The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-17
MRS 'KINLEY BURIED
ALL CANTON is IN DEEP
MOURNING.
business and Schools suspend Mcmbcrs
Of the Cabinet and Other Notabics At
tend tho Funcrai-Dr. Manchcstcr's
Euiogy-Thc senate Adjourns.

mt noon to-day in tribute of respect
for Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley,
mother of the President, last services
for whom were performed in the First
Methodist church this afternoon. Rain
fell heavily all day, but hundreds %
people gathered la and about the
church and thousands waited in the
storm for the passage OF the funeral
procession.
At Q o'clock the p~allbearcrs carried
the coffin into the crow ded church and
the president and immediate members
Of the family, the notable mourners
from Washington and close friends,
fol owed and took rcscrvsd seats In
the front OF the church.
The Rev. DIR. Manchester, who was
conrade In arms Of the President
during the war, was IA member of the
famous Twenty-third Ohio volunteer
infantry, and who had been the pas.
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church for some years, delivered tho
principal address.
lIe snid in part: ~ think the first
feeling that comes to us Nil to-day
one OF personal bereavement. She
who has gone from our midst was u
friend. The nation knows her as the
distinguished mother; we, OF the home
city, knew her as ono whose kindly
words and smile have been n cheer
and n benediction to many u heart and
home.
1T Is not given TO many to have
sush nruan ~ 1ifn p,,h ,,..s.. n
character rs crowned her whose going
out from among us we mourn to-day.
IL l were to indulge in an analysis OF
her character. | think l would place
first of all her glorious motherhood.
This was the browning glory Of her
days. She was by divine right the
general mistress of her own house.
Always tender and true in her loving
sympathies, self.poiscd md sturdy in
her personal uprigh.ncss, she ruled
like n queen over her home. The
law Of kindness was the law OF her
life, and one knew her there but to
feel the gentle influence of her pres.
cnce. She might have been u proud
mother, but ! think no one heard her
say Sc. Her great loving heart
throbbed with tendcrcst anxi.ties for
those whom the kind father had given
her, and her children arise up and
call her blessed
O"Anothcr characteristic OF Mother
Mckinley was her un%vnrying cheer.
fulness. When her pastor suggested
to her once that the way must be
growing brighter rs she advanced to-
ward her heavenly home, she re.
marked that it had been bright all
the way. And yet theirs had been
many and sore bercavements. She
trod for many wca-y years tho path
OF w~idowhood. She laid away her
loved ones one after another, but her
loving cheer was never abatcd. 1t
was as IL the sunlight from the throne
OF God played upon her soul and kept
it warm and bright. And after all,
that was the sublimc secret of her
daily existence. She might have said
to n sordid, grasping world in the
words OF the Master whom she loved:
Il have meat to eat that yc know
not Off,
"Hcr faith that God does all things
we'll, that lie makes no mistakes, was
the M creed OF her Christian life, for
sbc was u Christian indeed. Undem.
onstratiye and u~nobtrusive, yet she
was well known rs one OF the dis.
ciples OF Christ. Until the infirmitics
VI increasing years made 1t impossible,
she frequented the prayer service and,
when she could no longer do
that, kept her place in tho morn
ing service on the Lords ~day-where
her strong but gentle face was a
constant inspiration to pastor and
w~orshippers. Now, the End crowns
the work. She has como down TO her
grave like the well ripcncd grain,
ready Tor tho harvest She grew old
beautifully because she walked with
God. The influence Of her life will af.
lord such strength as earthly rom
munion could not give.
zone who filled To the very brim the
measure Of being as she did needs no
fulsomc culogy, Works Of charity
live beyond the doing, kindness brings
the harvest OF the sowing, Love out.
lives the past, the present and the fu,
ture. Tongues shall fail, bnt life en-.
dureth forever, The highest need OF
praise that can be given Is that which
the Savior gave to the faithful woman
when lie said: she has lone well
what she could"
After singing Nearer, My God, TO
Thee" benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. DIR. McAfec, pastor Of the
Broad Street Methodist church of Co.
lumbus, VIII oh the President attended
while he was governor of Ohio.
The lid OF tho coffin was then re-
moved and the large congregation, as
well as many who had been unable TO
gain admission to the church, filed
past to take u last look of oil that was
mortal of Mother McKinley.
Then the family and friends entered
the carriages and, followed by thous.
auds, proceeded to Westlawn GENE.
terry, whore the body was laid to rest
:, in the family lot