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Show GREAT TRIBUTE PI TO LATE BISHOP SPJLDIi Salt Lake, Ncv. 2. 'One or the attributes at-tributes of Franklin Spencer Spalding Spald-ing thai showed his real character as could nothing else is that he always was prone to overlook personal wrongs, slights and even Insults when off.-red to others, and he was abso-!utel abso-!utel intolerant of the violation of human riL'ht? said the Rt. Rev. Charles Williams. D. D.. LL. D, of Mir hit ' gai e the principal address ad-dress at the memorial services for the ate Bishop P 3. Spalding iu tiv Salt Lake theatre yesterday afternoon. after-noon. The theatre was filled to overflowing. ov-erflowing. Bishop Williams is said to have been closer to Bishop Spalding in thought and ideals than any member of i ho American House of Episcopal Bishops, and it was for this, togetht r with the strong personal friendship between the two men that he was called from his diocese in Michigan to preach the memorial sermon yesterday. yes-terday. "He had an absolutely honest nun-tality nun-tality ami always was open minded to facts that seemed hostile to his religion," continued Bishop Williams. "He loved retirement and would rather ra-ther do his work among the scattered floeks of the desert country than preach in Westminster Abbey. Willi all of his education and abiiitv he was transparent and no indirect purpose pur-pose or ulterior motives ever entered his work; ho had no diplomacy in the unworthy sense of the word " The speaker devoted mueh of Iv-talk Iv-talk to the personal virtues and char acteristlca of his friend, using many incidents of the late bishops life to illustrate his points. He declared Bishop Spalding to have been one of the rare personalities that combine the virtues of a hero and a saint at the same time having the fallings of neither He was a hero, a prophet of the Word oi Qod ami a champion of the just, declared Bishop Williams. Willi-ams. Was Fearless Champion. "His Socialism was an expression of his Christianity," continued the speaker. He was called a Christian Socialist, but I would call him a So clalist Christian. He was a fearless rhampion On more than one occasion occa-sion he refused gifts that would have fettered his speech and once in a convention in New York he dehv Bred a scathing sermon before the bishops and prominent laymen of his awn church that portrayed them as l capitalistic class-conscious combine." com-bine." The late Bishop Spalding never aiked the "shop talk" of religion nor poke the cant of false piety, de-dared de-dared Bishop Williams, yet he walked vith (lod. whom he deemed a per sonality and Christ was with him always. al-ways. "May God grant that we all may catch something of his spirt that we may carry on his work and stand for his cause in some measure as he did And may God give unto him the crown of the faithful, the reward of the brave and the blessedness of the pure in heart," he said In conclusion. conclu-sion. The services began at 3:40 p. m with singing by the audience and the combined choirs of the Salt Lake Episcopal Epis-copal churches, after which a scripture scrip-ture lesson was read by Archdeacon Paul Jones, bishop-elect of Utah, and another hymn was sung. The Rt. Rev N. S. Thomas. D D , bishop ot Wyoming, presided at the services aud introduced the first speaker, who was Brigham EL Roberts. Was Firm in Views. Mr Roberts mentioned the differ ence of religious belief between him- i self and the late Bishop Spalding and spoke of the many discussions that the two had held on the subject of ji theology Although Bishop Spald ing RUB Him in uio i 1. O .111 never hesitated to challenge the truth of What he did not believe, he never stooped to subterfuge in controversy, declared Mr Roberts. "Salt Lake and Utah are the poorer poor-er because of his leaving In the morning morn-ing of his usefulness." concluded Mr Roberts, "but we should not complain of what God permits; we should bow our heads in submission " William M Kerr spoke for organized organ-ized labor and the Socialists of j Utah in memory of the late bishop. He characterized Bishop Spalding as one who always stood for the good In . life nnd bated caste and pretense. He knew about the underpaid ;ind needy laborers iu the mills and sweatshops, sweat-shops, said Mr Knerr. and he was not afraid to proclaim himself their trlend and to champion their cause. "Bishop Spalding had moral cour-I cour-I age. He kuew the consequences of ! hV. adoption of Socialism, but he spoke for it." said Mr Knerr, "and ' he did not use double words that might be useful in retreat. He lived ' for the world, and If there is another world he will live for that oue. Al-, Al-, thouph his leaving was sad and unfortunate, un-fortunate, we should shed no tears except those of gratitude for what he-has he-has done for us." The Rev. Elmer I Goshen of the Kirst Congregational ehurch declared his great personal love for the lato Bishop Spaldlnp. and said that the I community would miss him greatly Mr Goshen said he did not believe that God was responsible for the un-' un-' timely taking away of Bishop Spald-' Spald-' ing. and he added that it seems to I him an occasion for the expression of sorrow at the removal of so pure a spirit. "The mouutains here are richer because be-cause he lived under them and the valle is more sacred because It has been pressed with his foot. " said Mr. Goshen. "I loved him in life and I love him in memory because he ha.l the courage to say the words his bruin thought. 1 loved him because he loved the great cause of humanit.. and believed that no man has tbe right to rob another of his political liberty.'' Dr E. G. Gowans detailed Bishop Spalding's great love for humanity and his complete forgetfulness of self when engaged in any great and try ing work, as In his labors for the Utah Social Service society. He was ap-I ap-I palled at the awful waste and destruction de-struction brought about by the European Euro-pean war, said Dr. Gowans, and he shuddered at the attendant suffering, but he still thought. "If this war, terrible ter-rible as it Is. shall bring the end of the rule of tyranny, it will be worth to humanity all it costs.' |