The Lamar register., 1901-09-25


then, Nearer. my God. to thee.
Passes On to Ic Mt Rest.
So, nesting nearer TO his God. he
passed out into unconsciousness. skirted
the dark shores of the sea Of death for
n time. and then passed on to be at rest
His great heart had ceased to beat Our
hearts heavy with sorrow.
"A voice is heard on earth OF kinfolk
weeping
The loss OF one they love;
But he has gone where the redeemed are
keeping
A festival above.
THE mourncrs throng the ways and from
the steeple
The funeral bells toll slow;
But on the golden streets the holy peo-
Are passing to and fro.
And saying as they meet. Rejoice.
Long waited for is come.
The Savior's heart is glad, younger
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The cause of this universal mourning
is to be found in the man himself. The
inspired penman's picture of Jonathan
likcn!ng him unto the Beauty OF Is
rael." could not be more appropriately
employed than In chanting the lament of
our fallen cheftain. 1t does no violence
to human speech. nor is 1t fulsome eulogy
to speak thus of him. for who that has
seen his stately bearing, his grace and
manliness of demeanor. his kindness Of
aspect but gives assent to this descrip-
tion Of him?
Loved by All Who Knew Him.
1t was characteristic of our beloved
President that men met him only to love
him They might, indeed, differ with him.
but in the presence of such dignity of
character and grace of manner none could
fail 10 love the man. The people con-
fided in him. believed in him. 1t said
of Lincoln that probably man since
the days of Washington was ever so
deeply embedded and enshrined in the
hearts of the people. but 1t is true of
Mckinley in a larger sense. Industrial
and social conditions are such that he
was even more than his predecessors.
the friend of the whole people. A touch
ing scene was enacted In this church last
Sunday night The services had closed.
The worshipers were gone to their homes.
Only a few fingered to discuss the sad
event that brings us together today.
Three men of foreign race and unfa-
miliar tongue. and clad in working garb.
entered the room. They approached the
altar, kneeling before it and before the
dead mans picture. Their lips moved
IL in prayer. while tears furrowed their
checks. They may have been thinking
OF tntlF own hlnB MS
untimely death. Their emotion was elo-
quent eloquent beyond speech. and 1t bore
testimony to their appreciation of man.
ly friendship and of honest worth.
Soul Clean and Hands UnsulIisd.
1t is a glorious thing to be able to say
in this presence. with our illustrious dead
before us. that he never betrayed the
confidence of his countrymen. Not for
personal gain or pre-eminence would he
mar the beauty of his soul. He kept 1t
clean and white before God and man.
and his hands were unsullied by bribes.
His eyes looked right on. and his eye
lids looked straight before him" He was
sincere, plain and honest. Just. benevo-
lent and kind. He never disappointed
those who believed in him. but meas
urcd up to every duty and met every re-
sponsbility In life grandly and unfiinch-
ingly Not only was our President brave.
heroic and honest: he was as gallant n
knight as ever rode the lists for his lady
love in the days when knighthood was in
flower 1t is but few weeks since the
nation looked with tear-dimmed eyes