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Show RESIGNS PASTORATE TO BECOME UNDERTAKER SAN FRANriHCO. Jan. ?. Tha Rav. ' Dr. Bradford Leavltt. ona of th beat known clergy men of Kan FanHaco, haa raaltnad hia paatorato of tha Flrat Unitarian Uni-tarian church of thla city to heconva an undertaker. Dr. Iseavltt made thla announcement an-nouncement her today, aayinc that ha had been compelled to abandon tha mln-letry mln-letry on aroount of waaknnaa of tha evea. and that ha waa ante tins tha undertaking undertak-ing prtifeeelnn In tha hope of "dlRpelllnc Ha atmoaphera of uperatitlon and a loom which w hava Inherited from tha beast-lee beast-lee and aomettmoa heathan mrthoda and Id eaa of tha paat." In a latter addraaaad to hla cona-reaa-tlon ha aaplatnad In da tall hta reaaona for th rhange. "Thara la aomathlnr barbaric In mn method a of deal In with death,' aald lr. Laavitt. Tha Clilnaea are far more rtviliaed In thla. I am averaa to the darkanlnr of houara. tha pulllnir down of blinda and the general morbid atmna-phar atmna-phar that l aifected In a houae atrtrken by death. Wa know thara la no caun for mourning. Thara la a glory In death that wa cloud by abhorrent formalltlea, which may b anally a vol dad without dl-mlnlahlna dl-mlnlahlna tha dignity and tha aolemntty of funeral rltea. And, abova all. It la aomothlng that can bo altered by very lltlla affort." |