Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

NNNNAMA AANAA ~ We
,tns ln the flesh. lie at least now
.,n toll whether there is he'll, a devl
Or Immortality
rhsse were the words Of Mgr. Muir
rrsul upon hearing Of the death OF
a.. Robert q. 1ngcrsoll. The express
.,,,. Of various clergymen In this city
.s5 elsewhere are given below In an
-, q, Invitation from this paper Tor
,... ,rlplons. Most Of the ministers
~ ,bls city are absent from home In
,h. east or In the mountains ht TINS
,,rtie,iiar time. so that It was not pos
I'M. ,o get expressions from them.
FATHER scANLASs WORDS.
nov. Laurence Seaman. bishop Of the
r,wan catholic diocese Of this city
SAID A.
str regard 10 my estimate Of the
Nars' and the hereafter Of Mt. Robert
n tprsr.oil. ~ requested by the News
have 20 say. that 40 far na man can
,,are. his ne here. both public and
.,lynte that h.. his outer life. was SUI
scl,ntiy satisfactory in fact superior
q, ME principles. II seems TO me how
ever that he went out ~ MS way tur
vhat purpose I cannot say, by lmpn.-
he on himself the cruel task OF unuet-
aiming he faith and blasting the nope
M two great pillars Of human NE IA
tbe breasts of many OF his fellow pe-
tggs without being able TO give mem
"1y adanuatc substitute Tor either ~
4, M lnnor lifc--hia lifc before Zoo
blr honesty and fidelity To the NhvN,,
4. Au 10 when
th. hereafter depends. We know nn.i,.,,
ne ana therefore cannot judge. 'Nihu
a. iportuIs nisi bonum.' - Nothing but
good % the dcadl
REV. II. \. MAYNARD.
Rev. sir. Maynard Of the Unitarian
church of this city. said; $3.50,
Robert q. ingersol.loving and tln l.,-
mi hut "a. Kind ana anecuonNi'
t,ther. ioyni and stcadfnHt friend paNl-
Mic and pubic-spirited citizen. honest
and honorable man. aud deyout love.
"a hia kind. has passed around the peha
In Mes road mon call death, 49,.
1 can conceive of no world IN when
the quality OF mans soul IRE up,a
not determine his relative poHlNn a"
al. srnie of being, love. Kindness, luynl-
a. honor. brothsrllness are soul quail
H. eo.exlstent with the universe OF
Coi said Mr.. 1nFcraoll not long ago
ave do not pray. or weep, or wall
We have no dread,
40 fear TO pass beyond the Nni'
THAT hides the dead.
And Vet we question, dream ana guess
I'M knowledge We do not possess
apIes he know now2 Has he ceased
"a gurstlon. dream and guosnf only
handful OF ashes remains on earth OF
ttig grent- souled lover Of his Kind, nut
Who can doubt but that the real man
fuu lives and that he now haA at 'ea.,
a part OF the knowledge which nus soul
rrayod hrfeg ! do not doubt H.
~ would be impossible to give any
mini. uke "A lust estimate Of the me-
,'nrE ~ Air. ingcrsoll within the space
a. ma disposai. lie has done much TO
40 mpn's minds from superstition nnn
lFotrv. Personally | regret thnt nc
should have deemed II best 20 hcNote
p much uf his time ana thgrky \"
mIendId talents along cons',uetiNc
mes None knew better than he me
r,vsr OF love and goodness over INC
Iysa and souls nf men. would thAt
hs work might have contained more OF
ihis gospel of which he knew 30 well
he value
DEAN J. b. ftALsEY.
Rsy.I. ID. Haiscy OF this city. dean OF
81 Marks cathedral, said Ia substance
that ID Is pathetic to think N any souls
having this world nlunc-Wlthuut any
hope of meeting a personal SAVIOR nut
"a 90 ptonounciug Judgment upon
thg future of the soul Of any one
DC the chances for the saliva
udn uf amy soul, he felt that
be know no more about that than other
men know. ana he aid not feel like max
ms any expression ia regard To II.
REV. Mia TUPPER MAYNARD.
Rev. Mia T. Maynard OF this city
nld. with Mr. lngersolis intellectual
attitude upon religious questions, /
tlyt had little patience. He seemed too
BRIGHT "a man TO be lighting the same
tTurs lu this century ana by the same
methods which Thomas Paine ana uthcr |
worthy men found necessary one hun
4igl years ago. However so Ions ~
ihgru afo eighteenth century believers
lA a crude theology II Is ~ well that
sons one was content TO use eighteenth
century weapons OF ridlcule ana whole
4Ig denial TO oppose them. HIS honor
q lhe iauatical religion OF his unlovely |
lliher made him careless even OF ,ht |
Iauoual type OF religious thought, Thls
pa not, however. affcct the nobility VI |
lhg man, II AN the world would take |
la gospel OF human love na practical |
religion. 10 could afford 90 dispense with |
Alth OF itH theology. Ills aaCrimenu |
tlc Doc hrealdr aud the hand clasp ut !
human fellowship. lie VIII nnd mat |
4ve have been a gD1dly cultuH GER
lllt part ~ his nature which l!ycl Toe /
1.y ln ilr realm ~ the unseen, IL % ,
H4 earnest conviction that Col lrIer- |
sol ftlHlges now 10 nud that what ht |
h5pel lut could not aitirm Is true ana |
lnlt be- ln the now life will have less |
" uhl.ntu and less 10 regret than nun |
alels who gllbly rcitcrate the trlll- |
ulnal ctgeds"
,, Aueh interest was aroused by the |