Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-07
Memorial Exercises in st. Marks
Cathedral Tributes to Worth
0fDcparted Episcopal Prelatc.
OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
Elks Memorial Seryices-ReN Fish
breaches Sermon Against Capital
Punishment--0ther Addresses.

Marks cathedral. whore tributes were
paid to the late prelate's worth by
Bishops d. S. futile Of Missouri, Bish-
op Olmstead of Colorado, Bishop More
land Of Sacramento, and Bishop Funs-
ten of Idaho. The music was very
choice. and the church was crowded be-
You'd the doors. The following official
action was taken yesterday on Bishop
Leonards death:
"The bishops present at the burial OF
our Reverend rather In God, ADlel
Leonard, d. d., with the clergy and the
faithful laty OF the Missionary Distr1ct
of salt Lake, desire to record our sense
of loss and bereavement IN his carry
departure from among US, our sympa-
thy with his wife ana children In their
sore afiiiction and our thankfulness TO
Almighty God for the pious example OF
His servants lie ana ministry.
1--WE have All known something OF ms
trials and cares, his weary journeys ana
his lonely hours, but God alone can tell
the sum Of them. His was a rare fdel-
ity To duty a patient endurance OF the
many perpleXitles Of his work, an
Astounding zeal for the building up OF
Christ's spiritual Kingdom IN our west
ern land. For more than 10 years he
quietly labored here, giving his
whole mind and heart to the sacred
cause to which he had been consecrateu,
spending and being spent FOR me
church he loved and adored.
What Joy and felicity must be his In
the fold of peace where now he rests
and waits for the brighter ages yet to
GOMEZ How glad must he be IN the COM
pany of the blessed and holy dead, who
| look for the resurrection of the body
and the life everlasting In heaven,
May God strengthen us by his
| Spirit for our work here until we also
are called to that slness realm where
| Gods children grow white and strong
| In the light and glory OF His smile, and
| grant that we with this our departed
| father and all the blessed saints, may
| be kept through His power unto saliva
| ton ready 20 be revealed In the last
time, and may rise to the life imiiiortal
| through Him that loved Us and washed
us from our sins IN His own blood and
| hath made us kings and priests unto
| God His Father to whom be glory ana
| dominion both now and forever, Amen.
| "CHAS. STANFORD OLMSTEAD,
| elliott b. MEREDITH,
MORRIS EATIMER RITCHlE, 4
Committee Of Bishops, Clergy and
Laity.
st, Marks Cathedral. Salt Lake City,
1 second Sunday In Advent, a, d. 1908 y
Presiding Bishop futile of the Epis-
copa church, has, according 10 the
canons of the church, the obligation OF
appointing an acting bishop Of this mis-
slonary jurisdiction of the Episcopal
church until the next meeting OF the
| bnttQa al kiahnnu In npinhap t0Od when
the vacancy WIN be permanently filled.
ELKs' MEMORIAL SERVICES,
An immense audience gathered In the
Salt Lake theater last night, IN attend
ance on the Elks Memorial service
known as the Lodge of Sorrow The
| program as printed in the News" was
| successfully carried out, the music was
| we'll chosen, the musicians did We'll, and
Euloglst =, y. Christensen paid an elo-
| Quent tribute 80 the departed brother
Elks Rev H. l. Goshen spoke also, In
his scholarly and eloquent way, The
| evenings experiences were thoroughly
appreciated by the audience,
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
Rev, w. II. Fish preached III the
Unitarian church yesterday against
| AhDlAhl NNhllN eN NO ANNNi
Love your enemies lie said Two
arguments are advanced IN favor of the
death penalty. First. It protects So
ciety; secondly, the Bible sanctions IT,
As to the second argument, II we ought
to hang murderers because Moses 50
ordered, we ought for the same reason
to hang blasphemers aud Sabbath
breakers. II is relic Of barbarism
and ought to be abolished in the inter-
ests OF humanity Moreover capital
punishment binders the execution OF
the law Where the penalty is death, II
Is practically impossible To secure a
conviction, as the jurors do not like e
shoulder the responsibility, Cunse-
| qu6ntly morecrlminals are turned out In
society than n there were no such law,
and more murdercrs are being lynchea
than legally hung, right In the United
States The present system of laws
are inefficient We need law which
o can be enforced by every good either
sitting on jury; and secondly, Il iu.
dicih system which win Secure tho
swifter and surer punishment Of every
kind Of crime.
PHILLIPS CONGREGATIONAL,
Rev. W. S. Hawkes. OF Springded
J Mass. preached last night in the Phil
lips Congregational church on the re-
ligpus and economic condition Of tn,
New England states as viewed from tn
changes In population. He gave a viyI(
description OF the steady migration o
the Yankee from New England % IN,
western states, and the filling up OF th
. vacancy with French Canadians, an,
emjgants from southern Europe, witl
the necessity Of educating these new
citizens In order to make them accept
able American citizens. lie said TN
| Italians and Greeks had secured con
troll of the Boston fruit markets, aut
the foreigner was fast making himsel
felt elsewhere. As a prominent facto
I'm the regeneration Of this foreign o'e
! ment stood the Frenth-Amercau co..
1 lege aud academy of Springfield Whial
, is meeting the educational needs OF tn
youth of an foreigners especially thos
Of French Canadian parcntOge, and tn
4 marked success Of this institution an,
{ It's growing usefulness were we'll de
% tailed. Mr. Hawkes. was very interest
t. ing. ana attentIvely listened TO.
EAST SIDE BAPTIST.
/, Rev Dr. Henry G. Mabio Of Bostci
preached yesterday morning In the Eas
-, Side Baptist church ON the announce
, ment OF the Savior In Matthew that al
authority I'm heaven and on earth ha
Z been given to Him, and the following
= command for the disciples 10 go fort
: preaching the gospel to every creature
, DR.. Mahe made Il special point that /
! christ had not been able To- make thi
statement. lie and His followers woul
never have been able 20 score q sling
convert Moreover, the cross OF IN
, atonement and the tragedy Of the cruel
( fNion are different though concurrent
and the atonement was the greatest ac
in the Soylors moral history. Dr. Ma