St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-18
IN nEnORIAn.
Local Pastors Pay Tributes to the Dead
ChiefIain,

N ChiefIain.
r. At the Sunday morning services all til
le pastors spoke at least in part of tn
- great sorrow that the week had brough
If At the South church the service was de
t voted entirely to the memory of the deat
$ President. The platform, pulpit ant
> organ were draped in the national color
j aud decorated with oak branches. Thu
e music was in keeping with the spirit o
the occasion and Rev. DR.. Fairbank,
gave an address from Rev. Xxx: II, "Anc
!, | saw a great white throne, and Hin
that sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away" He said in
part Today one thing rises before all
others filling the field Of vision over this
broad land-the tragedy at Buffalo, the
cruel deed that took off this crown OF
manliness from the nation. 1t is indeed
catastrophe to make US pause to
make US think solemnly and tearfuIly.
But while our spirits are OVERLOOKING
with the woe of this sad event and our
attention held firmly to the gravity of
the occasion, l would learn to see the
aWtulness and sadness Of it standing out
not against black wall of mystery, but
against the towering outlines of the
great white throne, which is indeed
above and beyond and back of all our
earthly events; in the presence of which,
so commanding is its majesty, both
earth and heaven flee away, out of sight
as 1t were; even as every thing else in
| the beautiful exposition city faded from
popular view the moment our good
President was shot. the great white
throne stands there in the background of
all centuries and all events as the symbol
of stable and righteous government; the
very thing which the assassin aimed his
blow at. The anarchist proposes to be
a law unto himself, he wants no govern
ment' no restraint no sense of RESPONSE
biilty. This, we say, is dangerous doc
trine, and must be checked. Very we'll,
here's the opportunity to begin, not with
some nest OF foreigners IN Chicago or
New York, but nearer home in the
family, the neighborhood, the school dis |
trlct, IN the heart of each man, woman,
or child, anywhere. Disobedience of par. |
ents at home, disorder in the school, |
what is that but anarchy, pure and sim,
pie, IN It's elementary stage. Rude and |
d1srespecttul behavior in any place, what
is that but revelation of the spirit of
lawlessness, the more dangerous in ten
dency because so apparently harmless.
In early New England children were rev.
Ell entail, respectful to their elders honor
was paid to public institutions and OBJ
servances; a digni6ed courtesy was
respect for authority was
This old-fashioned New Eng
and idea OF the dignity of law, order,
authority and government, is nightly
needed IN these days to curb the out
spirit which says this is free
country" degrading those noble words
INTO license for lawlessness or wicked
lesS or meanness.
great white throne-but Justice and
Judgment are the habitation of that
;hrone. Let the shadow OF it fall on the
,ity of Buffalo, let it rest over the cell
where the culprit is protected from the
hungry mob that wants to tear him in
pieces. Let not anarchy be let loose to
administer vengeance to assassins. Ven
sance is mine, saith solemn voice from
he great white throne. From that high s
eat judgment goeth with silent, invis
BILE execution to every offender iudg.
nent that is impartial, fair, just long. +
ufterlng and kind. In the light of that
White throne, more than one man, it
nay be, walks the streets of Buffalo, the
of great cities, or bye
paths OF the lonely country side, whose
leart is bIacker than the misguided heart 2
If Czolgosz. In the sleek and fawless {
nan who passes by so self reliantlv one /
night not suspect a nest of seductions, Y
cool plots and infamies. More penetrat, {
ng than any ray is the light from that -
great white throne that perces to the t
dividing assunder of soul or spirit, dis
,ern'ng the deepest thoughts and intents {
Of the heart of every man. i
Where did our government get it's in. t
and authority, if not from the
great white throne? William Mckinley g
knew himself to be the servant OF God,
rtsponsible officially and personally to e
the Supreme Ruler. He took his office as l
trust committed to him from the AL. /
mighty through the suffrages of the Y
American people. He took bis orders -
rom the great white throne which tower c
I'd high above the dome of the capitol S
By the grace of God he carried series
1t weighty, intricate and delicate re-
possibilities with singular felicity and
success, with sagacious and high mind S
ID craftsmanship. S
L think we may say that the control II
ing thought, the dominant message of n
lis life, was that which sounded over fl
Bethlehem, Good will to men" the clear p
ing OF which sounded out in his last il
public address at Buffalo. Then came the g
shock of this hideous crime. F
But above the angry passions of bad or a
oesotted men, is the unruffled, poised and I
,rustul spirit which always looked out v
1pon us from the calm face of our Presi- L
lent, which has not fed from earth with b
his departure, but rather entered more I
deeply and abidingly in the hearts of his A
f
Above all that blinds and bewilders and
dlstresses us today we will lit no orr il
eyes to the vision of the great white ii
fhrone, clouds and darkness round about Il
but a government of Justice holiness t
love, comprising us about forever t
AT the Baptist church Rev. Mr. Duston C
spoke on the theme, "A Great Crisis in S
Life" from Genesis 1928. He said in lie
part. "
AS nation we are sitting under a p
The shadow of a great sorrow, A cIoud Il
heavier than any that shuts out the light c
of the natural sun today, hangs over tt
our land. AS we treasure in sacred -