The Washington times., 1901-09-20
THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS.
The Last Great Name Enrolled
EulogIxcd by BiShop Sntteriee.


Eulogixcd by Bishop snttcriee.
The memorial service at ST Marks Pro-
Cathe draI was conducted by the Rt Rev.
Henry Y. Satterlee. Bishop of the diocese
of Washington. and was most impressive
aad solemn. The great auditorium of the
church was crowded to the point of stand
ing room and many in the large congre-
CATION were moved to tears during the
ceremonies. The Bishop was assisted in
the service by the Rev. William l.. De-
vrioS, the rector of st. Marks Church,
and music was rendered by the vested
choir. After the scripture lesson of the
day was read by the rector the congre-
CATION Joined with the choir in singing
Nearer. My God. to Thee" The Apos-
ties Greed and the Lords Prayer were
said by the Rev. Mr.. Devries. and My
Country. Tis of Thee, was sung by the
choir and the congregation.
The sermon was delivered by Bishop
Satterlee, who spoke in glowing terms Of
the life and character of the late Presi-
dent. which he said should be lesson to
all Americans. He said in part:
within the past month another name
has been added to the list of heroic msn
of whom the world was not worthy: an
other form has Joined the noble army OF
martyrs; a new page written in martyrs
blood will consecrate the annals of Amer
lean history until the end of time. We
cannot take in the real meaning OF events
when are close to them and we
realize net how our own children and
grandchildren will. and how every day OF
the past five years has been one for the
| making of history and of a history which
Will influence the whole future of the
world.
In the very front rank of those who
have led the onward march of civilization
of this eventful epoch has stood the calm
form of William Mckinley; so quiet, SO
modest, SO peace loving. so genial, so like
one of ourselves that no one realized that
he was playing a hero's part in helping
| our time to take its stand. Yet today,
when death has torn aside the curtain
and shown him as he stands before us in
| his simple, genuine integrity, no one
| shrinks from applying to him those words
| which Americas g-eatest poet spoke OF
another revered President: Such was he,
| our mighty chief.
william Mckinley was not only in
every sense born American. but he was
| one over whose birth and childhood the
very genius of America lowered. He was
not merely in touch with the american
people as a man who understood them
with them. He drank in the spirit OF
American institutions and traditions: he
was nodded by them; he was inspired by
them; and just because they Claimed tne
| innermost allegiance of his loyal heart
| ne became the national leader of his Tel
| low-countrymen. Those who differed from
him at first. yes, even those who dlnered
from him to the last, by and py came 10
recognize in him the typical American;
| 1T is the fate of all great men to be
misunderstood. but to be misunderstood
because one surpasses all those apout MN
! in being one in heart and soul with his
| people was the kind of cruel misrepre-
sentation that William Mckinley had fol-
| years to bear. If he was kind and genial
| to all it vas because he sympathfZed with
| ALL If he made few enemies it was be-
| cause he had in him that touch or Amerl-
can nature which made our whole world
| kin. If he seemed to follow the lead OIL
the people instead of standing forth as a
| leader who was separate from them, II
| was because, while his ideal of American
| life was the same as theirs, it SCARED Sc
high that it comprehended all the lower
ones. Thus all the while that lie was ap-
parently following he was really leading
| our people.
He was martyr in the truest sense OF
| the word That scene on that black Fri
/ day September 6. marks one of the foul
est acts of treachery this world has ever
beheld. We welcome the stranger TO our
American shores. We bid godspeed as
he becomes one of US, and in return he
slays our chief Henceforth the symbol OF
| the anarchist will be an outstretched hanc
! of friendship grasping an assassin's wea'
pom under a cloak of loyalty and patriot
ism. But while we are venting our 1ury
upon the plotting. ignorant anarchists
! have we, Americans that we are, have we
no seIf-reproach to bear? Is there no les,
son for us TO learn by heart in the fac'
that three out of the last seven Presi,
dents who have been elected by US have
fallen victims to the most treacherous
of all enemies of our country?
rlRt fD Drfy n
in times of a whole country's grief like
this In such days of trial God deals with
US as his own children. He chastens US
as our father He SHOWS US ourselves ane
our own shortcomings. Sorrow is th'
great realizer. and the heart of our Ameri
can people today has been touched to thu
quick. If we are honest and true. true Il
our American birthright, true to the prin
ciples of liberty true to our conscience!
and our God. there will come blessint
to our land out of all this blinding grief.