The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
VAN SAINTS EULOGY
PARK METHODIST-EPISCO
PAL CHURCH
LESSONS OF A GREAT LIFE
Career of the Late President Exem-
pIifies Possibilities of Pluck
and Perseverance of Amer
lean Youth.

Memorial services for President Nc
Kinley, at which the principal address
was made by Gov Van SAINT, We're held
last evening in the Central Park M. E.
church. The pulpit was draped for the
occasion with an American flag, and on
the platform stood an easel upon which
rested portrait of the late president
draped on one side with black and on
the other with an American flag In the
course of the exercises, which were
with t--e exception of the omission of
the sermon and the substitution of adj
dresses by the governor and the Rev
Benjamin Longley, pastor of the church
OF the usual devotional character, the
favorite hymns of President Mckinley
were sung
Before introducing Gov. Van SAINT, Rev.
Mr.. Longley spoke at some length upon
the subject of the presidents death and
his character as a man and as an execu-
tive. He said 1t was omforting that the
personal character of the president was
such as to make it entirely fitting that
exercises in his memory should be held
on Gods day and in the house of God.
He said further that it was gratifying
That Gov. Van SAINT, who would be the
principal speaker of the evening, had so
far proclaimed his sympathy with what
is right and good that he could appro-
prlately participate in such exercises.
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
It is safe to say that in all human
history no man has been so universally
mourned as our late president, William
Mckinley. I went to Washington to at
tend the exercises in the rotunda of the
capitol, and there witnessed such signs
of grief and sorrow as 1 had never seen
before. [ was at the encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Cleve-
land when the news of the president S
death arrived, and that body at once re-
ferred all further business of whatever
nature to the incoming council of adj
ministration and adjourned. 1 attended
the funeral at Canton, and among the
100000 people who were in that little
place ON that day there was not a dry
eye. l am told that in Chicago, which
is city noted for it's wickedness, when
the news of the presidents death was
announced on the bulletin board of the
Tribune, the thousands of people who
stood there in the streets removed their
hats and in unison sang, Nearer NV
God to Thee the favorite hymn of that
kind-hearted and splendid ruler of this
great people.
II hardly know whether to admire Nc
Kinley most as soldier or as a states
man He was soldier and brave one,
and many acts of true heroism are re-
corded to his credit. Statesmen are
judged by the results which lley achieve,
and therefore Mckinley as a statesman
compares with any that this country has
ever produced except Abraham Lincoln.
The life of William Mckinley teaches
us in the highest degree the possibilities
of American youth. 1t exemplifies that
young man, even though he be poor,
by pluck and perseverance may achieve
the highest position
The king is dead! Long live the ling!'
Our new president is a man in whom
we can place the most implicit trust. lie
has said that he will follow the exam
pie of the illustrious man who is Low
dead and that commends him to our
faith