New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-06
THEIR TALKS BEGIN TO-D1 Y.
MINISTER'S WILL DISCUSS RELIGIONS AT
LONG BEACH.
FRIDAY TO BE THE LAST DAY OF THE con-
GREss- ENTERTAINMENTS AND DANCING
EvENINGs-A SERMON BY THE

REV JOSEPH COOK.
Tho Congress OF Religions which opens at Long
| Beach this morning promises to be one OF the
most interesting and popular features of the Sum-
mer Parliament at that delightful seaside resort
| Each OF the great religions Of the world VIII be
treated by opponents OF authority and standing The
discourses will be in a vein popular enough to make
them attractive to people who have only a curious
! interest In such things II will be rare chance
for the people who like to be classed as being well
| Informed to gain Il general knowledge OF the re-
! lgions OF the world, on what they are founded ana
how they stand to-day. This Information Will be
| gained easily. and at the expenditure of only a
| fraction OF the time It would take to study tho
subjects from books
ON the same days that Organism. Confucanlsm,
! Thecsophy and other religions in that catalogue
are described Joseph Cook will give special lectures
on different features OF Christianity, so that the
| various beliefs VIII De- contrasted strongly.
This morning at lOI5 O'Clock the Rev. DR.. Jesse
W Brooks viii speak an "Aryansm" At o'clock
! IN The afternoon the Rev. Dr George W. Knox will
describe "Confucianism." and all that pertains to
| it, with tn" exception Of the personality OF Con-
/ fucils himself which subject he will take up at
| another meeting Following Or. Knox, Joseph
| cook Will speak for a half-hour on THE Worlds
/ Parliament at Chicago.
| on Tuesday morning pr Knox will again take mp
! his subject and tell OF the personality Of con-
| ucius At the afternoon session 'Theosophy' win
BE- the subject discussed by the Rev. Dr. c. K Bldu'
Welt Joseph Cooks topic on that day Will bs
| Christian Thcsm"
| The Ethnlc Religions will be the subject OF the
| morning lectures on Wednesday, and the speaker
Will be the Rev Or +. + Ellnwood At o'clock
! In the afternoon the Rev Or y. II. Mckinney VIII
undoubtedly Interest the audience by discourse
| ON 'Zoroastor" The Christian Family" viii be
Joseph Cooks subject. following Or. Mckinney.
! The morning hour Of the following day viii b
! taken w hy the Rev Dr. y. T. Atterbury. his topic
| Nah .,fe m j. y.
Dennis will speak on Islam in the afternoon. and
! he viii hc followed b. Mr. Cook on victories OF
! Christianity" Friday VIII be tho last day ot mo
! congress- and the Rev. Or DAVID j. burreH 'he
| president OF the Summer Parliament. VIII speak IN
;he morning on The Fetch" The discourse IN the
| orrnonn v!n De on "IIindcosm" By the Rev. Or.
u, Samuel T.. Boiler. and be- VIII he followed by Mr.
| cook whose topic will be- N Peerless Bible
| Each evening throughout the week Their" Will be
an entertainment 81 a lighter nature ana "edh's-
] day and Saturday evenings are reserved Tor ua'c
| Ing
HOW THE EVENINGS WILL BE SPENT
Tho pro~-amme includes The following: Tonight
/ concert auI readings hy Miss SaiIee We're N.'hr'
| ,,-ru,rrow evening The Evargc,!cal Teapln." by
/ IN. u.v Or John l.. S-ullcr. Wednesday, dancing
! THURSDAY. Music AMI Maggie by Ransom and
! Eohcr, .on. Friday. "Wit aud humor." BY Wallace
! Bruce. ami saturday. dancing
! ,rh. weather VAS not warm enough Yesterday 70
drive. extremely large crowds - the senshore but
/ a. vo,,,l b. hard To mn more perfect conditions for
crioyng NE than were to DE found n Long u ac"'
/ The air was clear and just cool enough to max
! outdoor he delightful
The tile was low In IA. afternoon. leaving broad
| beach ~ harI saul for i've miles each way from
/ Che hli.i Hundreds ~ people walked Tor m'1''
/ along tho shore. The only thing mat HhFrrd IN"
d4y's outing was The iart tnst me h"ge hieAK'FS
/ made - strong un'rrtow waich bothered the PAN
/ .re Enough yentlf.~o.u, ones N'f" "A hinL -
x, out further ;h4n thy shouii have gone ana mere
were three or four nnrf"" 49, !p.s rom ~ ~
! AMI ono woman ashore btth.ns was stopped Tor the
In. ,,n-lf,l RELIGIOUS exercises OF the day con-
sis.eI o.; sermon by Joseph 'o'h AT ]! a. n ne
b.. turned away 90 SATURDAY. AMI m'y OF IN -. "np
! wished to near Mr Cook "'ir comp 'h'. - 10
.ra,a +, fons reach on sunday forenoon starts At
io anI those Who wished o. arrvr ihrrr III ti',e 'r
wliic most Sow Workers VIC turning over in bed
sc1crai haa IA people w.n, ;h.a train. how;
oN'r. ami Ia auloIum Va c3ini 'r Ia h s.r
1 vce- 4 Collection wls taken W. f1r the purpose
o. buying hc,f tea FOR the tn ement house children
chapter In MaI.son-st Dr Mrrcil thcn sad that
Mr.. Cook Wa goo weIkn'~n - n.ei an im,ro'uo-
ton. bat h. took pleasure 80 announcing MIN.
JOSEPH COOKS SERMON.
Mr.. cook. in beginning his discourse. made a few
REMARKS about religious congresses In general
Tho Parliament 81 Religion In Chicago h. said
hal been rilicuel especially by Bishop Coke. He
thought such rilcUie was unJusiincL Inc OBJECT
Of the Parliament hal been misunderstood. Be
cause Christianity AMI BUIIhism were boih eN-
pounded from the same platform. there was no
| acknpw. l;mont that buddhism VAS ~ good rs
Christianity 10y Christians That christianity
WAS as good Buddhism. hy lnIIhists. Thei" was
no idea OF making all faiths equally honor
able equally cont,mpubie. There was
difference between parliamentary equality AMI
doc,r!nal equality. It was good thng. how
..f iffsl fA
stand wArt The beliefs Of the others were Tie
then entered upon Ia sermon proper. taking for
his text the nth OF Chapter hi. OF the Gospel
according 10 st john "Nerlly verify. say unto
| thee. except man b" born OF water and ~ ne
1t frequent remark Of Icmosthen"s, he
said thai every address, should begin with an abs
sermon hy some remarks about the absolute link
earth The Young ieope looked forward, ana u'h
not believe that NE H. not absolutely illimtabic.
lut the more mature knew that there was sunset:
about forty-nve years Of active work Taking out
each working day, man could expect TO have
more than about 1900 hours " accomplish all that
Fame; socia! position and power mlsht be mighty,
when their actions be- judged. lie spoke Of
the instincts which guided men In material actions
lowed an instinct that there was something after
death. to the punishments and rewards for their
actions his hearers might depend upon 1t there
was something I'm IT, And thing clear. he
mus, love what God loved and hate what God
hated. he could not be at peace with Him In
Ills presence. Many things were not only evident.
hut self-cvilent. and this was one Of them. From
the nature OF a mans physical makeup Il was self
evident that he had a soul which was interviewer
with his body In llfe but which departed in death.
II was self-evilcnt that this quality Of n living
man which disappeared in death was not destroyed.
Scientific men had begun to understand this truth.
he said, and attempts 20 prove anything 10 the
contrary discredcd.
THINGS ARE SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM
Captain Delaney, OF the Ninth Precinct stood
the front platform OF christophcr-st car yester-
day morning. smoking cigar on his way to the