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Show BLOWING TRIBUTES PAID TO BISHOP SPALDING'S IttfAORT Notable Gathering Is Held at the Salt Lake Theater in Honor ot the Departed De-parted Churchman. ATRIBUTK such as is seldom laid on tb o altar of any man's memory was glvim to th late Bishop Franklin Spencer Spalding Spald-ing at the SnU I,fikc theater yesterday yes-terday afternoon. I'ersons of all classes, irrespective of creed, united in an impressive im-pressive demonstr-Uk'n of tho respect and admiration which tho departed churchman, church-man, commanded during his life in 'this community. The theater was lilted to the top pall cry and many persons flood throughout tho F?rvi e5. The memorial address was delivered hy the Kijdit Key. Charles L. 'Williams, bishop of M'.clugan, wlio -poke as a personal per-sonal friend and associa Le of lishop tfpaldlng-. In Uie hou.se. of bishops of the Kpiseopal church. A'lth feelini;, wannih and sincerity, as could come only from tho heart, and with splendid words and magnificent thought, liiphop AN" ill la ms built around tho memory of Ids friend a fnimo of pold that will live lone ln f11 minds of those who heard 1dm. He did not deify his t?'ih.iect, nor "paint too 'lo'c-Ing 'lo'c-Ing a halo about bis head ; rather he talked of Bishop -Spalding as a man, lrrespecl ive of his eiclesiacical position. Intent on living this life In the best possible pos-sible manner and on helping other men lo that same end. He spoke of him as one in whom the fire of life burned with a strong and constant flame, tolerant toler-ant of the weakness of others, as a strong man should ho, and fiercely impatient im-patient of wrongs done to others than himself. Term Is Transposed. Bishop Spalding, he said, had been often termed a Christian Socialist, but he desired de-sired to transpose the term to Socialist Christian, tor. ho argued, true Socialism is true Christianity. Socialism witho'it Christianity, he said, was a body wit li-out li-out a soul, and would die or kail to an even grosser evil than the one it sought to remed v, for lack of power w i th i u itself. it-self. Bishop Fpaldins, in his life and his deeds on behalf of the. economic betterment better-ment of his fellow men. the speaker added, add-ed, soutrht and succeeded in iiiiusin' that nwessarj" nouf into the economic programme pro-gramme he advocated. Thar., said tMe speaker, was the reason Bishop SpuM-ins's SpuM-ins's Socialism filled the public eye and won him a decree of love and admiration admira-tion that no mere attention to ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical duties couid have brouzht him. His personal Christianity was t lie un.derlv-i un.derlv-i n fact of his life, he sa W . a nd h i s Socialism was simply tin expression of his Christianity. Tie believed in Injecting Inject-ing the irue precepts of Christ Into every little act of life, and he succeeded to a marvelous decree. There were other speakers at tho services serv-ices and each paid lowinc? tribute to Bishop SpakHng. hut none- moved hia audience as did Bishop Williams. Many, who knew the dead bishop well, wept under un-der the spell of eloquence. All wf-re intensely in-tensely attentive. His Htron'. though quiet, voice fillftd everv nook of the theater the-ater and ono could not but listen. Bishop Thomas Presides. Mumc hy the tb.-ater orchestra nrd.r tli e direction of Squire Coop ai.l by the combined vested choirs of l ho two iovil Kpis'-'opal church's added an hr.pre.'.-ive tone to the sen ict-s. Tin- orchestra's rendition 01" I la nd el's I-ar'o as a prelude pre-lude and the Ma rrh from the Prophets as a ptjstlude w a a i ' ne!y done, tne cit-bcr cit-bcr harmonies re.-thi,- like a benediction nv.-r t'.o "rent a ssr inbla'. The Kt. Be" N. S. Thomasi. bis;.op of Wvnin IriLj. presided over the metlnc, iutroduciiu? en-'h .iTkT and Inserrlm; several ekxiuent references of his own to the' subj-'ct of t.ie meti.nr:!. The first epwiKr v.as Brir.ain IL B.oh-; B.oh-; erts. of th M'-.hhom f hi:r'-ii. Whrse. RS-:soc;.-t:on with Bisi;rJr Sp-.'.din t:s that ; o; ovp'-nent in t'' s-V(s;il iiiijjort.i-u cuii-i cuii-i tro ersies ov r rj or molds mi rarnt-d on I t;:ro;i':i th- lcul p:"''- in rf-cerit ytau. ilt ;;M Bs: 'p S;-'jldi:i vas h.s n:G:,t lir.n.i-,ii,e opponent. In hU d tTi nil I'tah. Mormon and Kpis- op;, ha n. all manner man-ner of men. in fart, had suffered a reai !usn he sa i.I, for P- '. ."p Si.aldm- ia-i ci.j'itatfd his life and bis en-rles to the it-t:enner-.l of manklii'I. irr.-pecti-. e of l :( ;- coiidiLion or i i 1 1 (;s r- iiion, l't sp-.Jiker f-;i:d. knw ro petty liiniUi-t!o:,s liiniUi-t!o:,s born of rr-- or eh.r. Bishop Spalding v.as in teller tnilly honest. hon-est. Mi. f'"..r:' f-a!d. a (juallly m big urirl pieM.'.s as It is ra i e. He was tolerant tol-erant of tre views or n'hors, a!v,:,va a stud-iif o.' the problem!, of life, a worker, work-er, a reform -r, a le-id.-r and a n bU-a M.''t whoo ideallf-m, though a l;ih i.h il-.o starry nevf-rt heb- Iiad a direct and sniia.1 rfumection witii the f-vf-rvdav affairs af-fairs of life. "Mi: d'Mth has i'-ft us v.llh broken liarmoiiic3," i.e conclude!. WiUiam M. Knerr Talks. Wllhirn M. Kr.-rr v.as tb-j i.e::t speMk- er. Mr. Knerr .-poke a rr;n e.-en ia i i v y ' the SOflallKt .'I lid the n,t,l XV4 IM'-tl. Me retire-! to ilshop S.aidirit.' a Corn-. ade, .-'I'-'ililinL', a..',d ta iked e!oM.-nf lv of ;be de;.-i of the depone.) c 1 1 i re h ma n on behalf of k"-a work limine :t. lle.aid tl.Kt Uisnop repaid i n bad the rourno to Hinii'J vith t!ie fe-.v in Ids advocacy of bis eer,-nomic eer,-nomic tliefs. S"ei,-, run w;l.-; morp tlian an conmi': y,r'--n- with hlrn. lie naid, v ,e found In it tne V.y for fi'.e truest find cfferMpe :if,(.be.ilif,ri f.f ChliMlahl'V. .Mr Knerr lef.-rr-l in "ti.e e'jltuiel 1k-I 1k-I nra-n-.e of ti.e . T, j m I iM ! :.,-" n--nn't V.'illr-h jlinhop Sf.'i !'! baltl'-I to oMaln ji;-ti'-f lor Ho --nrV:i rn; ei.He(. "Bi.i-oj, SpaldhiL- lived for thin v.-fjrld, and if ttt'-r another world he .1ll fur tn.il to the hii'ii'-t of hiH K'-'it aibitle; baivatioii of ids fellow men from p'V'nt misery way, rhief ulin." he concluded. ' Tho l:ec. Blmer I. c,rfn, pastor of th Kirst. (-ni;r-: t ion a ! ehni-eb. fn lire. I of j l-isbop Sp-Tldlmr'K eni-oiiFn.l -f tlio cum-.c of 'poMri.l a ud reMKlouH freedom. "Siodimr here when w bnvo kiiown so II i He p"btea. fi nd relitleaji, frcdom," be n;jid, "the rjetj) of tld:j r-tronc man If I ndf.ed 'a los" J ru nnuf find It 1 n my i.enrl, lo f.iv tVm.t bin palm' wnn for Iho Yvr-A. Tbi ' :'taie Prr bv It and v,c cannot tlo fttbe r v i '"- than r ot row," Pr ) 'I'l't ari. Koperlpt Tidrnl of the l.'-'lale Iri'luMnal y, l,o-,l, ;j r-Jo- f"len1 of the departed hifiiiop, hillved briefly of his personal aoeia lions with l'lishoo S-pald-in. Tie iceounted a convei'sation occur-r.ng' occur-r.ng' with the bishop -Just before 'the lat-ter's lat-ter's death. Tho suV'Ject was tho Kuro-pean Kuro-pean Avar and Pr. Cowans declared that the. bishop's attitude, on that conflict was indicative of his ever burning derlre for huniau progress. The blsliop took tlie stand., lie said, that no matter what the win- might Qift in blood n nd treasure and destrtut ion of material wt-a 1th, it would bo well worth tho price If out of it. Phoenix Phoe-nix like, aro.se a new freedom for the people, a freedom that knew no deeadent monarchical control of the- people's destiny. des-tiny. Kishop "William? was the last speaker. Ho btn;an hy speakiuc; of the value of friendship, offering tho intorp.sdintr thought that blle the bonds of friendship are very often far, far .stronger than the ties of blood, it seldom occurs to men to send condolence to one ;inuthcr on the loss of a. friend, while It is the usual thing in the case of the los oT n relative. He said Bishop Spalflimr was his friend in the true sense of the word and that he had felt his loss more keenly tha n he could express in public. "There are manv things about Bishop Spalding that I will not tell yon,'' he eafd, "for they. concern an Intimate acquainta-rieo with him, an Intimacy In-timacy that I forbear to unveil even to you, his many friends and admirers." Bishop Williams referred to Bishop Spalding's love for the. mountains and of his extraordinary abilities as a mountain climber. He made of this reference a metaphor a nd employed It effectively throughout his speech. T'dhhop Spalding, ; he said, was of the mountains. Something : of them was reflected In his character. ! He swept like a mountain breeze over many a stagnant nudlence and moved them to a freshness of thought. He cleji rod the atmosphere like a mountain storm and often, when he addressed him-pelf him-pelf to tim evils and wrongs of the world, I he thunder of the mountains and the lightning flashes, as among the peaks, were on his tongue. Fine Balance Struck. Bishop Williams Faid of his friend that he was the best example lie had ever known of one who was a man, a Christian Chris-tian and a bishop all in one. Many men, ho sa id, havo th det'.-cts of their virtues, vir-tues, but Bishop Spalding had Ftruck fo line a balance in the living of his life that th-a p lira so was not applicable to him. He was a rational 1st In the best sense of that much maligned word, he said. He had imagination and poetic s'nse that gave him a power of speech and e:.pression best adapt ct to d rive hum the great thoughts that evolved In Ids brain. Bishop Williams admitted that he had not hen,. aide. t follow Bishop Spa Id -in In some of his Socialistic flights, but ii at was probably d " e to his own lack of conception, he said. He continued: He was like Sir Oaiahad ; his rtrcngth was as ten. for his heart wa. pure and evil knew him not. He wa ' fiercely In: pa tient Of wrongs dona to others, though quhk to for-mive for-mive wrongs done to himself. He hid lio diplomacy In the unworthy sense of tiie woid. T recall one uf his ad-diTf-sed In Brooklyn to hivt; hren the most uncompromising de-duration of Chi"! t lanky t ha t I ever herd. His unselfishness v.-ns n:1 to rat and ur.nssmning. He v;is n"v-r con-R'-ioutdy nor labi.riou.-ly unselfish, lbs Invnl mankind and to 1 e vice hitn-s'-l' lo ti.e service nf niunkmd. That v.as the id tuple -';rei of Ids Iii'o and of his unselfishness. Disliked Limelight. The word of truth burned h'.:e a fire within him and wouil not Ut him rest. He was naturally retiring and despised the liiieb.;iil, hut for j a I t hat ho nsver hesilat-d b speak I i:f truth n3 be s.iw it. h i the hu; l- rdn fall where it ntiimt. I ren.cm-i ren.cm-i ;er as th most 'iramatie ;rein' 1 have ever wI'neyMd his n h!r..-.s t. a c'iricl.:'ve of I :pls--nr.a l!.i n bisiums se-,-ral vears :u'o. T i i tirms of ti'e. kies wre in his .i-'.-'"h thnt nikibt. Men urippd their ehahw and ll-tened .o their own d 'M i i; ncl.i l Ion it h thmich lield In th grip of a m gm njieH. He o;l tli-tn they ier eapililiHtie n i;-toe; a Is and li lu-'strd tliat the el ure h mu:-t align its-df w.lh the po-P'.- If It was Ki ful 'ill Its mbM-.n. He told them manv things that nig -it tupr wer 1,'ird f.r bhn to p-iv and ir.i r I tn h'-nr, t.ut be --.pok- w hat h !)!. eved was the truth. o-t wha t It might. remember him, too. nfter that ad-dress, ad-dress, as hft Join 1 1 his a soclateH. The P"HrcMiig flail Unit had been hi 4 t"ni:ue wn k'"n and he was ngaln tlie gracloni, wineomc man that rnado me love hlrn. Was Man of Peace. He was n man of pT-c. Among hp. urn '.mpleted pnpoia found n bin th- e f ter his tb'.i! h u as a pin n f'r revi - ion of th church litan v f o n s to ehif'r.aJe th martini tne that rut e; r, ni n ho ma ny religious forma arid phrHsfH. To him f rod w-n s n prent re.illt v, nor. a future pro'tp.-cf . Mis fa 1 1 h wtih n-.t a mf'ie r- n I Iment a II t y, nor on unci un-ci '-n t t radii Ion. but a grounded nn-vieMnn nn-vieMnn from which rprung the forces of Ids Hfo and power. After Hbhop Williams elo'ied thftie wnP pra vit a nd ;dng! ng. Tli'-n tho netdln . or ed tn th accnmp-tnlnient Of t h m u:.i v c bordii of the March from t he 1'iopbets. Observance at Odcn. Sf eclol lo Tho Tribune. Of ;rKN, Nov. 1. MmberH r T I he lorn lo-rn I Hpwcopal con t: rejra t km and olhein oT Hie ci I v i:i Id a t ri on I e to l h rro-niory of the. la.te B.l.dioti I". H. Hp.ildlng hv ot-ten-lliu; tbft metnrirl.il jwrvleen held in the Church, of the Good Shepherd at 11 o'ek'fk this rnoriilntf. HP''H1 inusif; wnp furn'Mbrd by the v-ifr.) choir, newlKted by Perb it i'. . Id rid gf A . It. White and Mir- Jt'Cialie JIobr. Tbft Iter. Mr. Kleet-wiod Kleet-wiod took p rt In t bo memorial H''i-cicr hcPI In Salt I.fik". |
