Spanish Fork Press | 1905-12-14 | Page 5 | Atheism and Tombstones

Atlielun anti Tombstone A curious and for many districts of Germany characteristic struggle has arisen between u certain family living In Gcrn and the authorities of that town It began fifteen years ago when 11 member of the family died and it was decided to engrave on his tombstone tomb-stone the words We shall never see you again yet will always remember you This was construed by the police po-lice and the ecclesiastical authorities as an open denial of the doctrine of the Immortality of the soul mid resurrection resur-rection of the body and they gave orders or-ders to have the words never and yet plastered over with cement For fifteen years the family attempted to have the cement removed and failing took the law Into their own hands again exposing the offending words Again the Town Council has plastered over the words and as this operation cost 1 mark 7Ti pfennig n > iout sId s-Id they sent In the bill for the amount As the family declined to pay they were sued anal thus the matter rests for the present London Standard