The record-union., 1897-03-08
Who Wished to Catch a Glimpse of
Him.
A Double File of Policemen Cleared
the Way for the Party to Enter
the Church and Bishop Newman
Preached the Sermon, Which Was
On the Regeneration of Modern
Society.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-President
| Mckinley attended church on his first
Sunday in Washington SO did about
5000 private citizens who wished to
catch a glimpse of him. Although il has
been settled that the President is to be
regular attendant at the Foundry
Church at Fourteenth and G streets. his
first church going was by special ar
rangement to hear a sermon by Bishop
John p. Newman at the metropolitan
Methodist Church.
The street in front of the church was
packed with people two hours before
the regular time for service, but anti
clpating the rush, only pew holders were
admitted up to 1870 o'clock Then the
crowd was let in gradually and filed
every available foot of standing room
from triple row of chairs in front of
the chancel to the back row of the gall
lery. When there was not room for am
other individual inside the front doors.
the crowd turned to DIR. Talmage's
church. the First Presbyterian. only half
a block away, and this also was soon
filled to the doors, while the street in
front of both churches was packed from
curb TO curb. When services commenced
fully 1000 people We're left outside.
The President drove from the White
House with mother Mckinley and Cen
eral Osborne. There was a double file
of policemen under Lieutenant Kelly Of
the Sixth Precinct at the door and these
cleared the way for the party which
entered the church. President Mckinley
supported his mother on his arm and
General Osobrne followed.
y pew had been reserved near The
front of the church and in this, with
the Presidents party was Secretary
j. Addison Porter and Mrs. Porter.
President Mckinley bowed his head for
moment after being seated and then
leaned back in the corner of the pew
waiting for the services to begin.
Rev. Hugh Johnston, pastor of the
church, assisted the Bishop making the
opening prayer and announcing the
hymns. In the pulpit also was Rev.
DR.. Manchester of Canton, President
McKinley's former pastor. The first
hymn was particularly appropriate, be-
ginning with the lines:
"Watchman, tell us of the night,
What it's signs of promise are"
DR.. Johnston also specially mentioned
in the petition for blessing in his open
ing prayer.
Bishop Newman's sermon was on the
text in the gospel of st. Matthew: For
He Came Not to Call the Righteous,
but Sinners to Repentance"
1t was rather a pointed sermon on the
regeneration of modern society, whose
hope, the speaker declared, lay, not in
hope, education, philanthrophy, but ac-
cepting the doctrine of philosophy with
Christ
He warned them especially to stand
back and not be deluded by the belief
that any form of government, auto
cratic aristocratic, democratic or re-
publican, could suppress vice and foster
virtue to the ultimate health and we'll
being of the nation.
When this warning was uttered, there
came an audible and devout amen from
the corner of the chapel.
The Presidential party remained until
the singing of the final hymn, at the
last verse of which the party, preceded
by two ushers left the auditorium and
were driven back to the White House.
During the afternoon the President,
in company with Mr.. McWilliams of
Chicago, went out for a short walk in
the direction north of the executive
mansion and along Sixteenth street, one
of the most fashionable thoroughfares
of the city. The weather was charming
and the streets were filled with pedes-
trians After a walk of about twenty
minutes, Mr.. Mckinley returned to the
White House
The evening was spent very quietly,
there being a family gathering at the
White House, including some of those
who are soon to leave for their homes.