Evening star., 1901-09-19
Nearer. MY God. to Thee" was sung by

Il &SS0kCIp my 0O0p 10 4uSc, WIS SUNG Wy
A Scripture lesson was read by DR.. Muir.
He selected verses from the 1st Corin-
| thians. 18th chapter. and 1st Thessalon-
thu the nords Now this sas asss
| flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
/ Of God" and the latter. "But 1 would not
have you ignorant concerning conc them that that
| are asleep In Jesus to Him.
The Wesley Quartet-Mrs. Charles b.
| Bailey, soprano; Mrs d. Olin Leech, con-
| tralto: Mr.. Roland Rodrick, bass, and Mr..
Harrington Barker, tenor-rendered Lead.
| Kindly Light"
/ The Addresses.
DR.. Muir Of the e Street Baptist Church
| was the first speaker. He said William
Mckinley was great because he was good.
| and 1t Is this that has brought
| the whole land to weep at his bier. He
was not great because he was President.
| but because he was good. He belongs to
the immortals now. and in the deepest
| sense because he was good. He will not
| have died In vain, even in such a tragic
manner. If out of this death people will
| learn the necessity of personal righteous
past. or shall we profit by the example of
! William Mckinley as evidenced by the
| scenes at his death bed?
The hymn, There's Wilderness in Gods
| Mercy" was sung by the congregation, at
| ter which an address was made by Dr. u.
| p. Wilson Of Assembly's Presbyterian
| Church. He said, among other things. that
| he believed the greatness of President Nc
/ Kinley sprang out Of his childlike sim
plicity. When the great man lay await
| ing the surgeons knife he voiced the
words: Our Father. who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name" And when at the
| last moment he confronted the great mys-
terry that lies in the beyond there was the
same childlike simplicity: ut is Gods
| way: His will be DONE
! After a touching allusion to the domes-
| tic Hfe of Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley, he said
1t was his idea that the great monument
to William Mckinley will be that erected
| IN the hearts OF the American people.
| IT believe" the speaker went on to say,
| that when the history of his life is writ
ten it will be recorded that President Nc
| kinley sealed for all time the unity of the
Sometime Well Understand" was sung
as a solo by Mrs. Charles B. Bailey, Mrs
| Leech and Messrs Rodrick and Barber as
| sisting in the chorus.
| Rev. DR.. A. w. Pitzer, pastor Of Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, was the last
| speaker.
For the last five years" he said, "all
the great search lights have been turned
on William McKinley-William Mckinley
| in the White House, in the domestic circle,
| In the church and on his death bed. And
today not only this land, but all lands.
look on William Mckinley and say: Well
DONE thou good and faithful servant, enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord
| Il did love William Mckinley, I loved
| him the first time l saw him, and as the
days have gone by my love for him has
| increased"
| DR.. Pitzer told how yesterday Governor
Iyier OF Virginia said to him that at the
| as the men Of the organization marched
past. President Mckinley said to the Vir-
ginia governor, if there could have only
been former confederate alongside of
/ nlne-n0qfPH fho Ioxy
| nave been rounded out. OF all the mes
| sages of sympathy sent concerning Presi-
dent Mckinleys death none was more
| touching, he said, than that of Gen John
| y. Gordon, the commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Veterans.
| Dr. ritter paid glowing tribute to Presi-
cent roosevelt, because of his proclama-
ton calling upon the people of the United
| States-the first act of his official presi-
Dental life-to assemble today and mourn
the death of their President.
| Dr. Pitzer referred to the fact that Mr.
Mckinley said to Mr.. Cortelyou at the
| time his assassin lay on the ground,
| Let no one hurt that person." The doctor
SAID tins scene. in his mind, closely resem-
Forgive them, for they know not what
| they do"
| In conclusion DR.. Pitzer said: II have
| curing thirty-three years Of residence in
| thls city seen many great scenes, but never
nave experienced anything to compare
with what has occurred since Mr.. Mckinley
| dled-a whole nation in tears
DR.. Pitzer offered prayer, in the course
| or which he invoked the divine blessing on
| Mrs. Mckinley and President Roosevelt
The exercises closed with the singing of
| the hymn, Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and
| the pronouncing Of the benediction by Dr.
Wilson.
ST. Marks PRO-CATHEDRAL.
Bishop satterlee Delivers an Address
| The Episcopal Burial Service.
| The regular burial service of the Episao-
| pal Church was conducted at st. Mark s
Pro-Cathedral, corner Of Sd and A streets
| southeast, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. APP
| propriate hymns were sung by the choir.
! Rt. Rev. Bishop Satterlee was assisted in
| the service by Rev. DR.. VIM. L. Devrias,
the rector Of st. Marks. and Chaplain
| Pierce Of the 11th Infantry, United States
| army.
Bishop Satterlee's sermon was, in part,
| as follows:
within the past month another name
has been added to the heroic list Of men of
| whom the world was not worthy; another
form has joined the noble army Of martyrs;
a new page, written in consecrated martyr
| blood, will consecrate the annals Of Ameri-
can history with the end of time.
We see dimly in the present
| What is small and what Is great
| 'We cannot take in the real meaning of
| events when we are too close to them, and
| We realize not now, as our children and
| grandchildren will. how every day of the
past five years has been one for the max
| ing Of history, and of history that will
| influence the whole future Of the world.
| In the very front rank OF those who have
| led in the onward march of civilization In
| this eventful epoch, has stood the calm
| form of William Mckinley = SO quiet, SO
| modest, so peace loving. so genial. so like
| one of ourselves that no one realized he
| was playing a hero's part In helping our
| time to take it's stand.
"Yet today, when death has torn the cur
| tain aside, and shown him as he stands be-
| fore us in his simple genuine integrity, no
| one shrinks from applying to him those
words which Americas greatest poet
| spoke of another revered President
" Such was he, our martyr chief
Whom now, the nation he has led,
With ashes on our head,
Weeps with the passion Of angry grief:
Nature they say, doth dote,
And cannot make a man,
| Save some WORKOUT plan
Repeating IN by rOte.
For him her old worlds molds aside she threw
And, choosing sweet clay from the breast
| OF the unexhausted west
With stun untainted. shaped a hero new:
Wise, steadfast In the strength of God and true
How beautiful to
| Once more q shepherd Of mankind. indeed