Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-12

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ske r4r>snaEe Of tie Lite Chusra
Ansund EAa Cerues IL w.s SATURDAY
1axht, aud The doetor ~ore . peaceful
Loek - one us.o had done a god weeks
worx- C4-iers had eoeae and callers
h-d gone. and the good doctor himself
hzt been ppt On many an errana -
merry. >zreif, ca Saturday night IL
~as Pheasant 20 sit Ia th~ rays If the
iox nre an enso The pleas4atest a the
weeks nlenorlesI
Bat @<;ross the ray Of the hreligtt
there ssll sAado~. and into the nliist
II the soIid eonforts - home there
szkae car a. an intruder-the ubiqslis-
os.s newszatherer-ha Who ssketa
Questions
rs = true that am the saint Salrn-
tine - New forkT" repeated the doc-
tor. with az amused smile, ia answer Ia
= question MIST certainly not do
not p1se a. being sAins II any kind.
but do love Young psopie, and Il ny
- ap4.thY fcr them Ia their rights ard
wrongs entities ne - be a competitor
~ tbs good old priest who was be
headed ia the DAYS - Cl.ndius on &C.
couut - hls popularity with lcvers
why. then. | suppose thas l rnay he
called the fnosicrn saint Valentine.
slle~ Gid get ms free sie~s7 Well
a. begin ,siih. I have ~ free views
Aad L people think - they mistaken
/ am a riyit churchrnsn and teach and
preach only ihe orthodox teachings and
pr~achings q the church. presume
that + hare gained the reputation q,
heinz sonsew hat free IN my views
frora the fact that Do things which
many ortholox cleryymen such a.
an. Ia not do
-E0r Instance, I oftsiate AZ every fu-
neral a. which MAJ DC called lfcar.
lyle Harris we're q die to-day. with the
uncertainty ~ guilt upcn him. would
bury him a. piously a. though were
Officiating az the obsequies q Phillips
BrookS. | would. ~ course. feel der
ently. and could not say The sasns
prayers ever his bo,iy. Perhaps. TIC.
the feeling - Christian resignation aad
piosls cxalt2tlon which l always feel
when praying over The body 81 great
az god maa would be lacking. But
there would b. other feeling present.
II shou.d say 20 myself: Here IA the
BODY 81 a talented yoang man bright.
learned and TOO clever - die 50 soon
tie has been ia a network q circun-
stance 1aightiiy unfortunate. And
Cod only Knows whether he did right
or wrong - f1r ms. I am going To
give him Christian burial and pray
'sTcry prayer that ! can % comfort his
friends over his unf,rtunatc fate
Il have barred a great many people
whose lives were openly and avowetiy
bad Women who have gone wrong
and who have died in the depths az
their degradation have received Chris
tian huris,s. and 20 have confessed mnr-
derers an1 suicides. For these people
have service q fny own which an
sTers thc purpose niceiy and does nc,
IN a1y way infringe upon the church
serTice. which. - course. I cannot use.
'l hcrr - common error in the
minds ~ people. but one which is not
sh.rrl IS ms brother ciergymen. 70 the
eft that / use the regular church
service for tac dead in such cases N
this.
The prayer book says that the reg
Mar church service cannot Be used over
any who Gle unbaptizei. or who are en-
communicated. OF who have laid vioicat
hands upon themselves. Therefore. hav-
tIg Plesged - hollow these rules, can