The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-25
70 Be CDENlTED TODAY
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD
OVER REMAINS OF PROF.
OTTO LUGGER
SERMON BY REV. DR.. SMITH
Deceased Described AS Member
of No Christian Church, but
Worker for Good of
Humanity.

| The remains of Prof Otto LuRger now
| rest in the vault at Forest cemetery,
awaiting cremation. Today, this last
act his expressed wish, will be carried
ont and the ashes confined to the care
Of mother cartn
The funeral services were held In the
assembly hall at the state agricultural
school, yesterday morning, fully 200 per-
sors giving evidence Of their esteem for
the departed scientist by being present.
The body lay in state on platform,
banked with profusiOn of floral beau
ties, conspicuous among the designs be-
ing large floral butterfly, given by the
faculty of the school. Here the pupils
of the school, the faculty and the large
number of friends who gathered were
given the opportunity of taking last
look at the face they had loved so well
in life.
Reftting his last visit to the school
over Which his greatness will ever shine,
a sketch of the life and work of the
eminent scientist was read by j. A. wye,
secretary of the school He spoke feel
ingly and remarked that the ripest OF
years of his genius had been given to
Minnesota. DR.. II. L. Nachtrieb, of the
state university, also spoke briefly of the
life and work of Prof. I.ugger.
The religious services were performed
by Dr. S. G. Smith, of the Peoples
church. His sermon was replete with
tender utterances and briefly outlined the
life that the deceased had tried to live
He said in part:
ITO speak frankly. our deceased friend
did not belong to any of the societies
that are commonly called Christian; He
belonged to a class of scientists that,
fifty years ago. were driven away from
the church.
II speak not of this for the sake of the
11oIso &c, ENTNTef HE
sake of the living, we must consider
what our attitude must be on this ques-
ton
and thought as l looked down upon it:
"'What a place for Charles Darwin!
He rests where the peal of religious mu-
sic rolls over him and in the midst of
solemn ceremonies for the religion which
he opposed Though the church had said
that it would not allow the new thought
that Darwin led, how well it was that
such a catholic thought impelled the
management Of Westminster abbey that
the remains of Darwin were allowed to
repose in that sanctuary
HE followed the truth as ne saw it.
, Isaiah did no more
'.There is no higher Christian than a
man who is faithful to truth as he sees
81 take it that the deceased was one of
that kind.
Religion today Is larger and broader
than science thought it half "a century
ago. and science Is more religious than
theologians thought.
This man fought the battle with the
foes of order and life and progress, the
noxious weed and the noxious animal,
and the purpose of that battle was to
give the world a perfect peace"
A prayer closed the services, and the
funeral cortege. accompanied only by
the immediate family and relatives and
the pallbearers. wended It's way to For
est cemetery, where the remains were
placed in a vault to await cremation.
A touching feature of the services was
the fact that yesterday marked the
twenty-sixth anniversary of Prof and
Mrs Lugger's wedding.