New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
ADVOCATES OF CREMATION.
ZONE LEADING OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.

fmDOrtant
we're printed in Tine TRIBUNE SATURDAY. one
80 ,ha, r.ndered nv CORPORATION Counsel Beck
man in which he declared that the proposition 10
irc;nera,e the bodies of paupers, instead OF oury-
inc them in the Potter's Field, would be unlawful
according To the statutes of this State. Inc
other opinion was that the Catholic Church cor
.;aers the whole system of burning the dead I'M
lawful. heathenish and totally at variance Win
ihe traditions Of lais re,sious the latter
caused some comment among the friends OF the
movement was known t tGsn lne to ere%a
tion Int the sympathy with the movement eN-
pressed by priests and well,hnown members OF tne
Church had led TO the behef that the rope was
neutral on the question. . a.,
Charles Putzel, who helped to, organize the
New-lorl< Cremation Society ana also tne o n.eIi
States Cremation Company. of which he Is connSei
and a leading director, said Saturday that he
did not agree with the Corporation Counsel IN his
exposition of the law on the suoIecV u
burias.
THE or THE LAW.
The law. Mr.. Putze said, only took into &C
count burial because that was the only system III
vogue when the statutes were enacted twenty or
thirty years ago, but it did not follow from niis
that cremation was llcgdl pecduSc vi 'NiS'
Putzel added: A., ,..,
ON idea that the identity OF the remains Vi ~.
ceased paupers should preserved Certainly ms ie
amusement Is as well complied with by cremation win s
urns Tor ashes by nhumation WIN us ,,
of collins and other arrangements There Is not s"Eo
p1o,,son OF the indeed that cannot be met win u
- rs,on ~ the law be broadly interpreted No special
Ic,on has ever been asked behalf OF cremation Tor
The simple reason It is not inconsistent Win any
statutory requirement this on any other State
You remember when the eIematory AZ fresh Tou
Wa first opened stated that the Health Board "oua
inerfe but when placed the matter oeioie .' oouy
eey member agreed that there was nothing iesai aoou'
the practice and to-day the usual bura permit 10
given for bodies to be cremated, showing that
the Health authorities view moderation as simply one
of the mary Of ]rIis This request To nave 'he
rea.n. Of paupers erena'ed was MADE Dy TIC So''S "
Medical jurisprudence, not by US .;
The ecclesiastical opposition to cremation
seemed to Mr. lutzel and all the other memo tf
and less valid Ii was especially surprising from
the fact that nothing of the kind had been heard
IN France tne Iaei I heen 'p Erected
for the express purpose of burning the DOoles VI
the public dead Mr.. Putzel added;
Why according 10 suen doctrine the Constitution hsh'
speeiiy be nried by any religious sect suppose III
ca. of AN endemic it was necessary burn the dead to
save the living, you going to stop for sueh reason
rs tbAig Surprising sect should declde IL Was "o'
consistent with their belief bury at ALL but ike GER
,,, rilcs I'm the East they should Keep the bodies In
puble view for weeks and months What them Wouiu
We say that II violation OF the Constitution 10 IN
terferci The argument that cremation taxes away wv
reverence funeral rites is erroneous orea'o" A
po,buo m do with funerals We only attend 10 the us
pos of the body the burial services are over 1hee
can be made lust imposing with one system as le
That religious opposition - last u!IbS ouV 40
shown by the formation Of Bishop Pot'eTs society ior
tpuroynr purlals which is but compromise between
ours and the present system
CHRISTIAN AND HEATTIEN CUSTOMS
DIR Hugo Erichsen, who is an authority on tho
subject of cremation helped to organize the hrSC
International Cremation Congress; he Is also an
honorary member of the leading cremation socie-
- ~ Euroue a member of the Hygiene society
OF France and the author OF seNefai "orNs WI
Inc sue't ,tmomperei IN regard the objection OF
,he Catholic Church that cremation is heathehsh Gus
tom and Lot adopted Ch'is that the early CHRISTIANS
praetei many things which Christians now 90 DO. pl@o
tise and they abOn sted some things which 0hrieu'h
NOW universally practis- When the Romans embraced
Christianity uansfo 'Ted eo'hp+"v an Up
,o,,e. strange commixture OF rites partly OF pagan ana
pattly Of Hebrew origin. The demauca OF P'ics'9 u
an for ,eebi ating mass frankineense etc. were oe-
rived from the Jews; whereas many other thhes as i
instance worship Of images, spfahs from , 49,
The uapal tiara has remarkable Resemblance W '0
- on,coI can ~ the Roman Poniifex Maxmus; and
70 this day the appelaon of the Pope is denHea WIN
his pagan predecessor. 100 =,
The derivation of the crosier, the pastoral stan OF
bishops from the crook Of the augurs is undehiaoe me
nummv graves and representations upon the Ves~s Vi
clay which were deposited IN me seruiehres WV" Wv
numuies testify the cross was one OF the ou' VI
pauents in the hands Of the gods OF ancient Es!P~ ~
- - ,to,e the Twelfth Century that IL was erroneous
Nv made a specific Christian symbol ii we ~ouu nov
want H. Initiate heathensm any more We shouit nov.
out eating with knives and forks stop wearing ooo's anu
pantaloons and do away with surcoats ana fihse W."
,he execution Of steel pens and matches but he wouu
be left Of daily necessities OF life that "ouo "0 ~
On imitation Of laganisin o>,nr,,~rD
WHAT THE EARLY CHRISTIANS CoNDEMNr-D'
The carly Christians did worship In temples Ut
,,u,rbes they abonlinaed temples as either pagan OF
Jewish: they condemned stauary ana pahuhg esPe0'J
in connection with religion and burned all DOCKS eA''p
the Bible But notions are no longer PaIt "
Christianity and were part Of its true iaIth "neh
the Romans and Greeks knew better than we Know" "o
sx.rcs no junction adopting their practices our
tho ella
a. crok ART much OF our philosophy is heather ana more
OF our jurisprudence. The ancens were wiser thAn we
in practising neneraticn Why not men, Initiate '"'"'
r. TINS respeetf d - o,,stcrn
mt 10 adout it when has been concluSiNey cenon.
s,rated 70 be superior burial simply because II is VI
heathenish origin shows nothing but mario"
But cremation is heather custom, no" "oous -.
ent7 Faith burial to-day practsed by more heathens
than Christians For are not those whom we "o"'u
,ro n,qans in the maority7 Illumination is claimed 10
he the Christian method, because Chfist was eh'0"
n Tho a, sort OF reasoning. English paper puts
H. might it held that erucihAioh mas Oeeh ~
Grated that il ought " be the mode oil oap'ai
I'm Christian eJGntTies9 Moreover as MI h""ei' w
declares Christ is example to us IN TINS respeo" LUZ Nv
eodDg Christian belief he rose from the oeao anu 80"
o IuptOD.
4 DTLI DAY WITH 7HE COLD WATER ORAIORS.
j. b. Gilbs's temperance meeting at Masonic Iempc
Yesterday afternoon drew rsthof scant auuioHI0
Every body had to pay al least cents W en'oi ''
hall and the appearance OF the DaSket' "a' YUM
foning MIR. Gibbs invited all TO join the CoShopon-
tan Lodge of Good 1empsIs where they wouiu 10
some acquainted with the finest people In New
rorAs Tor "a a year, ladies half rrlce ana theh III
uoduced the Rev. Dr. George W. sahsoh VINO ~"
So on address OH The Modern Idol" This IDOL,
Dr samson said was Bacchus and he proved MS inc
ais by historical and NEUROLOGICAL argument
john Lloyd Thomas OF Maryland had iairsi]oo
audience a, the meeting Of the Manhattan
Association in Cooper Union lie taAeu soo d ,hat
ssI,nn ar sl1Aes 10 the quOr traffic, ana sao ln&t
"a, Iroibles could be cured by prohibiting rum IN
So lie commended Dr. McGiy IN Tor tanIhs ihe
sand he has and minated that there '" as os'i0
go. o,o,fNe hack of Henry Georges ACTON, ~
The Rev eamr SniaI deLN cred ono VI MS ohai a. ",
,erisIIc speeches ON KUN, Revenue ana Rum, ~
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