Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-21
ARGuMrNr AGAiN,r rnEHiTlOY

ARGuMENr AGAINST CREMATION.
Tho question OF how 10 dispose OF
the dead 30 A. 10 insure iainst danger
to the living has OF Ia,o years been
much discussed, and cremation has
found many earnest nIy, Gates In thus
county o. well ~ abroad.
Msuy Of tue ancient natij1s are
known 10 have c5mmiltoi their dea1
10 the flames, aud especially their
heroes, who were crmated with their
most valued Professions. la Egypt,
however, the bodies wore carefully
cmbalmei. The Jews generally DO.
p0sited them Ia vaults, bat IN times OF
conta si0ub diseases tLu bodies In later
times were buried In the Valley oi rC.
phei, as we're probably also cofls,s Oi
criminals Tor which Nobody cared. Gre.
nation II still customary among many
heather nations.
Looking ut the matter from purely
sanitary point VI view and aside from
religious considerations, II has always
been claimed by those who advocate
cremation that cemctuT.c. are "A con.
slant menace to the health u the pee
Ilo living Ia the vicinity. A certain
amount Of poisonous gas always
ESCAPES from places, finding its
way iuto the dwelling houses OF cot
Eliminating the diilklug water. IL is
claimed that suiicfings from diatri ~ .,
bea1aohe auI sore throat are gen.
ersl to people who live near grave
yards, and al.1 that burial In metallic
cofilns In vaults IL more dangerous
than ordinary burial. On this
ground cremation is urged aa tho beat
method, insuring absolute safety u
the living.
At recent oongross Of the
British Institute OF Pablo Health
Sir Francis Seymour delivered
An address against cremation anu ioi
n the earth, meeting the oblec
ti,r lirrred TO squagely aud In con
vinoing arguments. lie Ioiuts oul
however that burial ia proper only
when the corpse Ia allowed 10 come IL
contact with the Jisiliecliug earth.
Tue law, hc says Ia substance, il tina
inasmuoh NJ everything that lives dice
aud everything that dies returns 10 IA,
earth, tho earth h, anu has been zinc,
the world began, the daily and hourll
recipient Of 10 mass Of dead anu eiiet,
matter. Tho earth Ia the b0le agenl
Ia tho dlsinicction aud tho chief fsclol
In the resolution Of tho whole Of tni,
enormous aud otherwise poisonou.
mass. rhls resolution, which Ia ou!y
another name for tho tt.entTy Int
new aud harmless combination,
Of this vast Tesiduum, IL but neoef.
saty step 10 IT, tevivihca,iOn auu
termination "A condition precedent,
that Is 10 say, to complete repair o
an Losses incurred throughout IN,
| globe by death and decay; to tht
maintenance Of IL populations and q
all other forms Of lie, animal NJ wei
as vegetable; TO the publication aut
rrplonishmeut Of MI rivers aud SPRING.
90 the renewal Of the atmosphere it.tl
and In word, to the reformation anu
ty-establishmeut, In all It, luXuriauce,
healthfulncss aud beauty Of the earth'
sur ace. This law the cremation soule
ties think they eau improve upon.
II Is a common belief tina
buried body become, par
OF the clay 10 whicn we com
NIT H. This the lecturer denies. II,
snys a properly buried bouy-buriod h
ouch way that tho earth may hnv,
access 10 it--ioes not remain In Ia,
earth tut returns TO the atmosphere
The earth Affects Il In no way what
ever. Tue part played by the soil ..
inst Of medium between IL and IN,
ar above. Through this noiium Tue
air hltufs ami, when IL reaches In,
body, vNldilus iy-lhat Is to say, Re-,
solves II into new ana Harmless.
proIugls, aud thou these new pro
luols, paf.iug upward through the
same medium, Tr-uuter tho a,mOsphrr,
auj become elements OF its renewal
and OF the nourshmcut ana growth o.
plants. The body literally ssCeud-
from the dead aud bee mes Que,
more the source aud renew al
Of life. rno contention, therefore,
that nature has let, tho bl1its Of tn,
lead on our hands to our special hun
aud teirimept Is most singulat one.
The speaker then arrives at tue fol.
lowing conclusions
! oont"7d, therefore, that what "a