Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-19
sixty THOU SAND MOURNERSH
Tho Presidential Bier Buried Beneath Wilderne.
81 Flowers. Al Impressive Spectacle.
Isuchn1 Euofy q the Distinguished Dead Pronounced b,
The Late Presidents Pastor asnicen Funeral Pageant
Fellows the body e the Grave-Fittns End Of Noble
Liis.-.Now He BELONGS 10 the Ages

inspired pensman's picture of Jonathan,
llikening him unto the beatty of Israel
could not be mare appropriately en-
ployed than in chanting the lament for
our fallen chieftain. 1t does no violence
10 human speech, nor is 1t fulsome eu-
logy to speak thus of him, for who
that has seen his stately bearing, grace,
manltness, demanor. kindness of as
Tect, but gives gives assent to this de-
scription of him? 1t was characteris-
tic of our beloved president that men
met him only to love him. They might,
indeed, differ with. him, but in the pres
ence of such dignity of character and
grace of manner none could fail to love
the man. The people who confided in
him believed in him. 1t was said of
Lincoln that probably no man since the
days of Washington was ever SO deeply
embedded and enshrined in the hearts of
1.-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. 1t is a glorious
thing to be able to say in this presence,
withour iliustrious dead before us. that
he never betrayed the confidence of his
Icountrymen. Not for personal gain or
pre- eminence would he mar the beauty
Of his soul. Heskept in clean white be-
fore God and man his hands unsullied
by bribes. He was sincere, plain, hon.
est, just, benevolent, kind. He never
disappointed those who believed in him,
but measured up to every duty and met
EVERY responsibility in life grandly and
isnndinchin9ly. Not only was our presi-
dant ,bgAve. heroic. and honest he was az
gaiiant a knight as ever rode the 1ist1
for his lady love in the days when
knighthood was in flower. 1t is but a
few weeks since the nation looked on
with tear-dimmed eyes as it saw with
what tender conjugal devotion he sat at
the bedside of his beloved wife, when all
feared fatal illness was upon her.
| No public clamor that ne show him
self to the populace, no demand of So
cial function, was sufficient to draw the
loved one from the bedside of his wife.
He watched and waited while we all
prayed-and she lived This sweet. ten
der story all the world knows, and the
world knows his whole life had run in
this one groove of love. Her smile was
more to him than the plaudits of the
multitude and for her the greeting and
his acknowledgements of them must
walt. After receiving the fatal wound
his first thought was that the terrible
news might be broken gently to her.
May God in this deep hour of sorrow
comfort her. May his grace be greater
than her anguish. May the Widows God
be her God"
Another beauty in the character of
our president is he was Christian. In
the broadest, noblest sense OF the word
that is true. His confidence in God was
strong and unwavering. He had gained
in early life personal knowledge Of
Jesus, which guided him in the perform
ance Of the greater duties, yaster than
have been any other American presi-
dents He said at one time, while bear
Ing the heavy burdens. he could not
discharge the daily duties of his life but
for the fact that he had faith in God.
1t was perfectly consistent with his life
long convictions and his personal exper-
fences that he should say as the first
critical moment after the assassination
approached Thy Kingdom come; thy
will be DONE and that he should declare
at last It's Gods way; His will be
done My friends and countrymen, with
what language slall7I attempt to give
expression to Athe deep horror of our
souls as we speak of the cause of his
death. When we consider the magnl-
tude of the crime that has plunged the
country and world into unuttera BILE
grief, we are not surprised that one ma
tionality after another has hastened to
Irepudiate the dreadful act This gentle
spirit. was suddenly smitten by the
cruel hand of an assassin while in the
very act of extending kind and gener-
GUS greeting to one who approached him
under the sacred guise of friendship.
Could the assailant have realized how
awful was the act he was about to per-
form, how utterly heartless the deed.
methinks he would have stayed his
hand at the very threshold. In all the
coming yeare men will seek in vain to
fathom the enormity of that crime,
Had this man who fell been despot,
| tyrant, oppressor. insane frenzy to rid
the world of him might have sought an
excuse, but 1t was the peoples friend
| who fell when William Mckinley re-
ceiyed the fatal wound. In the midst
| OF our sorrow we have much to console
US. He lived to see his nation greater
than ever before. All sectional lines are
blotted out. There isno south. no north,
no east no west. Washington saw the
beginning of our national ife. Lincoln
passed thru the night Of our history and
saw the dawn. Mckinley beheld the
country in the splendor Of MONDAY.
Truly he died in the fullness OF his
fame. With. Paul he could Say, and
with equal truthfuiness I am now
ready to be offered. ~
At the conclusion of the discourse
Bissiop Joyce, OF Minneapolis, delivered
a short prayer. The hymn. Nearer,
{ ny God. 10 Thee. 8 was sung Blythe en-