Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-17
A NATION AT HIS BIER
State Funeral Of the Dead President Took Place
At Washington Today.

marching civilians wore mourning
badges and white gloves The procession
occupied an hour and a helf in passing
a given point. For hours before the ar
rival of the funeral cortege at the east
front of the capitol an impenetrable cor
aon of people had massed along the
Walk and streets fronting the plaza.
thousands upon thousands of ssorrowinp
Ieople had gathered here to pay their
last tribute of respect and love to the
memory OF the dead magistrate. The
procession reached the capitol at 1896.
The casket containing McKinley,s re-
mains was borne into the rotunda at
lO:ao. Persons occupying seats arose as
the body was brought in The Marine
pand played Nearer, My God, to Thee. :.
as the casket was lifted out of the
hearse and carried UP the east steps of
the capitol. The cabinet, diplomatic
corps and navy followed one another in
rapid succession. Admiral Schley was
among the naval officers present. They
We're followed by the white house corps.
and they in turn by the senate. After
these came the supreme court. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt entered al
1850. They We're quickly followed by
the members of the senate and house of
representatives, headed by Senator
Frye. president pro tenn, and Speaker
Henderson.
among those gathered in the rotunda
when the body was borne in were Cen.
erals Randolph. Gillispie, Fitzhurh
Lee, Otis. Davis, Ruggles, Admiral
Dewey. Mrs. Hobart and son and Mrs.
Russell A. Alger.
me funeral services at the capitol
We're simple and beautiful. They were
OF the fcrm prescribed in the Methodist
church. When the noise occasioned by
the seating of late comers had ceased
hush fell upon the people and the
cholr softly sang Lead kindly light"
Every one stood in reverence. 1t was
sung by the choir of the Metropolitan
M. n. church. The hymn was followed
by prayer by DR.. He. Taylor, lat the
conclusion of which Bishop Edward
y. Andrews delivered funeral ORATOR,
OF twenty-five minutes duration. Every
seat in the rotunda was occupied and
all the ailses filled with people stand
ing. Nearer, my God, to thee" was
then sung by the choir, many of the
audience joining. The services closed
al ll:4O with benediction by Rev.
chapman, temporary pastor of the
presidents church in Washington.
Bishop Andrews began his sermon
with this text: ~
Blessed he God and the father. NJ !.
j our Lord, who of his abundant n,er-
cy hath begotteE us again unto
4 lively hope of resurrection of Christ
\ from the dead. to inheritance incor-
Il
\ aay, reserved in heaven for us who
are now. by the power of God thru
| faith until salvation, ready to be re.
vealed in the last time
Character abides." he said eve .s,,
.herelore, ,la's even at the grave of the IL
lustrious, not what great achievements
ehey nave performed, but chiefly what
sort they We're; what the interior nature
Oh the man was; what We're his affini-
Ties. Were they with the God. truth.
hoDie! What were his relations to the
Infinite Lord of the universe and to the
compassionate savior of mankind? /
think we must concede that nature and
framing and, reverently be 1t said in
splration of the Almighty, conspired to
conform the man admirable in his NOR
al temper and aims. We none of us can
doubt, think, that even by nature he
was eminently gifted. Calm and eouit-
able in temperament, kindly and pener-
GUS In heart, love of Justice and right. a
tendency toward faith and LOYALTY tn
unseen powers and authorities. these
things must have been with him from
infancy. 1t is a beautiful thing that to
the end of his life he bent reyerently
before that mother, whose example
and teachings and prayers had 90
fashioned his mind and all his aims
School came but briefly, then came to
him the church with minlstrations of
power. He accepted the truths which IT
taught and from 1t received an inspira-
tion that lifted him above much of the
trouble and weakness incident to our
human nature. and in the final hour en-
abled him to say: His Will. not ours.
be done Such influences gave to us
William Mckinley. And what was he {?
! a man of incorruptible personal and no.
htical integrity. A man of immaculate
purity. Beyond all that this man had
somehow wrought in him a great and
generous love for his fellow men. He
peleVed IN men. He had been brought
up among the common people. He knew
their labors. struggles and necessities.
He loved them. Shall 1 speak word
next of that domestic love which so
often has been commented upon? / take
| 1t no word can set forth fully the unfal-
ltering Kindness, carefulness and up-
bearing love which belonged to this
great man. And he was man who be-
lieved in right, who had profound
conviction that the courses of this world
must be ordered III accordance with
everlasting righteousness; that no ma
tion can expect success except az 1t con-
formed to the eternal love of the infinite
Lord. His high qualities drew to him
the good will of his associates in politi-
cal life in an eminent degree. They felt
his kindness. conflded in his honesty and
honor. His qualities even associated
with him in kindly relations those who
were his political opponents, and made
II possible for him to bind all parts of
the country In one firmer, indissolub,e
Union. And will such a man die? The
divine word of scripture leaves us no
room for doubt. If there is a personal
Immortality before him, let us also re-
Jolce that there is Immortality and
memory in the hearts of large and
ever-growing people, who, thru the akes
To come. Will look back upon this life
upon its nobility, purity and service to
humanity. and thank God for tt
After the services almost thirty min
utes We're required to clear the rotunda
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