
whitman Contrastcd.

The photographic pictures that hang in the
front windows along the streets of Omaha,
purporting TO be a likeness OF Joseph
Cook, are not faithful to his present appear
ance for the simple reason that he has shaved
of his chin whiskers.
a man of heroic STATURE a large round head
set firmly upon massive shoulders n fun
round face serving as the window for pow
erful intellect, large blue eyes that open very
wide and appear to sec clear through tho
object upon which they are fixed, burnside
whiskers and full head Of hair Of dark
auburn hue, slightly sprnkled with gray,
wilt pass for an unfinished pen portrait of
the great Boston lecturer.
"You are one of those dangerous indlvidu-
ais known as newspaper men," said MIR.
Cook, rs a BEE reporter entered his room at
the Paxton in response to tho hearty invita-
tion from within to "come"
"You see l am engaged in editorial work
myself and l know something about news
paper men and editors" he continued, Civ
ing the reporter genial hand-shake and
asking him to be seated.
"I came in last night rather late from Du-
luth and Minneapolis where lectured and l
want to say that the one thing which at
tracted my attention on the way between Du-
luth and Omaha more than anything else
their reapers and other valuable machinery
setting out all winter 1t is the most puz-
zling problem that have seen in connection
with western enterprise, because we sec on
these same farms evidences of excelont
farming and thrift. 1t seems to me that Il
lumber is too dear they might use hay or
tarpaulin, anything to protect these
valuable pieces Of machinery from the rust
| and ruin of the elements. presume the
only explanation Of this negligence lies in
fact that your great western farmers are too
busy witt immense enterprises to look after
the details.
Only Shines the Brighter.
"Yes have been lecturiug for some time
upon strategic scriptures or the merits and
demerits of the higher criticism" salu Mr..
Cook turning the tide of conversation TO suit
the question of the reporter. II am more
than ever convinced that the bible will take
| care of itself. The old testament will come
out of the present attack, as the new testa-
ment came out several years ago, with its
critics baffled and broken down. |
| think the higher criticism of recent
! years has promoted bible study and we
| have no reason to feel uneasy with regard to
| the result. There never was an age when
| the bible had so much influence in the world
as today. Prof Lathardt of Germany saws {:
| we have seen too many theories rise aud
| fall to be alarmed by new ones. Who knows
| what grave diggers may be standing at the
| door, l think that Prof Briggs, who created
ars of the country with him. He has said
| some very bright things and some rash
things. Prof, Harper, president of the great
| University of Chicago, is, | believe, going to
| devote considerable energy to the promo
| tion Of bible study. l hope he will
| 90 grand work in that direction. be holds
| that the old testament stands unshaken. Re-
| cent Investigation In historic cities prove the
accuracy of the old bible 1t used to be
| claimed that the art of writing was unknown
| in the time of Moses, but recent excavations
| have revealed tablets containing Inscriptions
| in the cuneiform language written at period
| at least 800 years before the days of Abra-
ham and 2, 900 wears before Moses. The in
| scriptions show that there was u day Of rest,
| one dav IN seven, kept for rest and worship
| by the people who Inhabited the valley of the
| Euphrates and the region of the Nile. Right
| in this connection | wish to recommend a
book recently issued by Prof. Sayce called
| Fresh Light from Ancient Monuments II
| is worth its weight in gold.n
Favors Sunday Closing.
This naturally led into the Sunday closing
| question at the Worlds fair, and Mr.. Cook
| entered into the discussion of that problem
| with evident earnestness. II am in favor
| of Sunday closing and against the selling OF
| liquor in the exposition grounds" he said.
Il want TO see the Philadelphia standard
maintained Liquor selling was not per-
| mltted at the entennial exposition, and the
| same rule should prevail at the Columbian
exposition. have spoken in Boston, Gin
| cInnati, Indianapolis and other places upon
this subject and all my audiences have passed
| resolutions unanimously in favor OF
closing on Sunday and against the
selling of liquor on the exposition grounds.
| 1t will be a financial loss to the managers OF
the exposition to keep open on Sunday and
allow the selling OF liquor. know of mum,
ber of prominent institutions OF worldwide
| reputation that will not make an exhibit at
the Columbian exposition if the affair is Ia
be captured by the saloons of Chicago
Massachusetts, Kentucky and several other
states will not uncover their exhibits on
Sunday. They propose to give their