Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1902 — REFUSE TO LAUD THE DEAD. [ARTICLE]

REFUSE TO LAUD THE DEAD.

Ohio Preachers Withhold Eulogy Unless Character Deserves It. Indiscriminate eulogy of the dead will not be given by Hamilton, Ohio, ministers in the future. Strong resolutions ou the subject were adopted by the Ministerial Alliance, including the pastors of all protestnnt churches. In these resolutions the ministers declare that it Is against their conscience to misrepresent the character nnd lives of persons just because they have died. They add that since relatives demand eulogy in funeral sermons they will preach no sermons at funerals in the future except in cases where eulogy ia merited. The different clergymen will confine themselves to the rituals of their churches aud will not commit themselves to discussions of the characters of the dead.