Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-20

IL sermeu 70 us that IL must be His
will to spare the life OF one SO vel
beloved and SO much needed. Thus
alternating between hope and fear
the weary hours passed on. Then
came the tidings of defeated seisna
and OF the failure of love and pFs.
to hold its object TO the eal CT. sc
seemed to hear the family matteaed
words, Goodbye all. good 81
Is Gods way. His viii be done. aal
then, Nearer, My God, to Thee. SO
nesting nearer to his God, he pas5s
out into unconsciousness, skiIG44 u.
dark shores Of the sea OF death III
a time I'D then passed on to b.
rest. His great heart had caaasa r.
beat
The cause OF this uui9
ing is to be found In The man 4Ials
self The inspired penn picture
of Jonathan, likening him unto the
beauty OF Israel, could not ~ a6S :
appropriately employed than chanting
the lament over our fallen chieftain
II does no violence to human speech
nor is it fulsome eulogy 10 speaA sa1s
# him. for who that has sea Mss
stately bearing, his grace
hess of demeanor, his lindliness Of
aspect but gives assent to this de.
scription OF him. 1t was cA4I ~ 10
istic of our beloved president @
men met him only to love him They
might indeed differ with him. bHH ia
tie presence of such dignity OF eaae.
aeter and grace Oh manner Aoae aaaza
fail TO love the man. Tie ps9Ie
confded in him, believed in him
A touching scene was enacted 81
this church last Sunday might The
services had. closed. Fne worship
pers were gone to their homes. 8A#y
a few fingered to discuss the SAD
event that brings us together saaa5
Three men, in working garb, Of 9 faF
elgn race and unfamiliar tongue. en-
tered the room. They approach q
he altar, kneeling before it and be.
fore his picture. Their lips moved
as If In prayer, while tears faEHs#e3
their cheeks. They may haze been
thinking of their own King Humbert
and of his untimely death. Then
emotion was eloquent, eloquent Is
You'd speech, and 1t bore testlf854ls
to their appreciation OF manly friend.
ship and of honest worth
His Love For His Wife.
Not only was our president brave
heroic and honest; he was as gallant
knight as ever rode the lists for his
lady love in the days when knight
hood was in flower. It is but a few
weeks since the nation looked On aith
tear-dimmed eyes as it saw with W1ai
tender conjugal devotion he sat al
he bedside OF his beloved wife, when
all feared that fatal illness was
upon her. No public eiaInor that lie
might show himself to the populace
no demand Of social function was SUI
fcient to draw the lover from the
bedside of his wife. He watched and
waited while we prayed-and she
lived. This sweet and tender s1esv
all the world knows, and the world
knows that his whole life had run ia
this one groove of love It was a
strong arm that she leaned upon. and
1t never failed her. Her smile was
more to him than the plaudits of the
multitude, and for her greeting his
acknowledgements of them must
wait. After receiving the fatal
wound his first thought was that the
terrible news might be broken gently
TO her. May God in this deep hour
OF sorrow comfort her. May His
grace be greater than her anguish.
May the widows God be her God
Another beauty in the character of
our president, that was a chaplet of
grace about his neck, was that ne was
CHRISTIAN. In the broadcast, noblest
sense Of the word, that We true III,
confidence in God was strong and I'M
Wavering. 1t held him steady in
many a storm where others were
driven before the wind and tossed
He believed in the Fatherhood of
God and in His sovereignty. His
faith in the gospel of Christ was deep
and abiding. He had no patience
with any other theme of pulpit dis
course. Christ and Him crucifed''
was to his mind the only panacea for
the worlds disorders He believed II
to be the supreme duty of the Chris
t1an minister to preach the Word !,
He said, I'VE do not look for great
business men in the pulpit, but for
great preachers.
His Mothers Noble Wish.
1t is well known that his godly
mother had hoped for him that he
could become minister Of. the Cos
pei and that she believed it to be the
highest vocation In life. 1t was not,
however. his mothers faith that made
him Christian He had gained in
early life a personal knowledge of
Jesus which guided him In the per-
forInance Of greater duties and vaster
responsibilities than have been the
lot OF any other American president.
He said at one time, while bearing
heavy burdens, that he could not dis
charge the daily duties of his life but
for the fact that he had faith in God !.
William Mckinley believed in
prayer, in the beauty of it, in the
potency of it. It's language was not
unfamiliar to him and his public adj
dresses not infrequently evinced the
fact. 1t was perfectly consistent WITH
his lifelong convictions and his per
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