Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-20

from his infancy; but upon them super ]
vened the training for which he was al |
ways tenderly thankful and of which even
this great nation from sea to sea contin-
ually hasetaken note.
Reared in n Cody Home.
sit was humble home in which he was
born. Narrow conditions were around
him. but faith in God had lifted that lowly
roof, according to the statement of some
great writer, up to the very heavens and
permitted its inmates to behold the things
eternal, immortal and divine; and he came
under that training. 1t is a beautiful thing
that to the end of his life he bent reyer.
emily before that mother whose example
and teaching and prayer had so fashioned
his mind and all his aims.
A Clean, Pure Record.
No stain was upon his escutcheon; ne
syllable of suspicion that ever heard was
whispered against his character. He
walked in perfect and noble self-control,
"Beyond that this man had somehow
wrought in him-I suppose upon the foun-
datiops of very happily constructed ma
ture--a great and generous love for his
fellowmen. He believed in men, He had
himself been brought up among the COM
mon people. He knew their labors. strug-
giles, necessities. What he was in the mar
rover circle of those to whom he was per-
sonally attached, l think he was also in
the greatness of his comprehensive love
toward the race of which he was part. If
any man had been lifted up to take into his
purview and desire to help all classes and
conditions of men, all Municipalities beside
his own, 1t was this man. 80 Il
The BeH6tifnl Home Life
ssShenI speak word next of that which
4 Will hardy advert to The tenderness
of that domestic love which has SO, often
been Commented upon / pass 1t with only
9 that word ! take It that no words can set
forth fully the unfaltering kindness and
carefulness and upbeaPing love which be-
longed to this great man.
And he was man who believed in right,
who had profound conviction that the
courses of this world must be ordered In
accordance with everlasting righteous
ness, or this worlds highest point of good
Will never be reached; that no nation can
expect success in life except as 1t conforms
to the eternal will of the infinite Lord and
pass itself In individual and collective
/ activity according to that divine will. 1t
was deeply ingrained in him that right
| eouSness was the perfection of any man
| and of any people Simplicity belonged to
| him. / need not dwell upon 1t and close
/ the statement of these qualities by saying
that underlying all and over-reac ching ali
| and penetrating all there was a profound
loyalty to guard the great King of the Uni.
verse, the Author of all good, the AternaI
hope of all that trust In Him.
Lost to us, but not to his Cod Lost
from earth, but entered Heaven. Lost
from these labors and tolls and perils. but
4 entered into the everlasting peace and
4 eyer-advancing progress. Blessed be God
who gives us this hope in the hour of our
q calamity, and enables us to triumph
through Him who hath redeemeth us. +
His Name VIII Live.
If there is personal Immortality before
him let US also rejoice that there is ar
Immortality and memory in the hearts Of
large and ever-growing people who
through the ages to come the generations
that are yet to be, will look back upon thi.
life, upon its nobility and purity and serv.
ice to humanity and thank God for it, The
years draw on when his name shall b
counted among the illustrious of the earth
William OF Orange is not dead. Cromwell
is not dead Washington lives in the heart!
and lives of his countrymen. Lincoln, Will
bis infinite sorrow, lives to teach US apl
lead us OH. And Mckinley shall summon
all statesmen and all his countrymen Ii
| purer living, nobler aims, sweeter and i'm
mortal blessedness.''
Services Ended.
Upon the. conclusion of the sermon
the audience, as if by prearrangem ent
Joined the choirin singing - carer, NJ,
q God, to Thee" All present seemed t,
be imbued with sentiment of hal
lowed resignation as the Divine bless
E ing was asked by Rev. w. FL. Chapman
acting pastor Of the metropolitan NJ
Z, church, upon both the living and tn
dead.
Mrs. Mckinley, bereft of husban
and Frustrated by her Overwhelming
sorrow, did not attend the services a
the capitol. 1t was deemed wise b
Q those now nearest and dearest 10 he
!, that she should notundergo the ordea
i her attendance would entail upon he,
I; She remained at the white house con
: forted by every attention that lovin
though / fnlnesS could ,snnnact