Evening journal., 1901-09-09

, fu event, our Heavenly Father is show
ing ms our national and individual re-
missness and Inconsistency, how far short
we are in establishing our claim TO be
reckoncd among the really Christian and
God-fearng nations Of the earth. And l
cannot hut hope that through this tragic
lesson some may learn what | am 80 CON
J stantly enforcing, namely the personal
presence and real agency of the devil ia
the events Of life
CATHOLICS EXPORTED TO PRAY
Ia the absence Of Bishop Monaghan. the
Right Rev. B. J. Kelley Bishop Of the
Diocese Of Savannah, oificiated in st
| Peters Church all day yesterday, and
previous TO the morning mass spoke
briefly but feelingly Of the attempted as-
sassination of President Mckinley. He
oXhorted the congregation 10 pray most
fcrvsnily for the speedy recovery of the
nations Chief Executive, and said that
while he WAS a Southerner and not en-
tirely agreeing with the policies OF Mr..
Mckinley, yet Mr. Mckinley had done
much TO bring about peace, and il was in
cumbcni upon all Christians TO pray ur-
lgcntly to God to bring back 20 health and
strength one who was striving TO do away
territories of the United States.
The biship denounced the spirit OF au-
archy and socialism which had brought
about this dasmrdly attempt Again the
bishop asked all to pray for the afflicted
President
In all the Catholic churches of this city
prayers were said aloud by the pastors
with the congregations responding aloud.
DIR. A. N. Keigwin, in West Presby-
terian Church last evening, used the
attempted assassination of Prcsi-
dent Mckinley as'the theme OF his SER
mon. The text was from Ezekiel tx, o.:
THE land is fun Of blood
Before making the address DR.. .Keig-
win gave a Etereopticon exhibition OF
a number OF the buildings OF the Ex-
position located near the great Temple
OF Music where the President was
shot. with that building. and portraits
Of the maryred Presidents, Lincoln
and Garfield After throwing. as a
last picture upon the screen, a fine por-
trait OF President Mckinley and eulo-
gizing his character he spoke, in part.
as follows:
r 1--WE are in the midst OF a tragedy
o Of sorrow. Another of the peoples
!, chief executives has been smitten by a
would-be assassin's bullet In former
cases the object OF the assassin was to
} put out of the way the man who oc-
cupied the chief place in the nations
gift I'M order to get new one When
4 Mr.. Lincoln was struck down the blow
was aimed at every member OF his
official family. and was instigated by
: hatred Of the party that elected him.
In the case OF Mr.. Garfield the mali
IciOus intent was against the faction Of
the party which he represented. But
the last act OF infamy IS the reckless
and wild hatred Of a few against all
organized government. 1t is the creed
Of Anarchy that Is being written In
the best blood of all nations.
1--WE have indulged ourselves In the
thought that the anarchist had no
quarrel with American Institutions
Many great thinkers even went so far
as to look upon 1t as a sporadic effort
Of democratic institutions. a protest
against monarchy Now. we see that it
has no relation to free government.
and that it is sni generis, product Of
a seed OF the night shade Of evil. that
bears fruit in the republic, as well as
in the monarchy. Il is a monster sent
forth to devour the good governments.
as we'll as the bad.
The first thing. therefore. for
America 10 do is to unite with all the
other governments of the world 10 de-
stroy IL root and branch. But how is
this 10 be done? Police espionage must
If course, be a part Of the method The
! societies must be prohibited ban
must be placed upon their meeting in
public and private. Are you afraid this
will limit the right Of free speech, that
iarling and almost exclusive posses
sion of America? Do not fear. No
liberty will be restricted any more
han it now is. II one man threatens
he life of another, the law now inter
'eres The threat is sufficient IN the
aye Of the law. and the throatenor is
restrained why then. can we not ra-
strain a newspaper or society which
encourages wholesale murderg
But believe in the exercise Of law
as ! do in the use of the knife in
surgery, or Of the application Of caus-
&C. II cannot cure Il only can assist.
| Every disease must DO assailed at its
roots. It's germs must be destroyed.
What is the bacterial poison cf
Anarchy II is hatred OF God Il IS
atheism. No one ever heard Of an
Anarchist who was a Christian 10
eradicate anarchisnl therefore. we
must eradicate sin from the nation
How? BY every method known TO the
| Church OF Jesus Christ
"This is not political question so
much as it is a religious question.
Civil authority may abate, but Il
cannot cure this evil
This Is your work and mine. fellow
Christians
Mr.. Beecher once aid that patrict-