Evening star., 1901-09-19

1 udllO8d1 pOSltl00 00e IS To OCCuDY in the
onward march OF civilization.
One oy one events began to prove that
there was fdr-seeing pilot and leader at
the helm OF the ship Of state. Then conf
/ country only learns to repose in a real
| leader OF men. And then that same restful
commence began to steal over other lands
ana TO De feit as strongly in Europe as In
/ this western hemisphere
Personal Worth and Integrity.
I'm moments like these one is apt to
| speak ferventiy and oftentimes in such ex-
aggerated phrase as will not last. but
think posterity will affirm even more
strongly than we that II Europe is learn
ing to regard America with new and less
| Jealous eyes: IL she has more respect for
| the value Of American institutions and the
| updiplomatic sincerity of American pro-
LESSONS: Ii she has more confidence in
| American self-control and the stability of
/ the American character, this result has
been chiefly brought about by the personal
| worth and integrity Of our martyred chief.
/ And he was martyr In the truest
sense of the word. Just because he was all
| this, just because he was in his innermost
soul so loyal and true to American instf-
| tutfons and ideals, just because by cour-
! ageously reaching out for those God-like
| ideals he carried our country forward, he
| aroused the sfumbering passions Of revoiu-
tion and anarchy and became the victim
| OF the assassin's hand.
| Unshielded and Unprotected.
"Oh. the pity OF IT. He who showed how
he had won the hearts of the people by re-
| ceiving the largest majority that an Amer
| lean President ever had; he whom we
| placed there at the head of the nation,
| as the representative American citizen, to
| uphold our banner and defend our liberties,
| was left by us, unshielded and unprotected,
| in the post of greatest danger, and doomed
| to death because he was doomed by a SEN
| t1mental custom to shake a treacherous
| assassin's hand. Is this justice, justice to
to those whom we ourselves elect to be our
| leaders? Is 1t, l ask, in accordance with
| the noble instincts of the American people?
That scene Of that black Friday. Sep
tember d, marks one Of the foulest acts of
| treachery this world has ever seen. We
| welcome the stranger to our American
| shores: we bid him God-speed as he be-
comes one Of us, and In return he says our
chief. Henceforth the symbol of the an
| archist will be an outstretched hand of
friendship grasping an assassin's weapon
that is hidden beneath the white cloak Of
| loyalty and peace
But while we are venting our fury upon
the plotting, ignorant anarchists have we
Americans that we are, no stab of self-re-
proach to bear? Is there no lesson for us
| to learn by heart In the fact that three out
| OF the last seven Presidents elected by us
nave fallen victims to the most treacher-
GUS Of all the enemies Of our country?
| Brethren, there is something peculiarly
| like these. In such days of trial God deals
| with us as with His own children; he chas-
| tens us as our Father; he shows us our
selves and our own shortcomings.
blessing to Follow Grief.
Sorrow Is the great reaIizer, and the
| heart OF our American people today has
! been touched to the quick. II we are hon.
est and true, true to our American birth
| right. true to our principles of liberty, true
| to our eonsciences and our God. there will
come a blessing to our land out of all this
binding grief. 1 cannot believe that our
martyred chief has bled in vain. If he
has done much for the land he loved SO
| well in his life. he has done more by his
death. His own pure example is the best
| interpreter Of his own words that duty
| determines destiny
"And on his deathbed he revealed that
| what the world calls duty he through life
had been inwardly following as the will
| Of God.
What are all the poor laurels OF mere
worldly success worth beside the triumph
| OF that deathbed scene? He, our revered
| leader and chief, died not only as a mar
tyr for his country, but as a Christian con-
fessor, whose ruling passion, strong in
death, outproved itself in that stalwart
my God. to Thee, nearer to Thee
"As he passed into that still land beyond
! the sea Of death-passed from the presence
| of men into the companionship of angels
| from the King of Kings, well done. thou
| good and faithful servant: thou hast been
| faithful over few things; will make
thee ruler over many things. Enter thou
into the 10y Of thy Lord"
The Anacostia Churches.
Memorial services to the deceased Presi-
| dent were held in several Of the churches
| In Anacostia today. and tonight a special
service has been arranged for at the Ana
C~l-
members of the congregation of the Ana
| costa Baptist Church Joined with those Of
Calvary Church in the union services to-
day.
Riverdale and Berwyn Unite.
The people of Riverdale and Berwyn will
| unite In a special memorial service at Ber-
wyn Chapel at 7:3O this evening. Gen
Ellis Spear, commander Of the Loyal Le-
gion. win make the principal address. Col
M. j. Foote and Mr.. H. P. Viles will also
speak. Special music will be supplied by
the choral societies of Riverdale and Ber-
| wyn, and there will be solos by Miss Stella
Matson and Mr. j. A. MacElwee and duet
| blythe Misses Helmsen
Meeting Last Night.
A memorial meeting was held at the
Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church
| last evening. Addresses on the life Of the
| late President were made by ]. w. Lyons,
H p. Cheatham, ]. P. Green, c. F. Adams,
p. H. Terrell, r. s. Smith and Kelly Mil
! ler. The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Prof. L. B. Moore, the pastor Of
the church.
AS HE HAD KNOWN HIM.
Eulogy of william Mckinley by DIR.
Mackay-Smith.
Another historical service was added this
morning to the long list of those which
have been held In quaint little st. Johns
Episcopal Church, at 10th and H streets,
when the congregation gathered to pay
devoted respect to the memory Of President
Mckinley. 1t was in this edifice, but a
few short months ago that the living Pres
ident had made his way and had been an
earnest participant In the memorial SER
vices planned in honor of Queen Victoria.
The service at st. Johns was very SIM
ple-impressively So The vested choir
sang a number Of familiar hymns. A
prayer was offered up in behalf of Mrs.
Mckinley and the President Of the United
States and all those in authority. Rev. DR..
Alexander Mackay-Smith, assisted by Rev.
Mr. Dunlap, conducted the services. DR..
Mackay-Smith delivered brief address.
at the close of which the congregation
tn cin will fealinQ