The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-18
EDENToN STREET CHURCH SERVICE.
A Great Congregation Pays Tribute To the
Virtues of the Dead

The congregation entering Edenton
Street Methodist church ON Sunday night
saw in the transverse corridor of the
church a picture of the late President
Mckinley, draped in mourning, and with
in the church, suspended on the pipe or
gan was a larger one.
About the chancel and altar, and over
and around the choir section were the
mourning colors of black and white, even
the jars containing the ferns and plants
used to relieve the scene being covered
with the same emblems of woe and sor-
row.
Back of the pulpit sat the preachers
who were to conduct the union services
of the evening. These were Revs. G. F..
Smith, A. A. Marshall, T. N. Ivey, H. b.
Anderson, NJ w. Butler and Marvin Gull
breth. In the choir which rendered ex-
cellent music, sat Mrs. Charles McKim-
mon, Mrs. Hamilton, Misses Mitchell,
Green, Wynne, Bates and THEM; Messrs.
Newcomb, Hudson, j. NJ. Philips, r.
Philips and Hughes.
After an organ prelude the choir rem
dered the anthem, Dream, Sweetly
Dream, Brave Soldier" and Rev. G. F.
Smith stated that the purpose of the
meeting was to honor the memory of Mr..
Mckinley, not only as the President, but
for the nobility of character which had
marked his entire life. He said that
this great meeting was a genuine ex-
preston of the grief of the people and
read an appropriate selection from the
Psalms.
Next the congregation sang with earn
estness Come Ye Disconsolate," and as
the words of this grand old hymn float
ed out all hearts felt that indeed Earth
has no sorrow than Heaven Cannot
Heal" this feeling being increased when
Rev. c. F. Smith led in fervent prayer
for the bereaved wife, whose grief is
greater than that of all others. In this
prayer Mr.. Smith gave thanks for Mr..
McKinley's pure life, home love and de-
pendence on God as an influence on other
homes and on every phase of domestic
life.
Then came an address by Rev. DR.. I.
N. Ivey, whose theme was civilian Nc
Kinley, the devoted husband, the upright
citizen, the faithful Christian, the be-
loved President" Mr.. Ivey began his
address by brief sketch of the life of
some ffty-nine years ago to the present
death in Buffalo.
He regretted his inability in a limited
time to discuss the life of the President,
but declared that LAS one stands off and
views lofty mountain, discerning only
the magnificent outline, so now we can
only gaze on the beautiful harmony and
, concord in the character of this great
man."
Continuing, Mr.. Ivey said, in part:
Ellis character cannot be gilded, nor can
too rich an Offering be laid upon his
bier. There are four rays of light that
radiate from his life, the source from
which he derived power, and for which
the American people admire and love
him
First, his home life, for home is the
foundation, and Mr.. Mckinley was the
finest exponent of this underlying princi-
pie of American life. Marrying the girl
of his choice and losing the two daugh-
ters born to them his whole nature
turned in love to his wife In her sick
ness he loved her back into life,' and
his chivalrous devotion to her is an ideal
for every home.
Second, his civic life AS citizen he
was tho soul of honor, upright, faithful
and true. He measured up to the high
est standard of the best class of citi-
zenship that this country affords.
Third, his official life. AS President
he had the greatest of problems to solve
greater perhaps, than any except Wash
ington and Lincoln. The cry of anguish
from Cuba, the Hateful night in which the
Maine went down, the questions of State
and policy which came with Porto Rice
and the Philippines. all had to be me-
and in these the President acted will
deliberation and proved a wise, SAT,
pilot for the ship of state.
/ Fourth, and greatest, his Christian
! life. His title as a Christian brings
within it's perimeter that OF king, ruler