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THE MOKNIKG OJEGONIAN,, MONDAY,. SEPTEMBER, 91901.
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OR THE PRESIDENT
Prayers Were Offered in Ail
Portland Churches.
MANY EXPRESSIONS OF'SORRGW
Ministers Consider In. Sermons the
Question of Stamping Ont An
archy as the Foe of the State
and Christianity.
The universal feeling of regret ana
eorrow -with which the American people
2aas received the news of the shooting
of President ilcKtnley was given spontan
eous expression yesterday In the religious
worship of all creeds and denominations.
In every church of the city prayers were
offered for the speedy recovery of the
President. From every pulpit came ref
erences to the deed of anarchy that was
responsible for the National grief. .Many
and varied were the conclusions reached
by the ministers dealing with the problem
of stamping out the evil. There was al
most uniform agreement that stringent
means should be taken for the regulation
of this foe to state and Christianity, as
well as to the human race. That good
will arise from the Xaxlonal grief In a
new and purer patriotism and stronger
measures against lawlessness in every
form was the confident belief of many
of the speakers, whose -views follow.
RESULT OK LAWLESSNESS.
Dr. McLean Contends That American.
-Institutions Slake Crime Possible..
Bev. Robert McLean, of the Third Pres
byterian Church, East Jflnth and East
Oak streets, spoke last night from the
text, Matthew jcvlli:7, "Woe unto the
world because of offences! lor It must
needs be that offences come; but woe to
that man by whom the offence cometh!"
After an exposition of the text Dr. Mel-can
touched on the shooting of Presi
dent McKinley, saying in part:
"It is a saddened Xation that today
contemplates the awful tragedy at Buf
falo that has shocked the world. "We
cannot understand the spirit, the motive 1
of the man who would thus strike at
the heart of the 2CatIon. at the life of the
best Government under the heavens. "We
view with horror such a human monstros
ity, and we do well. We demand that
ewift Justice shall be meted out to him,
and we do well. We Insist that there
he a thorough eradication of such ele
ments from our body politic, and this Is
wise and just. Yet if we are thorough
In our search we "will And that not mere
ly the man who fired the deadly shot,
nor yet the anarchist iorde whose tooi
ho was were the only criminals in the
case. It is not the one Tivulet that Is
wholly responsible lor the river. It Is
not "the one river that Is responsible for
the ocean, hut every stream that goes
to swell the volume Is, in proportion to
Its strength, responsible for the whole.
So in the Investigation of this awful
tragedy it is well for us to seek the truth
honestly, and to learn upon whom must
fall the 4woe' for the offence for which
the world is today in mourning.
"The anarchist is not an American
product; but that which has made it not
only possible for him to stay here, but
has made him a welcome guest, is pre
eminently the product of our system of
government. America has been the
dumping ground of the world's human
garbage, and we have received them with
open eyes, If not with open arms. They
have "been eminently useful to the politi
cal hosses, and they have given them the
largest liberty of speech and almost as
wide liberty of action. They have dis
seminated their principles until they have
permeated the organizations whose pri
mary object was the protection of the
class upon which the welfare of the
Nation depends. So potent a factor has
the anarchist become that every political
party, in seeking to capture the popular,
or what may be termed the 'labor vote,
finds or deems It necessary to put at least
one plank Into their platform from the
stand of Haymarket Square. Every polit
ical campaign for the last quarter of a
century has been a campaign of educa
tion in the very principles that found
voice at last in. the crack of the revolver
that laid low the. President of this great
Nation. For this we are all responsible
before God, and upon us has come the
woe' pronounced hy the Son of God.
"I need not speak of the perversions
of law in the interests of great criminals,
perversions that have for at least two
generations been slowly but surely un
dermining the confidence of the common
people in the integrity and justice of our
courts. Nor need I comment upon the
fact that this Nation, through the in
fluence of its statesmen and its press, has
heen, for a generation, drifting away
from the faith of the fathers. To rule
out God from National affairs means to
usher in the spirit of the commune. No
nation can live without a belief in and
reverence for a higher law. Without it
each man becomes a law unto himself.
"We have all contributed to the ship
wreck of faith, and the classes from
which anarchy draws its recruits, Is al
most without faith or God.
"Recently a vessel -went down In the
Arctic seas, hearing with it a wealth of
treasure and of life. It Is said that the
captain was drunk and unfit to navigate
the vessel. Whether It is true or not
that the Islander was wrecked by whisky,
we know that anarchy and the peculiar
institution that we deem one of the neces
sary evils in ad-vanclng our civilization,
are as closely united as the Siamese
twins. Anarchy must have congenial soil,
or its roots perish. The saloon is its
natural home. No saloon, no anarchists;
yet we deem the saloon a 'necessary
evil, and out of that mouth of hell pours
the stream that poisons the Nation's
"blood. Municipal corruption, municipal
hoodling, or grafting, have become so
common that it is a matter of more
than nine days wonder when we find a
city where, even temporarily, the law is
honestly -enforced. All this lawlessness
has its center in the 'necessary evIJ so
carefully protected hy lav.' and public
opinion. In this we have incurred the
"woe of the Son of God. The "blood of our
President pays in part the penalty of Na
tional sin.
"Our hearts bleed in sympathy with
the stricken household. We mourn as
those who have suffered a personal
loss; hut in the midst of our mourning
we lift up our hearts in prayer to God
that he may. through these dreadful
providences, teach us that It Is 'righteous,
ness that exalteth a nation, but sin is a
reproach to any people. "
"ROOT OUT AXAItCHY."
Rev. Georjre B. Van "Waters Favors
Concerted Movement.
Rsv. George B. "Van Waters, rector of
6L David's Church, East Side, delivered
a vigorous sermon yesterday morning on
the "Assassination, of the President," tak
ing his text from Psalms lxxvli:3, "When
I am in heaviness I will think upon God;
-when my heart is vexed I will com
plain." He said in part:
""The first thought of the troubled Chris
tian is to think upon God. The psalmist
had much sadness, and he hastened to turn
his thought, not to man, but to find the
Lord. So in our sore trial today we lift
our hearts to God and to his grace. He
answers us in due time.
"This is a time of great heaviness of
neart. Every patriot, every loyal citizen,
must today he in anxious solicitude. The
!fe of our Chief Magistrate, and one of
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hangs in the balance. When I am in
heaviness I will think of God. Let every
mind turn toward God this morning. We
have to reflect that evil Is in the world.
Its presence is a mystery. It Is an un
solved problem. The best that we can
say is that it is permitted that it is the
result of our endowment of free moral
agency it is the natural offspring of
man's free will. But though the exist
ence of sin and evil are widespread, they
are overruled by an all-wise and all pow
erful God. The singular Instance of the
Lord's suffering through the hand of
treachery, betrayed by the handshake of
the assassin, though in the end resulted
In blessings for the human race. The
same thing In degree has counterpart in
thousands of Instances. The deed of the
assassin is diabolical above all things, but
the scripture says that all things work
together for good for those who love
the Lord. President McKInley is a prac
tical, every-day Christian, a warm-hearted
humanitarian. He trusted God and
feared no evil, but the evil that has over
taken President McKinley Is a small mat
ter in comparison with that which has
overtaken the assassin. His name Is ex
ecrablehis name Is a blot on the history
of the Nation; but the name of McKinley
is a shining light President McKinley,
dead or alive. Is a splendid example for
all humanity, and will be appreciated
more and more as time passes.
"We have today seen the awfulness of
anarchy, of lawlessness, and our prayer
Is for wise government, for peace, har
mony, and safety. We are deeply moved
by the universal expression of sympathy
and solicitude. The event has had the
effect of bringing our people nearer to
one another and eliciting fraternal sym
pathy from all good people everywhere.
Our prayer is not for retribution., but for
Christian love, peace and good will. As
for caupp of the dastardly assault on the
President's life, we shall find it charged
to insanity. In truth, every great sin un
balances the mind as well as the morals
of the man. Envy, jealousy, selfishness, in
the extreme, unbalance their possessor.
The would-be assassin Is envious of those
in authority, and those who occupy high
office, and of those who are materially
prosperous, whatever his own condition
and whether it be better than ever before
in his life.
"The atrocious crime, should not be re
quited by lynching. This is the way of
anarchy, the revolting thing which we
would avoid. We want to maintain the
dignity of our Government, of law, order;
and a firm judical hand should be used
against anarchy. It should be punished
severely with accurate lawful measures.
We should stand together, the Christian
nations should unite, and stamp out the
reptile anarchy that has been nourished
in our midst. In no other way can this
be done, and we owe it to human progress
and human civilization to do our part to
bring about a concerted movement
throughout the world to cut down an
archy, root and branch, from the nations
of the earth."
"THE XATIOX'S GRIEF."
Topic Discussed by Dr. James R. "Wil
son end Rev. W. S. Gilbert.
At the morning service of the Calvary
Presbyterian Church, "The Nation's
Grief" was the theme. Special prayer
was offered that the life of the President
might be spared, and that sustaining and
comforting grace might be given to the
wife of the President, who in so great
weakness is called upon to endure so
great a trial; and that God's special bless
ing might rest upon those to whom great
responsibilities are entrusted. The serv
ices were marked by deep patriotism, and
the people all seemed to be awed by
the great calamity.
Dr. J. R. Wilson, president of the Port
land Academy, gave an address upon the
subject: "The Nation's Grief," in part
as follows:
"For the third time in less than 40 years
a period well within the memory of
many of us the Nation's head has been
assaulted with murderous intent. In two
instances the assault proved fatal; in the
third, it has been so nearly so that the
Nation waits today in gloomy foreboding
of the issue, poised between hope and
fear.
"It lends increased interest to these
events In the history of our Nation's pres
idency, to remember that of the score of
men who have within the last 50 years,
held the office In succession, three have
been, the objects of the assassin's attack,
and two of them with fatal results. In
each case It is to be noted, too, that it was
not the man, but the magistrate that
was assaulted. . The President fell each
time, not because of any enmity he had
incurred as a man, but either because of
some policy of his as President or simply
because he was Chief Magistrate of a
great Nation.
"We are fortunate in being able to say
that In no case has the assassin repre
sented a political part-; nor, unless It
should prove to be so in the last case,
any considerable body of men within the
Nation. We have not the shame of know
ing that any man or party has as yet In
our Government resorted to the assas
sin's weapon as a means of making the
supreme power. So far the moral and
political health of the Nation is sound.
It is a thing to be thankful for, that,
earnest, sometimes bitter, as our contests
for political power have been, all parties
in our Republic In these hours of sorrow
and trial have shown that before they
were partisans they were citizens of a
common country, deeply patriotic and
lovers of truth and honor. The honor of
men of all parties at these deeds of vio
lence, the fierce recoil of the common
heart of the Nation, proves this. It Is a
thing to rejoice In, and thank God for.
"But the fact still remains that a man
takos the office of Chief Magistrate now
and-henceiorth In our free and enlight
ened Nation at an exceedingly great per
sonal perlj. It would seem that the risks
of battle are really small compared with
those of the peaceful office of President
of the American people. Three out of
seven the proportion Is alarming; enough
so to give pain to a stout and patriotic
heart.
"What Is Its meaning for us? It means
that a great sanction has thus been put
upon the Chief Magistracy of our Na
tion. Henceforth men who seek the office
for themselves, or parties who seek
it for their representatives, must do so
with a fuller sense of the grave and per
ilous responsibility that attaches to it. The
office by the very fact of its enhanced
peril should he sanctified In the hearts
of all the people; by the common voice
of all. Should be lifted above the low plane
of selfish or partisan aggrandizement to
that of a great and sacred national trust.
"The church nas a new sanction, to Its
duty to the state: In Its utterances and
in the life and conduct of its members it
ought to aim distinctly and consciously to
leaven the whole life of the Nation, so
cial, political, and commercial, with prin
ciples of Christian living, that men live
more and more for -men, in the fear of
God. and not for self regardless of his
righteous requirements."
Address of W. S. Gilbert.
Following this address the pastor, Rev.
William S. Gilbert, chose as a text: Acts,
xxvlii:27, "The Heart of This People." He
said in part:
"Such an event as the attempted assas
sination of our President stirs the Na
tion till it seems like a thing animate.
Seventy million people have been moved
as one man, and their grief Is like the
great grief of one great heart. There is
something wonderful in the stirring to its
depths of the heart of a single man. But
when 70,000,000 hearts have a common
grief, a common sense of outrage, a pulse
beat In common, then every heart feels
the power of the great heart.
"This unifying of "heart may be clearly
felt In vast assemblies or In armies where
a thousand, electrified by a single purpose
or emotion, are as one man. It may be
seen in great events of history, where
as in the French Revolution, the people
were swayed as one man. Never more
clearly has the unifying of the Nation's"
heart been felt than Is this present cal
amity. When the heart of the people Is
so moved, we can see the real strength
and character of the Nation. The Ameri
can Nation under this great trial and
grief knows itself better than before.
Our people Individually feel a deep wrong, j
The Nation's heart feels an awful out
rage. Such seasons of trial reveal also
the Nation's weak point. Such events
show our sources of danger. It is wrong
that anarchy should be allowed to exist
openly. Freedom of speech does not mean
such anuse of freedom. Perhaps we have,
opened our doors too wide, and have al
lowed the worst of every land to enter
our shores. Perhaps we have knowingly
allowed evil to exist unreproved. Such
events as this sad horror will surely awak
en the Nation's heart until we shall puri
fy the Nation's life; whatever, whoever
Is evil can only be a curse to the Nation.
Sometimes a great grief will so touch a
man's heart that new and nobler purposes
will be awakened. May it be that the
life of our President shall be spared, and
may it be so that by the great stirring of
the Nation's hearts truer patriotism may
be born to all our people, and a purer
life may be the Nation's great purpose."
SERMON AT CATHEDRAL.
Rev. M. P. Smith on the National Sor
row nnd the Causes of Anarchy.
Last evening, immediately following the
vesper services at St. Mary's Cathedral,
the congregation was addressed by Rev.
M P. Smith, C. S. P., of San Francisco,
the assassination of President McKinley
furnishing the subject of his eloquent
discourse. He said in part:
"I find myself constrained to ask your
Indulgence in departing from the con
sideration of topics suggested by today's
beautiful feast the nativity of the Blessed
Virgin. We are sitting in the shadow
of a great sorrow, and our sympathies
and our prayers are extended to those
around the bedside upon which he, who,
under God, has been chosen to rule us,
lies stricken by the hand of a murderous
assassin. Three times, In what may be
considered one generation, 35 years, three
times have we suffered the humiliating
shame; three times have our hearts been
saddened and horrified by the murderous'
attempts made upon our Chief Executives.
i Two of these resulted, fatally, and now
the life of a President lies hanging In
the balance. Who can record the attempts
at assassination that somehow were for
tunately averted? Yet two of those who
have ruled our country by consent of
the governed were stricken down by the
red hand of anarchy.
"We have flattered ourselves that as a
matter of course such a crime was Im
posslblc among us. Alas, we must unde
ceive ourselves! Without even the pre
text of political rancor; without any cause,
the Chief Executive of our great Repub
lic in the exercise of not only his official,
but personal office, lending himself to the
gratification and good will of his fellow
citizens, falls victim to the blood-red hand
of anarchy our President to all intents
murdered, but God foefend such a griev
ous result! Our earnest, prayers are that
he pass through this ordeal, and that he
be restored to his people and his Na
tion; to his loving wife, whose fortitude
in her sad affliction Is so beautifully
manifested. Alas, and again alas, he or
we are not free from the hand of the
assassin!
"Sensationalism is the least to be looked
for in the Catholic church, but I feel
that I can profitably employ your at
tention for a short time this evening In
giving practical expression to what have
been the constant warnings and teachings
of our holy father through the long
years of his pontificate.
"These more remote causes of the spread
of anarchy have undoubtedly been first:
The revolt against the sacred principle of
authority enthroned in Christ's church,
constituted by himself and hallowed by
the belief of the ages. Lecherous priests
ahd avaricious princes made a pretext
of some slight abuses to deny that au
thority, to break away from the restraints
of the divine law. This setting up of pri
vate judgment was the first great break
In the organic unity of Christendom and
the opening of the flood-gates of rapine,
lawlessness, and the usurpation by princes
of supreme spiritual power. The second
cause, however ' little Intended by its
Inventor, was the abuse of the Baconian
or ultllltarlan method In all systems
of thought. Engrossed by the marvels
of nature, carried away by the new dis
coveries of sclerce, men came to adopt
a materialistic view not only of the world,
but of man himself the denial of God,
of the spirituality of man's nature, of his
free-will, have borne their consequences.
Again, in the industrial world, the ap
plication, of machinery to products, the
unsettlement of labor, the disproportion
ate rate to capital, which has tended to
make men part of the machines they di
rectthese, with purely secular educa
tion, the sundering of the sanctity of
homes by divorce these have produced
the soli which breeds anarchists and ni
hilists." "NATION'S TRUEST SAFEGUARD."
Rev. S. C. Lnphnm Holds That Citi
zens Must Respect the Law.
"The Nation's Truest Safeguard" was
the subject of Rev. S. C. Lapham's even
ing sermon at Immanuel Baptist Church.
In this he held that the great sorrow at
the attempt on President McKInley's life
should lead to greater observance of the
law, and more vigorous efforts to check
lawlessness in our National and civic life.
A special prayer was offered for the re
covery of the President both at the morn
ing and evening services. Tears of sym
pathy testified to the deep feeling of the
members of the congregation.
The speaker chose as his texti: Exodus
xvlll:20, "Thou shalt teach them laws and
shalt show them the way wherein they
must walk." He said, in part:
"The attempted assassination of Presi
dent McKinley has" united the voices of
all true citizens In a cry of regret, stirring
in every heart prayer for his recovery,
and horrified execration for the 'soulless
being who committed the deed. More
than this, men not only bear In their
faces the mingled conflicting expressions
of sorrow and indignation, sympathy and
hatred, but serious, silent thoughtfullness
seems to possess all as they peer down
into the dark depths of this diabolical
act; seeking the cause, the conditions that
have culminated In this crime perpetrated
"not merely against one man, but against
a Nation; not( simply a blow struck at
the Chief Executive of the realm, but at
the sacred laws and Institutions of a free
country; not alone the unprovoked cold
blooded slaying of a tend, genial man, and
a tried patriot, but the Insult to every
citizen. The bloody hand has been raised
against the flag of the country. Defiance
has been hurled against the cherished
ideals of liberty, fraternal good will, and
brotherhood the bonds of self-governing
people.
"Every citizen feels that the assassin's
hand was raised against him, his home,
his family, his state, his country, with all
Its Institutions! For the act was more
than murderous. It was the blow of an
archy, that individualism which defies all
law and order save Its own law of selfish
might We are thinking: Has it come to
this, that we must surround our repre
sentative with soldiery as If he were a
despot? Must we scour with large bodies
of police the dens and dives and slums
for tihese lepers and maneaters whose
hands are against every man? Is it true
that there are largely increasing numbers
of men In this country who are traitors,
caring only to live here, enjoy freedom
and accumulate wealth? Are there not
institutions within our borders which are
natural breeding places of such anarchy
and crime? Are the laws administered
by those entrusted with so sacred a duty
so as to command and encourage respect,
love and obedience? In the future what
will be the truest safeguard of the Na
tion against such acts?
" 'Thou shalt teach them, law,' was
God's command. Righteous laws, rigor
ously and lmparitally enforced, are our
safety. I have no sympathy with the idea
that thlB Nation Is at the mercy of pub
lic opinion, or mere sentiment. Cause
every man who comes to this 'land to feel
and tV know that the majesty and might
of law Is supreme, and cast out by that
strong arm every one whose hand Is
against his fellow. While your hearts are
stirred with virtuous Indignation and out
raged patriotism smarts under the hand
of murderous treason, forget not tfhat per
haps within sight of your own door laws
are defied, and that the increasing spirit
of lawlessness and treason to public trusts
must be met, and defeated by the loyalty
and effort of each citizen."
"ASSAULT UPON PRESIDENT."
"Liberty and Law Were Assailed By
Anarchy," Said Rev. W. G. Eliot.
At the Church of Our Father, First
Unitarian, Rev. William G. Elliot, state
superintendent, preached yesterday morn
ing on "The Assault Upon the President,"
In which he contrasted the spirit of liber
ty and law with the spirit of anarchy. He
spoke in part as follows: s
"Day before yesterday the Chief Mag
istrate of our country was assaulted with
murderous intent, but let us devoutly
hope without fatal effect, by4an anarch
ist. What Is the significance of this
event? And what are some of the
thoughts appropriate to this place and
hour, suggested by this event? The true
significance of any such event lies deeper
than the outward facts. The whole world
is touched; and In our own land every dif
ference of political view is sunk in genu
ine sympathy for the wounded man and
his anxious wife.
"And what shall be said of f the poor
wretch In the jail, sitting on his iron bed,
with sullen face and head bowed? I do
not hate him; I am not angry with him;
I have no feeling of malice toward him
whatever. What shall I call that name
less passion of mingled contempt and
pity which rises In my breast every time
1 call to mind that here was a human
being, living In a country which has
granted him liberty of thought, liberty of
speech, liberty of press, and liberty of
assembling and this man, upon an oc
casion which was In celebration of these
very things, has assaulted with unmiti
gated treachery the official representative
of those very liberties, in the moment
when that representative was about to
ofter him, a humble citizen, the right hand
of friendship and a common citizenship.
"So much for the thoughts that are
uppermost In our minds: but the true sig
nificance of this event is not simply that
the President has been assaulted by a man
named Czolgosz, but that In the person
of the one and the other, respectively,
liberty, and law have been assailed by
anarchy. The assault upon the President
will oe remembered so long as history
shall be written, and numbered with the
other historical events like it. It ' be
hooves us to consider seriously what Is
meant by the spirit of liberty and law,
and what is meant by the spirit of
anarchy. There Is no such thing as abso
lute liberty In heaven or earth. The
atom Is not free. If we mean "by that
absolute disconnection with everything
else that is. The Supreme Being Is not
absolutely free. If we mean by that that
It Is possible for God to do anything
which In the nature of the case It Is Im
possible for God to do. Freedom Is a rela
tive thing. As granted by the state and
In the degree that It Is granted by the
churchy It Is a negative thing it is sim
ply th'o removal of arbitrary constraint,
it Is permission, it Is opportunity. But its
positive content means life and loyalty
and discipline. "
"An analysis of the true nature of
human freedom discloses that It Is second
ary to that which in its true relations is
greater than freedom namely, life. And
It has shown that complementary
to freedom is law. Freedom and law are
truly fulfilled in their reciprocal develop
ments. Each Is necessary to the other
for the true development of either. The
spirit of anarchy is not confined to the
organized societies of anarchists. It is a
spirit which has ever been in conflict
with freedom and law. It Is the spirit of
outlawry, lynch law, piracy, degeneracy,
treason, mutiny, and all treachery. In
the personal life it Is the spirit of dis
obedience. As dwellers together on the
face of the earth, governments are neces
sary. What a travesty It Is wnen a man
who believes mankind Is good enough to
do without governments undertakes to
prove it by assassination.
"I am one dl those who believe the
less government the better; that all ad
ditions to governmental function should
be along the line of proved necessity,
not a priori theory; that oftentimes,
too often, when government does remedy
an evil, It Is at the risk of evil tenden
cies, diffuse, but not the less real and
insidious. The ultimate ground of prog
ress is the principle of Individual right
eousness and responsibility. I say this
only to strengthen my plea that some
government is necessary. And so long as
some government shall be necessary, aa
In the nation as with the individual man,
the way of life is that of liberty and
law, not anarchy; the spirit of obedience,
not the mad spirit of mutiny. The true
development of all institutional life
home, church, state Is along these lines.
Disobedience is degeneracy. Obedience is
the way of life."
"THE WOUNDED PRESIDENT."
Dr. E. P. Hill Says Blessings May
Come Fromthe Dreadful Tragedy.
At the First Presbyterian Church there
were large and deeply Interested congre
gations yesterday, both morning and even
ing. Dr. Hill'' prayed earnestly at both
services that the life of the President
might be spared, and that Mrs. McKinley
might be sustained during the trying or
deal. In the evening, Dr. Hill preached
on the topic, "The Wounded President,"
taking as his text II Samuel. xvl:12, "It
may be that the Lord will look on mine
affliction and that the Lord will requite
me good for his cursing this day." In
the course of the sermon. Dr. Hill said:
"Suppose we consider the good that
may come of this dreadful tragedy.
"Blessing one It may result in devising
a plan to silence these foes of the social
order who call themselves anarchists.
We have a free-and-easy way in America
of enduring such people -until some great
crime is committed,' and then rising In
anger we say that something must be
done. That was the way we acted a few
years ago in Chicago, when Parsons and
his crowd were accustomed to gather in
Haymarket Square to denounce everybody
and everything. Then one night we heard
the explosion of bombs and the rattle of
musketry. The guardians of the law were
shot 'down in cold blood. It was then the
people demanded that the gatherings of
such men should be forbidden.
"Blessing two It may draw attention to
the prevalence of the spirit of lawlessness
of which this Is only a startling expres
sion. It seems to need some such crime
as the shooting of a man to make people
realize the danger of permitting a lawless
spirit to get Into a community. Last Win
ter the gates of our city were flung open
to criminals of all kinds. Some of our
people seemed to like It. They thought
It made money move more rapidly. Then
an epidemic of robbery began, and a citi
zen was shot as he was returning from
work. Then, and not till then, were our
citizens aroused to an appreciation of the
danger. Tonight an almost similar condi
tion prevails. The gambling-houses are
in full blast. In spite of the solemn prom
ises given by those in authority. The
Law and Order League has evidence
taken down by a typewriter, that the
authorities are hand-and-glove In sympa
thy with hose who are breaking the laws.
And yet we seem to be waiting until Borne
monstrous crime shall be committed be
fore rising In wrath and demanding the
cleansing of the Augean stables.
"Blessing three It has already revealed
the presence of a greaf ocean of sympathy
in the world. I remember when Garfield
was shot. The North and South had not
recovered from the Jealousies and anger
of war times. .The seating of Hayes was
still a bone of contention. But when the
bpirlt of the good Garfield took its flight,
the blue and the gray clasped hands over
his lifeless form. Two great rivers of
sympathy from the North and from the
South swept together and moved on in
a matchless flood of beauty toward a
new future.
"Blessing four It may result in bringing
before the people to he emulated the beau
tiful home life of the President. Even
ministers of the Gospel sometimes forget
that when two people come to be married,
they are to be Jplned in, the bonds of holy
wedlocks Think of an ambassador of Je-
aus-' Christ going- Into the Midway of a
street carnival to pronounce two souls
husband and wife, while the band Is play
ing 'There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight.' It is too cheap tor any
preacher to consent to make a side show
of himself in a Midway for a fee of 310.
"Blessing five It may remind the peo
ple of the uncertainty of life.
"Blessing six It should teach men the
importance of religion."
PRAYED FOR HIS FRIEND.
Dr. ICellosf? at Taylor-Street Church
Made Tragedy His Theme.
At the Taylor-Street M. E. Church Dr.
Kellogg made the occasion of the
tragedy of the week the theme of the
morning sermon. He has known Presi
dent McKinley personally for years, hav
ing lived near nls old home and among
his relatives and friends. The sorrow
comes to him with peculiar sadness. In
his prayer he led the large congrega
tion In a most touching and earnest
prayer for the recovery of the President,
and for a sustaining and comforting
grace to him and his afflicted wife. The
theme of the hour was "The Mystery of
,Dlvlne Providence." Taking a text from
I Cor. xIII-9, "For now we see through a
glass darkly," the speaker said In part
that there are three propositions In the
text.
"First we see at present. but
dimly, and get only partial glimpses of
the truth. This Is the occasion for our
confusion In the presence of catastrophe
that shocks us. If we could see all, we
would not be disturbed. For In that part
which Is concealed Is the explanation
of that which mystifies us.
"Second We do see some things, al
though dimly. What we see Is not all
delusion as some claim, but real. Appear
ances are Illusive, but not false. We are
to trust what we see, but not aa It ap
pears. "Third We shall some time know fully.
When this Is reached we shall And every
thing satisfactory.
"Hope is built on substantial laws and
Is reactlonal, not a charming genius
which a'llures to deceive. Hope is to be
trusted. Faith lends to hope Its power,
but love assures us of all. But these
three abide.
"They all assure us of the guardianship
and superintendency of God a God who
loves us." Allusion was made to the
event in New York when the excited mob
rushed to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
called out James A. Garfield at the time
of the shooting of Mr. Lincoln. When he
appeared he said: "Clouds and darkness
around about him, righteousness and
truth are the habitation of his theme:
God lives, and the Government at Wash
ington remains." The mob was hushed.
The speaker 'concluded, "with this con
fidence we are to abide In peace and
quiet."
STAMP OUT ANARCHY.
Sermon of Dr. Rockwell at Centen
ary Methodist Church.
At theopening of the services in Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church, East
Side, last night, Dr. L. E. Rockwell
touched on the attack on President Mc
Kinley. He said:
"I look upon this tragedy with mingled
horror and alarm. If the representative
of the best popular government ever
known is not safe from the bloody work
of the cowardly assassin, then there is
no safety, and civilization itself is put
on trial. There should be no free speech
tolerated, if It is the speech of red-handed
murder. All good citizens will surely unite
to support the Constitution and enforce
the law. If this great National humili
ation and sorrow shall after all result
In quickening the moral conscience and
bring about a more general respect for
law and order In every community, It will
Illustrate what the Christian world firmxy
believes, that good sometimes comes out
of evil. The time is now at hand when
the most drastic measures should be
adopted against anarchists. I believe
Governor Geer is right in. the reported
Interview. Let all the people back up
those ringing words."
The following resolution was then read
by Dr. Rockwell, and adopted by the con
gregation: Believing that In the attempted assassination
of the Nation's Chief Magistrate a cruel blow
has been struck a friend of humanity and
liberty as well; and that all law and order,
and those principles of government which make
possible the highest civilization are put In
Jeopardy, we desire to record our abhorrence
of thla crime, and our fervent hope that all
executives and all Judges and all officers of the
law throughout the land will be more diligent
and faithful in the execution of the great trust
committed to them by the people For this -ne
pledge our hearty and loyal support. To this
end we will fervently pray, that we all may
lead a quiet and peaceable life In all godliness
and honesty
SPECIAL PRAYERS IN DIOCESE.
Catholic Churches Invoke Divine
Blessing: for the President.
Special prayers for the recovery of
President MoKlnley were offered in all
the Roman Catholic Churches of the city
yesterday morning. In all other parts of
this diocese where word could be con
veyed in time from Archbishop Christie
to the clergymen under him, similar pray
ers were offered. At St. Marjs Cathe
dral a large congregation was gathered at
the 10:30 morning service, and the spe
cial prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Mc
Nally, as follows:
O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God,
who by shedding thy precious blessing upon our
falling; bodies dost preserve by thy manifold
goodnes? the work of thy hands. Graciously
draw near at the Invocation of thy name, that,
having freed thy servant "William from sick
ness and bestowed health upon him, thou
may'st raise him up by thy right hand,
strengthen him by thy might, defend him by
thy Dower and restore him to thy people with
all the prosperity he desires. Through Christ
Our Lord. Amen.
The prayer was followed by recitations
of "Our Father" and "Hall Mary," by the
congregation. In response to an appeal
for the speedy recovery of the President
many Individual members of the cathe
dral parish remained after the close of the
morning service to offer up private pray
ers in his behalf.
IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
Special Prayers for President's Mc
KInley's Recovery Were Said.
In the Episcopal churches of the city
special prayers for the speedy recovery
of President McKinley were said. There
was an added significance to the prayer
uttered for the sick and distressed, and
this part of the Episcopal service was
celebrated with every evidence of a deep
and sincere feeling. The prayer said In
Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, and many of the other
Episcopal churches of the city was as
follows:
"O Father of mercies and God of all
comfort, our only help in time of need;
look down from heaven, we humbly be
seech thee, behold, visit, and "relieve thy
sick servant, the President of the United
States, for whom our prayers are de'slred.
Look upon him with the eyes of thy
mercy; comfort him with a sense of thy
goodness; preserve him from the tempta
tions of the enemy; give him patience
under his affliction; and in thy good time,
restore him to health, and enable him to
lead the residue of his life In thy fear,
and to thy glory. Or else give him grace
so as to take thy visitation, that, after
this painful life ended, he may dwell with
thee In life everlasting, through Jesus
Christ, Our Lord. Amen."
CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LAW.
Anarchy Opposed to This, Says Dr.
Lnthrop, and Should Be Checked.
Dr. J. R. T. Lathrop, at the Grace Meth
odist Church,, addressed the united con
gregations of his own church and the
First Baptist Church on "The Christian
Conception of Law." He took occasion
in his sermon to express the opinion Vhat
President McKinley Is one of those great
intellects that stand for the majesty of
law, and expressed his grief at the cruel J
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assault by an anarchlsU opposed to this
principle of the American Government.
Dr. Lathrop read the latest bulletins on
the condition of President McKinley, sent
from Buffalo at noon, and the news that
no unfavorable symptoms had developed
was received with Joy by the members of
the congregation. During the service Dr.
Lathrop offered a special prayer for the
speedy recovery of the Nation's Chief
Magistrate. Dr. Lathrop also expressed
the opinion that vigorous steps should be
taken to crush out anarchy as a doctrine
opposed not only to American institutions
but to Christianity. He commended the
Tecent editorial expressions of The Ore
gonian on the subject.
Prayer "at First Congregational.
At the First Congregational Church
Rev. S. M. Freeland, who is Ailing the
pulpit in the absence of Dr. A. W. Acker
man, made mention in the morning pray
ers of che stricken Chief of the Nation
and the sorrowing people, with a petition
for the President's recovery and thanks
giving for what he has been to the coun
try. A petition was also voiced for the
suffering wife at his bedside, with a
thanksgiving for the object lesson given
in the White House these years of the
beauty of power of the ideal Christian
family and happy American home.
In Seattle Churches.
SEATTLE, Sept. 8. The attempt made
on the life of President McKinley served
as the theme of the sermon In nearly
every church In, this city today. Minis
ters who did not make it the subject of
their sermon referred at length to it in
their Introductions. Prayers were offered
at both services for the recovery of the
President. It is estimated that 40,000 peo
ple attended. They showed by their de
meanor the profoundest grief at Mr. Mc
KInley's suffering. The sermons eulogized
the President, paying tribute to his career
as a statesman, the purity of his private
life and denouncing the would-be assas
sin. Strong steps for the stamping out
of anarchy were advocated by the
preachers.
MUST EVIL-DOERS CONFESS?
Remarks Touching; Investigation of
Timber-Land Frauds in Oregon.
ST. LOUIS, Or., Sept. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) From the ofllce of the United States
Attorney, District of Oregon. I have re
ceived the following letter:
Portland, Or., Aug. 27, Mr. Joseph Schell.
Gervals, Or. Dear Sir: Referring to our con
versation of a. few days ago in regard to cer
tain timber land frauda near Roseburg, I wish
to Inform you that I have seen ono of the
special agents of the General Land Office, and
he suggested that unless you are able to find
soma man who will acknowledge that he has
taken up land under the circumstances related,
thereby perjuring himself. It will be useless
for the Government to try to do anything. If
that has been done, and you will communicate
with this office, I think there will be no doubt
but we can get immediate action.
Trusting that I may hear from you at an
early date, I am
Very truly yours. E. MA.TS.
About four week9 ago I went to the
office of the United States Attorney and
told there of some landgrabblng, going
on now, south of Roseburg, by a com
pany; that men from around here are
asked to go there, take up land that will
be shown them, and that really was shown
them In general from the distance by look
ing at the timber belt, and then sell It
to the company for $1000; that those not
having the means to go there and to
cover the expenses Involved are offered
the money with condition that they would
only share half of the profit. I have given
the names of those who were asked to
take up such land and were offered the
money and refused, and of those who
went to Roseburg, and finding out the
swindle there, refused to go any further
and returned home. No one of those needs
to perjure himself to give evidence of the
fraud. The above letter indicates to me that
officers of the Government are more inter
ested In hiding the fraud than In finding
it. "It is useless for the Government to
try to do anything unless" the scoundrels
come and accuse 'themselves. Will the
United States Attorney tell to the public
if his duties begin only when the guilty
parties come and accuse themselves?
JOSEPH SCHELL.
Splitting; Hairs in Grammar.
PORTLAND, Sept. 4. (To the Editor.)
Does the Oregonlan consider "He lives at
Portland" correct .grammar for Orego
nlans? Whilst I would say "He lives at
Oregon City," "at Baker City," or even
"at Salem,'' I would consider it un
grammatical and devoid of civic pride to
say "He lives at Portland." My Judg
ment rests on Bullions' grammar, an au
thority certainly second to none, which
says:
"When the prepositions to, at. In, stand before
name3 of places, the following usage should
be carefully observed, viz.: At Is used before
names of houses, villages, towns and foreign
cities; as; "He resides at the Mansion House,"
"At Saratoga- Springs," "At Lisbon."
In Is used before names of countries and
large cities; as, "He lives In England." etc
Is Portland not a "large city?"
When Mn B. J. Hoadley saya that It is
correct to say 'He lives In London," is
his "correct" used in an exclusive sense?
If so, he certainly has good authority
against him, for Is it not on a par to say
"He lives at Lisbon" and "He lives at
London?" Would The Oregonlan kindly
give something more comprehensive and
explicit on the point at issue. I. Z.
The Oregonlan does not "consider"
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either or both forms correct. When get
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why overlook the misuse of the word
"consider?"
The Oregonlan sees no reason to find
fault with Bullions, and it does not see
that it runs against Dr. Hoadley. Lisbon
is a very small town compared with
London. The Oregonlan deems it correct
for Portland people to exercise their judg
ment or taste when they speak of Port
land, and say either "at" or "In." No
body will be misled by either and both
are good English.
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