FLOWERS AT FUNERALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10910, 15 November 1898, Page 6

FLOWERS AT FUNERALS.

A BISHOP CONDEMNS THEM Ik Hie course of an address Tlr vr Roman Catholic Biihon of ifc' lh ° livered some interesting" remirt. o the custom of usillg floWHs ? ,3'""" monies. Ho 0u0t,.,) i al cere " show that the practice Tan'T , authoi ty to Even in the second centum. V$ • ? one ' the tombs of departed f/ j Christianity with the leavesTfli«"tr reprink,e( i withstanding, lie said «••>'* custom, not■nont. No poi!, e '" 8 °?, of 6il] sentiIt was all vanity fnd °° d COme ol it. Alms-deeds and nraverj POII "-'"l folly, preferable. At times t£« eatl Were floral crosses and handsomew W f e prett friends to place on wrcal J 18 sent by departed om ata s °?, 8 and graves of The outlay in some °l° f Beveral Bounds the well-intentioned donor R° t obj f, 0t to same, it was a useless Ut ' a " the should be discontinued ThTpf nce ' which oil, Which sat in Si a""? Cou "- said, expressed a desire that M" 1895 ' lle should be abolished by il,» , L PraCtice "i as gentle, yet firm a ml™ 0113 priests and, so far as they i-ere H ? Sossi b]e, hibit tli2 use of fl™ .• e > strictly pro. deaths. "When I die°" ln l c . onn ? c 7 tio with ship, " there will be no « claim ed His Lordthere will be p en y of fl r^ ! but 1 hope Prayers, M«ses , ami Hov fv' p,e,i of He concluded the dronn y \!^ ommuil ions." hope that in el way Wisl r ex ' )rcssin S a introduced to prevent ls ' atlon would be either in th cCt nf connection with funeral services ZP'' in moniesr ,- 1 . al truces and cere-