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THE -MORNXtfG OREGONTAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER -16, 1901.
MEMORY
Tributes in the Churches to
'William McKinley.
HISCHARAGTER WAS EULOGIZED
Pathos of His Juast Words and Dylnc
Moments Made the Theme of Many
Speakers, Choirs Sang-, "Xearer,
My God, to Thee."
In all the churches of the city yester
day memorials -were held in, honor of Wil
liam McKInley, the dead President of the
United States. Words of eulogy for his
character as a man, a husband, a patriot
and a President were heard from all
the pulpits, while especial emphasis was
laid upon the fact that he was also a
devoted Christian. The pathos of his
last words and his dying moments were
made the theme of many of the speak
ers yesterday- ".Nearer, my God, to
thee," murmured by the President in his
last moments, was sung by many of the
church choirs with fine effect. The
churches were decorated appropriately, in
colors of sable and white, while the Na
tional colors were in many cases draped
with crape over portraits and paintings
of the dead President.
MEMORIAL FOR. PRESIDENT.
Held at Grace M. J3. Church Dr. La
throp on "Social Inequality." y
At the Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church yesterday morning a very beauti
ful and Impressive service was held In con
nection with the holy sacrament of the
Iord's Supper. During the year four mem
bers have died: Mr. Jacob Martin. Mrs.
Budy. Mrs. Francis Bailey and Mr. Eli
Rees. Memorials were read of each of
these. In the same connection a memori
al of the Rev. G. W. Gue, D. D.. was
read, he having at one time been the pas
tor the church. The Rev. Dr. Fisher also
read a memorial of Mr. McKInley. Presi
dent of the United States, in which the
honored President was eulogized and his
noble Christian career commended. In the
memorial occurs this sentence: "It is
without question true that his composure
when he knew what had happened was
largely the result of his consciousness
that he knew himself to be right with
God." His last words, so full of beauty.
and light and affection and majesty, were
quoted: 'Good-bye, all; good-bye. It is-
uocrs way; his will be done." Mr.
Roosevelt's proclamation for prayer next
Thursday was read and from 2:30 to 4
o'clock P. M., next Thursdayt a service
consisting of brief addresses and prayer
will be held in the auditorium of the
church, to which the public is invited.
At 7:45 P. M. the pastor, the Rev. J. R.
T. Lathrop. spoke upon the subject,
"Causes of Social Inequality." The discus
sion had special application In the awful
tragedy which had visited the Nation, In
the su3fien death of Mr. McKInley and the
vicious method of his removal. Upon this
Interesting and profound subject, the pas
tor said:
"This is one of the living questions. It
is a matter which should receive careful
attention from the pulpit. As to the causes
of social inequality the socialist has his
answer. He thinks himself right No
doubt he is in part. Socialism could not
.perpetuate Itself if there were not some
merit in its reasons. In the most part I
consider socialism 111 hased, and think I
can see how the difficulties which It dis
cusses can be solved from an altogether
different view-point.
"Anarchism has its answer, which must
be false; and should tr" doctrines of an
archism become ths accepted doctrines of
this country, ever;- holy thing among us
would be abo' :i5d and there would be
set up an ima -ral and frenzied pande
monium. For sovernmert, law, authority,
power, would immediately be dethroned,
and a false and lawlets liberty (so-called)
would prevail, precipititing into free love,
communism of the senes as well as com
munism in property. Every person would
be a law unto himself. Emma Goldman
pronounced the central tenet of anarchism
when she said: 'That every person should
be permitted to do what he thought was
right.' That principle practiced Is an
archy, and is contrary to all history and
order, and contradictory to all accepted
philosophy and ethics. It removes all
ethical standards. It centralizes as much
authority In the superstitious and the ig
norant and the wicked, as in the wise and
good. Anarchism will fall, not only be
cause it is vicious, but because It is ir
rational and contrary to every known law
of nature.
""Political economy has Its answer. Po
litical economy of the Professor Ely type
has a very explicit and rational answer,
hased on the ethics of nature as well as
the religion of Christ. I am a follower
and student of Professor Ely, and believe
in the feasibility and virtue of his system.
I am profoundly of the opinion that his
teachings, or something akin to them,
and altogether like them in ethical feat
ures, will be given at some distant day
qulte general application. Socialism of
the Edward Bellamy type, as set forth in
his "Looking Backward, will never be ac
cepted hy any government, because the
theory is adverse both to the nature and
reason of man. It is a dream. There
is a programme of Christianity which is
not socialistic, and that programme will
more and more dominate Intelligent and
well-meaning men.
"Social Inequality, however. Is a fact
Nor Is it easy to catalogue all the causes
for it. Some of these lie outside of the
human -will. .They are either in the 'na
ture of things,' or in environment over
which at the first the individual has
neither choice nor control. As to those
which are in the 'nature of things. the
prodigality and variety of nature is the
only explanation. We are not all alike,
any more than are the trees of the forest.
We are unlike In mental, moral, emo
tional, imaginative, and judicial capacity,
as we are in physical capacity. And this
has been the case from the heginning. We
have every reason to think that had the
fountains of life been kept pure It would
he as it Is now with an Impure fountain.
A world of people all alike, and all equal1
in capacity, would he stagnant and ex
ceedingly monotonous.
"But there are causes which lie outside
of the 'nature of things, which helong to
environment and may be counted among
those things which would have been other
wise had foresight or uprightness or cau
tion been observed by those who preced
ed us. Nature cannot do the hest for us,
If her way is Impeded and her design
thwarted by sinful or obstinate or super
stitious or ignorant fore-parents. Nature
always does the best she can under the
circumstances, and she is helped or hin
dered hy the choices and deeds of man.
Hence It comes to pass that nature, or
God, or some one else, or government,
are often blamed for that which was not
designed, but which has heen forced. En
vironment has to do with us from our
inciplency. It la antecedent to birth, and
we must not forget that much of our be-fore-blrth
environment has not been what
God wished, or, putting it another way.
what nature would have created, but
what she has been forced to accept, he
cause of the waywardness, or Ignorance,
or wickedness of those who have preced
ed us. Then there is an environment ex
terior -to gestation into which we fall at
birth. "We are not responsible for this,
hut some one is, and that some one is not
3oa. and certainly not nature. This en
vironment is of great variety. The differ
ence between President McKInley and
his assassin Is not a difference which was
created after the age of responsibility
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only, but to which the befare-birth condi
tions, and the environment at birth and
in early youth contributed very largely.
The environment into which we fall at
birth and spend our youth is an environ
ment chosen by-those who gave us birth.
These environmental conditions are beau
tiful and pure in multitudes of cases be
cause good parentage precedes us. The
greatest first blessing is to" be well born.
The next is to be well raised. Both these
being true, in any case there are likely
to develop strong moral aptitudes for the
good and pure in companions and books.
This leads to a discussion of those causes
which are of our own creation. Our moral
choices make us. Many choo3e to Temain
as they were born dirty, poor, Ignorant,
wicked. Yet others reach upward, and
climb out and are found creating a new
and high condition, and it Is not difficult
to find men who have changed the whole
history of their families by their indom
itable courage and perseverance. A cause
forsoclal inequality can also be found in
what some permit. There are those who
will not permit themselves to become
groveling and mercenarj't while" on the
other hand there are those who choose
evil, and Teap its consequences. Social
inequality Is not Important when it comes
to whether one is rich and another poor,
but It Is all consequential If one be a
moral leper and another a saint. Yet, all
In all. every man's financial and social
and intellectual redemption Is In his own
hands as Is his religious redemption; and
to thfs hour the whole world applauds
that one who stands for high things, and
respects him for his own sake, and for
what he seeks. Social Inequality finds its
antidote in moral quality. The
test of greatness Is for each to
strive to be the best possible
within the compass of his op
portunity and capacity. He who will do
that will be helped of nature and Nature's
God. The stars only fight against SIsera
when SIsera fights against God and the
good. He who fights for God and the good
j will have the stars to fight for him."
TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT.
Sterling Worth of Wllllnm McKInley
the Theme of Rev. J. J. Stnuh.
At the Sunnyslde Congregational Church
last night a touching service was held.
A portrait of President McKInley was
displayed at the pulpit, heavily draped In
black and the National colors. Flags
were placed back of the platform. Appro
priate mu$ic was rendered. Rev. J. J.
Staub, pastor, said:
"The American Nation has been smit
ten with a great borrow. A grief too deep
and too sacred to find expression in words
fills all our hearts. Mourning and tears
have suddenly been substituted for glad
ness and hope, and sadness is depicted on
the face of every citizen of our great
commonwealth. For a week our hearts
had lingered hopefully and prayerfully
around that sickroom in 'Buffalo; with
joy did we listen to cheerful reports of
the President's condition; but our hope
for his permanent recovery seemed es
tablished only to be more painfully
abandoned.
"The great Chief of this people has
fallen. In spirit do we gather around the
lifelees form of the man who had won
the hearts of this Nation as perhaps no
other ever did. Sturdy and stalwart men
from East to West, from North to South,
weep as children suddenly bereft of their
father. They can scarcely pursue their
labors, while their hearts are rent with
pain.
"We may pot have known him person
ally; we may never have had the privi
lege of grasping the hand that was per
haps too readily extended in cordial and
sincere greeting, greeting for high" and
low alike, but we have not been Insensible
to the noble spirit of our great leader,
and above the hushed strife of party poll
tics we hear the American Nation unanlr
mously acclaim that, together with the
untarnished name of William McKInley,
there goes into history one of the grand
est and purest records of life and serv
ice that it has ever been the privilege of
mortal man to write.
"We do not know why God should call
from active service a man so eminently
fitted for, and who. under divine guidance,
has so successfully discharged the great
duties devolving upon his ofllce, but we
seek the same submission with which he
calmly and triumphantly awaited the end
and sing with him In this hour of Na
tional sorrow
Nearer, my God, to thee.
Nearer to thee.
'"His was truly an exceptional career;
we -say so now not simply to swell the
stream of admiration which this sad hour
seems perhaps naturally to provoke; we
have always said so. His was a life true
to the principle of honesty and upright
ness, not spasmodically so, but constantly,
not public only, but private also. The
man who from boyhood adhered to and
always espoused the cause of justice and
right, who gallantly served his country as
soldier and patriot, who as wise states
man and counsellor ever planned and
wrought for the highest welfare of this
Nation, could not but become the Presi
dent who would win the universal confi
dence and esteem of his countrymen, mak
ing the loss caused by his death come to
us with the force of a calamity.
"President McKInley's example as pri
vate citizen, as tender and ever devoted
husband, and as President, is a legacy
to the American people of which only a
loyal and faithful citizenship can be
come worthy."
"ANARCHY A NATIONAL PERIL."
Sermon hy the Rev. J. F. Ghormley
on the Denth of the President.
At the First Christian Church, the Rev.
J. F. Ghormley preached last evening on
the assassination of President McKInley,
taking for his theme, "Anarchy a National
Peril." He spoke in part as follows:
"It seems almost sacrilegious to intrude
upon the silence which the untimely tak
ing away of our beloved President has
brought into all our hearts. The Nation
Is bending In grief, too deep for "utter
ance, over the form of the fallen. The
world's crowned Queens and Kings are
showering upon the bereaved the mest
tender condolences. Every partisan line is
obliterated and a united people mingle
their tears over the death of our Chief
tain, and will 'with the heart of the world
follow his cortege, and weep In sym
pathy at his grave.' This sad hour Is not
without its lessons. The life of the in
dustrious youth, the hrave soldier, the
clear-headed and pure-hearted statesman,
the beloved President, the affectionate
husband, all his noble deeds gather Into
this hour, and the silence Is broken with
a voice from heaven,' pronouncing thet
benediction on his life's work. 'Blessed
are the dead who die In the Lord from
henceforth; yea, salth the Spirit, that he
may rest from his labors and his works
do follow him.'
"This is not a time for revenge. It
would be an unfortunate thing If the pent
up wrath of an outraged people should
sweep away all barriers and carry the
assassin to his doom without the due
process of law. If such a course were ever
Justifiable, it would seem to be In this; but
In so doing we would only Increase the
wrong which we seek to right. We have
a class in this country 'who walk after
the Hesh In the lust of uncleanness, and
despise government. Presumptuous, self
willed, they are not afraid to speak evil
of dignities.' They would turn order back
into confusion:
"Where oldest Night
And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold
Eternal anarchy.
" 'These are wells without water, clouds
that are carried with a tempest.' While
they are few in number, yet one Is
brought to the foaming edge of this fa
naticism and fires the fatal shot, aimed
at every citizen aimed at legally-constituted
government. If these anarchists
are the product of misrule, then we
should Insist on the just administration
of the law and teach in the meantime
that it Is better to endure the wrong than
to put into execution principles which
would involve all In ruin. If the nations
from whence these people come are for
eign, they should keep their own progeny
we have enough of our own. If It bo
Ignorance, then these should be gathered
up and taken to some mid-ocean island
and left to themselves, to learn in the
school of experience for fools will learn
in no other the folly of their false phil
osophy. If they have the wrong notions
of liberty, let us teach them that this
cannot be had without the supremacy of
law. If there are wrongs to be righted,
we have recourse in petition. The one
who takes the law In his own hands
should be looked after in a way to render
him harmless. Let us insist upon It that
this teaching of anarchists shall ceaSe-
and that every transgression in this re
gard shall receive its just recompense of
reward. This freedom of speech, which
results in the striking down of our Pres
idents, should be deemed treason, and
either death or Imprisonment for life or
banishment should bs fixed as the pen
alty. Let us hope that out of this great
sorrow which has befallen our Nation,
there may come the eradication of this
mighty evil, that our dear country may
continue to be 'the land of the free and
the home of the brave.' "
THE XATIOIV WEEPS.
Blackhnrn Snggrests Safeguards
Dr.
Against Future Attacks.
"The Nation Weeps" wao the title of
Dr. Alexander Blackburn's sermon at thp
First. Baptist Church on the death of
President McKInley. His text was II
GIVEN SPECIAL PAN
jM
HEXRY RUSTIJV, FORMERLY OF PORTLAND, WHO HAD CHARGE OF THE
GREAT ELECTRICAL DISPLAY.
Henry Kustln, who has heen voted a special medal as a mark of appreciation of tho Pan
American Commissioners for his Bervices In conducting the great electrical display at the
Buffalo Exposition, was for five years the electrician of the Portland Consolidated ' Street
Hallway Company. He came to Portland In 1S30, from Omaha, and made this city his home
for five years, after which he went East. Since then he has been employed in Pennsyl
vania and Omaha, where he had charge of the electrical display of the Omaha Exposition,
and during the past year has ben at Buffalo in charge of the electrical display. Since this Is
conceded to be the finest tnat has ever been seen at an exyosltlon, the voting of a special
medal comes as a well-deserved honor.
Samuel 111:38: "And the King said unto
his servants, Know ye not that there Is
a Prince and a great man fallen this
day in Israel?" The speaker said In part:
"These are the words of King David to
his people concerning Abner, who had
been assassinated by a jealous rival. We
use them todayas we think of the" death
of our beloved President.
"We meet with mingled emotions of
shame and sorrow. Of shame because it
has been possible for such a deed to be
committed In this land; of sorrow because
of our loss and In sympathy with the be
reaved family.
"This la not the time or place for a full
discussion of the conditions which exist,
but it is well that attention be called to
certain facts and dangers. Our boast Is
that the United States stands at the very
front In its civilization and progress. Our
schools have given us intellectual liberty,
and our Constitution has given us civil
and religious liberty. In the arts, the in
ventions, the largeness of our resource,
the excellence of our institutions of learn
ing, and In the advance of our churches,
we take second place to no nation on
earth. Yet of the seven presidents elect
ed since 18G4, three have died by the
assassin. These have been of the very
best. Worst of It all is the fact that
the last crime is more portentous of evil
than either of the others. Booth believed
that Lincoln was responsible for the loss
of a great cause, and in revenge com
mitted his rash act. Garfield's murderer
thought he had a personal grievance and
was driven Insane, but the slayer of Mc
KInley was not moved by revenge or per
sonal hate. He simply carried to its le
gitimate Issue the creed he had been
taught. How many there are of that creed
we know not; but there are some.
"The time has come when we must rec
ognize that words are things. That free
dom of speech and press does not glvo
the right to speak as an incendiary, or
publish treason. Freedom to choose a
calling does not imply the right to follow
the pursuit of a gambler or a robber.
The right to make and sell what we please
does not permit U9 to adulterate our
goods, or put before the people without
supervision the Intoxicating beverage. The
same principle holds as to speech and
press. The right to preach anarchy and
murder unmolested Involves the right to
practice these things unmolested.
"I would put a new safeguard at the
gates of the Nation, and let no one comn
to stay who would not take an oath to
support our Institutions and laws. Not
on race lines, or property lines, or even
on criminal lines, would I lay most stress,
but on the line of attitude to our prlncl
pies. The man who comes here to he anv-
rthlng elsex but an American ought to be
sent back. If he does not like our Gov
ernment, let him find one that he does
like. There Is no room here for any man
who loves any other flag better than this
one. Then I would have safeguards within
the Nation laws such as our own Gover
nor Geer suggests in his manly, noble
words. Send such men to Congress and
the Senate and the hrood of anarchists
will soon be rooted out. But enough of
this. We turn to tho sorrowful side.
Truly, we can use the words of our texf
concerning our slain President.
"He was a Prince and a great man In
tho Integrity of his life. Few men have
had more opportunities to enrich them
selves by bestowing favors. As member
and chairman of the most important com
mittee of the House, he could have easily
found the way to fortune, but instead we
find him a poor man. Many hard things
have been said of him, but I have never
heard any charge of dishonesty.
"He was a Prince and great man as- a
patriot. His career as a soldier, bearing
a musket at 18, promoted to Second Lieu
tenant at 19, made Captain at 21, and Ma
jor at 22, and every promotion for con
spicuous bravery, is sufficient proof of his
loyalty.
"He was a Prince and great man in
statesmanship. We may differ from him,
but this Is true. Mr. McKInley hart one
great aim. That was to enlarge this
country. To this end he consistently held
his party until he saw such expansion as
no one would have dreamed .possible five
years ago. Through it all he stood firm
and unshaken, plainly master of the situ
ation. "He was a Prince In that beautiful home
life, of which I cannot now speak. "e
was a Prince In his outspoken Christiai
life. A Christian boy shouldered a mus
ket; a Christian soldier won honor and
promotion on the battle-field; a Christian
young man gave his hand to the beauti
ful Ida Saxton: a Christian statesman oc.
cupled his beat in Congress, and as Gov
ernor and President; a Christian hero lay
dying, and the world has heard his last
song, 'Nearer, my God, to thee," and his
last word3, "Gocd-bye, all; good-bye. It
Is God's way; his will be done.'
"Thank God for such a man, and thank
him that his successor Is of the same
type."
The church was draped In black and
flags, and the choir sang with line effect,
"I'm Nearer Home Today Than Ever I've
Been Before."
LETTER FROM DR. T. I,. ELIOT.
Expression on the Trapedy Was
Read at First Unitarian Church.
At the morning service of the First
Unitarian Church, the following letter
was read from Dr, T L. Eliot at Hood
River, expressing his sentiments at -the
death of President McKInley:
"Dear Friends: 1 fervently wish I
- AMERICAN MEDAL.
might be present with you as a church
in person this morning and share the
common emotion in. regard to the death
of the honored head of our Nation. The
fit words about the, tragedy will be said
in many ways and forms. Let us pray
chiefly that our wisest and best men and
women will more and more be listened to,
and their counsels taken not only in such
crisis of feeling and possible passion, but
in the every-day's work and thought.
We should feel drawn to closer ties with
all sincere and true people, our fellow
citizens of every name and station, for
sober thinking and judicial action; and
above all learn to magnify the individ
ual influence of self-control and sympa
thy, these infinitesimals of word and look,
volition and action, whose aggregate con
stitutes the great currents of public re
sponsibility and make up the types of
civilization.
"Let us, in this trial hour, renewedly
consecrate ourselves to slnglemlndedness
of purpose and humbled endeavor to bring
up the arrears of individual duty to our
beloved country, along the lines of our
nearest duties and problems, In neighbor
hoods, city and, state. May what we stand
for as a church of principle and char
acter of enlightened conscience and of
Christ-like seeking for the lights and life
of God, become individualized, as per
sonal religion, in each one's experience
and heart. From such a base, and a felt
union with the Eternal, we may trust
that the increment of truth and faithful
living on our own part will meet other
fidelities, and our Nation shall thus work
out its salvation, and reach the Ideals
which God has set before us, of sacred
liberty, of wide and deep justice, and the
reciprocities of loving power and human
use. T. L. ELIOT."
SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
And the Mnrderer's Guilt, the Topic
of Rev. Jerome JUcGlaue.
At the Mizpah Presbyterian Church,
Powell and East Thirteenth streets, Rev.
Jerome R. McGlade preached last night
on "The Sacredness of Human Life and
the Guilt of the Murderer." His text
was, "Thou shalt not kill." He said:
"Anarchy'is lawlessness, confusion, de
struction, death. It announces a new
gospel, the destroying of the old world
and the replacing- it with a new one. It
announces its mission to destroy the lie;
that the first He Is God, the second Is
Right. It would break the chains of civ
ilization, property, marriage, and morality.
"President McKInley has been murdered
by this system. And while we know that
the Government has not felt the shock of
the blow which struck down the Chief
Magistrate; that the power of this sys
tem is futile to harm the fortress of our
liberties, still one man has by his terrible
crime made the people of this country
to tremble.
"There are many points of significance
In this tragedy. The deed was cruel. It
was cruel because it was struck at the
home. It was a blow against every
American home. It was cruel because a
strong, gentle, cherishing love was- re
moved, so that no longer it can sustain
a life grown dependent upon it. Cruel
is the deed that causes an invalid wife
to pass along the way of sorrow and
loneliness. The deed was cruel because
of the sadness and depression It has
brought to the people of our Nation. The
deed is a crime against God. Against
God, this murderer has sinned. He has
broken the royal law. 'Thou shalt not
kill.'
"While we shall not forget that system
that made possible this crime, nor those
who may be accessory to it; while we
desire steps to be taken to crush the sys
tem, and uproot the plant which is not
Indigenous to our free soil, and which
has a blighting influence in the garden
of American liberties; and while we de
sire that proper punishment shall be met
ed out to all involved in the guilt of
this crime; let us look upon that one
who committed the awful deed. Look
upon him within his prison, cell. Try to
analyze if you can the motive that could
prompt such a cool, calculated murder.
Tr-ir trt mpnnrfi fl-io rmm-Yrintic? rsTima nr
-rf .w .uwww. w. .. ..VMt v..aaaa., ui
tell the infinite weight of guilt which
rests UDon his head. His , hands ara '
3talned with blood of husband, citizen,
beloved President. There is not water
enough in the ocean to wash away those
stains.
"The text involves the two great
thoughts: tThe sacredness of human life,
and the guilt of one who destroys It. Hu
man life is sacred. God has so ordained
it. Man is commanded not to take the
life of his fellow-man. He has said, 'Thou
shalt not kill." God has thrown round
about human life safeguards, although
these are continually trampled under feet.
This Is called the age of murder. It is
simply appalling that within the bounds
of the Christian civilization, the number
of murders committed annually surpasses
the death roll of the greatest battles of the
last century. And it Is not difficult to de
termine the drift of all this. The culmin
ation of wholesale murder Is in anarchy.
Anarchy Is the blood-red torrent, the great
liver of death, fed by hundreds of streams.
The system is atheistic, Godless, revolu
tionary. It makes Its first departure from
God and law, and reaches its acme as It
rudely tramples under feet, the law of
God, 'Thou shalt not kill.'
"Beautiful the spirit of President Mc
KInley who could pray God to forgive his
Judas-like assassin! Beautiful his death!
There Is new meaning. It seems, to me, in
the words of the familiar hymn, 'Nearer,
My God, to Thee, for he. who chanted
them was upon the threshold" of the Divine
Presence, just passing through the portal
Into the midst of the Infinite glory of
God's throne; near to' behold tho face of
the Son of God, who also was martyred
for the cause of truth. Beautiful his trust
and submission. 'Good-bye, all; good-bye.
It la God's way; his will be done.' It is
beautiful thus to be 'sustained by an un
faltering trust'! Who would not die the
death of the righteous and have the last
end like his? But In contrast, how dark
the visage of tho murderer! How fearful
the outlook! One sinks 'to rest, by all
his country's wishes blest,' the other
rests under the ban. of God and man,
confronting condemnation In the court
of human justice, and at the throne of
the Eternal God."
"HIS WAS A NOBLE LIFE."
Rev. H. S. Templeton Says Life of
President Was Marked by Fidelity.
The Rev. H. S. Templeton, at Westmin
ster Presbyterian Church, Holladay's ad
dition, spoke with much feeling yesterday
morning of President McKInley's death.
He said:
"In these hours of National mourning,
every patriot mirrors before his mind a
noble life, strlvinsr to forget for the mo
ment the awful tragedy of its close. Our
late and beloved President, William Mc
Kinley, lived before us a beautiful life.
His life is before us today in a different
aense and In a purer ,Hght than It could
possibly be while he lived. His character
and life principles are spread upon every
printed page. The voice of the critic is
hushed and the pen of the cartoonist lies
idle, while sober thought scans his life and
writes an epitaph of honor.
"A righteous life Is an admonition Vo
every man that views It soberly. Biog
raphy is our creafest lesson page. In
our sorrow we scan the life for
He mourns best who resolves to live
As they would have us.
"Let us look, then, for a few patent
lessons frojn the life just closed. Mr.
McKlt'ley's career from student to soldier
and Congressman, amd at last to President,
mark him as a man of high purpose. By
giving h's every energy to the work in
hand, his ambition was realized. He
pursued the only course to promotion, and
that is to merit it.
"One phase of his character Is little
noted. I should call It caution or prudence
in the highest sense. He was not impet
uous, and in our most trying times since
Lincoln's day our Nation was In special
need of a calm head. One man said, '1
would rather he right than President.' In
the flurry Immediately "after tho Maine
disaster, President! McKInley's greatest
utterance came. He said: 'I would rather
my aamlnlstratlon should prove an igno
minious failure than that it should be
responsible for an unholy war.' Mr. Mc
KInley strove to be right and President.
"His chief virtue can be expressed in a
single word fidelity. He was faithful as
a son, as a student, as an employe, as a
soldier, as a husband, as a patriot and as
a President. Nor did he lack fidelity to
God. He presents to us a beautiful, well
rounded life. He has won our love and
merits our emulation.
" turn to the 37th Psalm and read the
37th verse:
" 'Mark the perfect? man and behold the
upright, for the end of that man is peace.'
We view his character and consider his
crown. We mark the way he went and
rejoice at the end he attained.
"May children of our children say,
'He wrought his people lasting good.' "
"THE DEAD PRESIDENT."
Dr. Hill Says It In Not a Time to
Question the Ways of Providence.
Yesterday the First Presbyterian Church
was thronged with worshipers at both
services. The people were very reverent
and thoughtful, as if trying to understand
the mystery of God's providence. The
choir loft was draped with flags and a
large streamer of black. Rev. Paul W.
McCHntock, of Holhow, China, preached
the sermon in the morning. But the pas
tor. Dr. T3. P. Hill, just before offering the
prayer, said:
"We are In the presence of a great Na
tional sorrow. It Is not a time to Indulge
in words of revenge or to question the
ways of God. Rather should we ask that
strength be given to that stricken home
towards which our hearts are turned, and
that God will guide the Nation In Vhls
trying hour."
Then followed a fervent prayer that the
President's death be made a blessing to
the Nation In reminding the people of
the uncertainty of life, the Insufficiency
of temporal things and the need of de
pendence on the Lord's arm.
In the evening Dr. Hill preached on the
topic, "The Dead President and tho
Prayers of the People." He took for the
text II Corinthians x!i:8-9: "For this
cause I besought the Lord thrice, that it
might depart from me. And he said unto
me, My grace Is sufficient' for thee."
Among other things, the speaker said:
"j.he thorn did not' depart from the
apostle, and yet he was not thereby flung
Into the slough of despair to co 'It is
no use to pray.' But sitting down he
wrote to the Thessalonlans, 'Pray with
out ceasing,' as if he had caught inspiring
glimpses of the privileges, the possibilities
and the glorious rewards of coming to
God to make known one's desires. Those
who are most perplexed in regard to God's
failure to answer prayers are not those
who do the praying, but those who never
bend their knee before their Creator. If
Paul had been asked on the night before
the headsman set free his soul If God had
answered his prayer, he would have re
plied with glowing force, 'Yes, beyond all
my anticipations. I asked for a mite and
he gave me a fortune.'
"For a week multitudes have been up
on their knees in prayer. From cathedrals
and chapels and firesides all over Vhe
land fervent prayers were offered that
the life of our President might be spared.
Tonight the Nation is In mourning. With
bewildered faces men are asking. Ot
what use is it to pray? After all. It Is
only a matter of natural laws?
When the heart action ceases life is ex
tinct.' "Just here let me put before you a seri
ous question upon which we all may
profitably meditate in the quiet of our
homes. Had we as a Nation any right
to claim an answer to our prayers? Prayer
means something more than simply fall
ing on our knees and asking God for what
one wants. Coupled with the invitations
to pray are alway found certain condi
tions to be met before an answer need be
looked for. The worldling who in dire
straits asks God to do something for
him and then angrily stamps his feet
because there Is no response, misunder-
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people who were neglecting their rellg-
lous duties and upon whom disasters were
coming t'hlck and fast: 'Rend your heart
and not your garments, and turn unto the
Lord your God. Then will the Lord be
jealous for his land and oity his aeooie.
David said: 'Delight thyself in the Lord
and he will e've the desires of thine
heart. St'. James said, 'The effectual fer
vent prayer of the righteous man avalieth
much.' Have wo as a people been turn- Chicago Evening Post.
lng towards the Lord with all our hearts? 1 James McGarry, a quaint philosopher
Have we been studying reverently the ; and the Inspiration of Flnley Petfr
book givenfor ourguldance? Have we been Dunne, author of the "Mr. Dooley"
keeping holy the Sabbath day? If you ! stories, Is seriously 1 at a West Side
were to go from city vo city and home to ; Hospital, and nls friends fear that dtath,
home, see how family altars have been Js not fa,r off; For 20 yeirs he was. a Ch'
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hn r..?wtBrf nnrt tho miiiHtiiriM hnwintr i many distinguished men through his wit
rfmvn tn st rf, vmi wnnirl hpiritato
long before saying, 'We had a right to
expect t'hat God would answer our
prayers.' But perhaps our petitions have
been answered even though we d'd not
deserve it, only in larger, richer measure
than we had anticipated. The President la
dead, but God has been very good to us
in using this providence to rebuke our
pride. We were glorying In the power
of men. We asked God to spare the Presl-
fIont'5 Hfp snt thn wi TVfnt- linon rhf !
street to talk of the wonders of modern
surgery. When the confident bulletins
came we praised the skill of men and
no woTd was spoken of God's power.
And then, like a lightning st'eoke from a
clear sky, came the message that Wie
President's soul was slipping away while
the wise men stood by with their probca
and needles and medicines, as helpless as
babes. I am wondering If we d'd not need
such a rebuke. I am wondering If we are
not humbler and wiser tonight than we
were Vhree days ago.
"The highest ambition of every follower
of Christ should be to glorify God and to
extend his kingdom. What brain could
conceive of a more magnificent opportu
nity than was furnished our Christian
President last Friday night from the pul
pit of his deathbed? If he had lived
100 years and spent all his last days In
addressing missionary gatherings and re
ligious conventions, he could not havt
done the service for Christ that he did
In the closing moments of his life. Multi
tudes of men and women all over the
land were leaning eagerly and anxiously
forward to catch the faintest whisper that
fell from the dying man's lips. The na
tions of the world, England, France, Ger
many, Italy, Russia, China, Japan and
all the rest were gathered about that bed
listening with bated breath for a word
from the lips of the President of the great
est nation on the face of the earth. What
will he say? Listen! His lips are mov.
ing. 'Good-bye. It Is God's way: hl3
will be done.' Listen again. The aspiring
soul breathes out its longing in a broken
voice
Nearer, my God, to thee.
Nearer to thee,
E'en though it be a cross that ralscth me.
"And all the world heard those words,
and today men far across the tosslog
oceans are thinking of the God whom.
William McKInley served and in whom
he trusted. Is It not possible that the
prayers of the people have been answered
after all, but wlfh a fullness that only
eternity can reveal?
"It is not for us, my friends, to ques
tion the ways of God, but rather to wait
before him In humility, In faith, in eager
anticipation. Our President? has fallen.
We cannot change the past. It Is for us
to ask for the stricken family t'he sus
taining care of God and to dedicate our
selves anew to our homes, our country and
our Gcd."
HIS RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
Dr. Gilbert Comments Upon the Fi
delity of President McKInley.
President McKInley's religious charac
ter was made the theme of the Rev. W. S.
Gilbert's morning sermon at the Calvary
Presbyterian Church. He said In part:
"Many encomiums have been given up
on our late President. The Nation has
honored him as a President, and has been
proud to have him In the Nation's high
est post ot duty and trust. We all
honored htm as a man. Personally all
have been his friends. He will always
be honored for what he himself was, and
as a martyred President the Nation will
ever revere his memory. Whatever may
be the political opinions of -men, all rec- i
ognlzo that the Administration of Presi-
dent McKInley will always stand as on
of the most remarkable In our history.
"But this morning I would call special
attention to the sterling religious char
acter of the man. All the Nation will
honor him for his religious fidelity. Dur
ing his Illness he chanted the- hymn,
Nearer, My God. to Thee.' That 19 a
world's hymn, sung by men of every
creed, and this hymn today brings to our
thought the sentiment that was perhaps
the most precious to his life. Nor will
the Nation ever forget hi3 last words:
'It Is God's -way; his will be done. He
who led us so well In National affairs
will also lead us in this to a recognition
of God in,our National life, and a submis
sion to whatever God's will may be. God
has led us through dark days before and
he will lead us through this great grief.
It is hard for the Nation to say, but the
echo of the President's voice throughout
the Nation this day Is, 'God's will be
done.' "
At St. Mnry's Cathedral.
At St. Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop
Christie, at the 10:30 morning service, af
ter announcing the holding of a special
service on Thursday morning, in response
to the proclamation Issued by the Presi
dent, preached an eloquent sermon on
the death of President McKInley and the I
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