The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-05
DENOUNCED ALL religion.
SINGULAR WILL. OF A NEW YORK
MILLIONAIRE INSURANCE MAN.
After Having Posed in Life as an
Ardent Christian and Pillar of the
Church, in Death He Appears as
an Enemy to All Religious Belief.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4-One Of the most
remarkable wills ever filed in the office of
the surrogate is that of Henry Morehouse
Tabor. offered for probate today. In spite
OF the fact that Mr.. Tabor was president
and treasurer OF the board of trustees OF
the First Presbyterian church. In the open
ing clauses of his will he denounces all re-
ligion as a sham and as having Its origin
in superstition. He requests that no SER
vices be held over his body and that 1t be
cremated.
Mr.. Tabor died on Christmas eve. AZ the
age OF % years. Two children, sydney
Richmond Tabor and Mary Tabor. survive
the testator. and TO them the entire estate.
valued at over 100000. is given abso-
lutely.
The will Is IN the handwriting of the tes-
tator and contains the following:
Believing that all religions, including
Christianity. are superstitions; that tho
basic doctrine OF the Christian religion
the fall of man'-is utterly and absolutely
false. and that its opposite-the rise Of
fact: that beliefs In (so-called) miracles are
Authorizations Of the brain. and never had
chief characteristics of what is termed the
Word of God are injustice, cruelty. I'M
truthfulness and ohscenity: that the effect
OF orthodox Christian teaching Is to en-
courage ignorance selnShnesi narrow
nindedness. acrimoniOusress. intolerance
wrong and mental slavery: that Christian
III
that II sappiants ethical culture. and true
morality With meaningless theology and
unbelievable doEmas; that e puts an Un-
known land probably unknowahlel imsg-
mary being in the. place OF nature; that IL
gives name and personality TO evil
an equally unknown and imaginary being
that it so works upon the credulIty OF its
adherents "a 10 invite in them a fear Of
chat most horrible Of doctrines( eternal
punishment. T cay, believing all these
and in all kindness and in all earnestness
/ request that over my remains there be no
Ielelous services OF any kind. nature or
description whatever.
Il also request that my body be cremated
nc Fresh Pond, or some otter ,-re.1alott
and that all my ashes be left there"
Mr.. Tabor was a director IN the Hone
Sterling, Standard, Great Western. Com
mercial. Mutual and Home Insurance Com
panies, trustee OF the Manhattan Savings
institution. director OF the ST. Nicholas and
Continental banks and the Continental
Trust compay. vice preside mt Of the Rich
rnond County Gas Light Company. presi-
dent OF the Northern Dispensary. a mana
ger and the recording secretary OF the
Presbyterian hospital, president and treas
urer OF the board of trustees of the First
Presbyterian church. president Of the New
York Cremation Society member Of tho
cotton exchange. the commerce exchange
the advisory committee Of the United
states Lloyas. the Union League Nine
teenth Century and Manhattan Clubs the
society for Ethical Culture and the sIer-
camille Library Association He was q life
member of the Museum Of National Histo
~. the Charity Organization Society. the
CHnton Hall Association. the New Eng
land Society. the New York Historical So
ciety, the American Geographical Society
the academy of Design and the MetropolI-
tan Museum OF Art.