The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27

The dnlmuS OI the CeeQ was to Dredk down the existing civilization, to des- troy by a wilful act that great result of civilized and orderly living which has been attained only through the slow progress of the centuries.
 That was a crime against the nation itself. For when the assassin directed his weapon, it was not against William Mckinley as a private citizen, but against him as President of the United States.
 This danger to the Republic is one of the worst forms of danger that can threaten her life. The United States has no foe to fear among the nations of the earth. Let us hope that she will never again be ravaged by Civil war. But the worst enemies are those Se- cret ones that are harbored in our midst that are in the country but not of it, that are by tradition and educa- tiOn, or lack of it, opposed to law and order and are usually restrained by nothing unless it be fear of punish ment.
 l THE CRIME IS MOREOVER, AGAINST GOD HIMsELF.
 For God is the God of law and order. As we have read in the lesson this morning, ''The powers that be are or dained of Cod" How impossible it would be for society to exist if every man did that which was right in his own eyes!
 1 In proportion as law is honored and obeyed the good are protected and the law and the most tyrannical govern ment is far better than lawlesSness. It has been said: GOT law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat
 is the bosom of God, her voice the har-
 mony of the world, all things in heav- en and earth do her homage" An other has said: ''The earthly state exists to suppress moral outrage and
 laWleSsneSS, to maintain justice and right. It's officers are Gods ministers (as truly as the officers of the church.
 though in a different order), and must
 be Obeyed accordingly, under peril not
 only of civil punishment for disobe dience, but under peril of divine judge
 ment also and as matter of con
 science.'
 "The State exists to embody and rep resent in the world divine justice
 which is to be the basis of the govern
 ment of men. Laws which are passed
 by the state in fultillment of it's divine
 mission have divine sanction.'' i, This being St Paul'S inspired teach
 ing in regard to government we pray , in the Prayer Book for those in author ity, ''that they, knowing whose minis
 terS they are, may above all things
 seek thy honor and glory; and that 'we and all the people duly considering
 whose authority they bear, may faith
 fully and obediently honor them ir Thee and for Thee"
 The government of the United States is d part of Gods government of the American people, and this crime l is not only against q fellow man an(
 against society and against the natior , and all civilization, but against the , President who is Gods minister o
 law and justice, and, therefore is { , crime against the Person of God Him , self. It is tiendish, it is deviIiSh. AnC | this is why anarchy is really practica atheism.
 We, therefore, note to-day the splen did and awful significance of this oc
 caSion, We mourn our loss and honor
 our dead, we condemn the crime and recognize it's awful nature. But is this all? There is need thai
 more be said and this shall be tht
 more important of all. There are , LESSONS so IMPORTANT TO BE LEARNED
 from this terrible event and atthiS hour that they ought to be graven indelibly
 upon the hearts and cOnSciences of - this American people, that is upon the j hearts and conscienceS of you and me ''The Lord God Omnipotent reign
 eth." These are the words of tha
 great Apostle of Jesus to whom wa!