The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-20
SERVICES IN WEST HAVEN
UNION MEMORIAL EXERCISES
 LARGELY ATTENDED.
An Address Full of Feeling. by Con- gressman Sperry-spOke ofthe Beauti- full Life of President Mckinley at the Congregational Church.

l
 Congregational Church.
 l The union memorial services held in l the Congregational church in West Ha
 ven yesterday afternoon over which
 the Rev. N. L. Squires presided were attended by very, large number of people of the borough, every pew in the
 spacious church being well filled. The
 church was trimmed with flowers and
 in front of the pulpit rested large framed picture of the late president
 draped with black crepe and banked with flowers. On the platform were
 the Rev. MT. Squires, Congressman N.
 D. Sperry, who delivered the address
 of the afternoon; Rev. William Mac
 Nicholl of the First Methodist Episco-
 pal church of West Haven, and the
 well known missionary, Rev. George H.
 Hubbard, also of West Haven. The
 address of Congressman Sperry was a | noble one, full of true feeling and his remarks, sincere and right from the | heart, caused many of the audience to be visibly affected. He spoke as a man
 who had clasped the hand of the de- ceased, who had looked into his face and who had known him dearly for
 many years. He told the congregation
 of the great qualities of the late presi- dent and of his achievements as citi- zen, soldier and statesman, and after he had finished he was heartily thank
 ed for his beautiful remarks by large
 number of those who had heard him.
 The impressive services were opened
 shortly after 2:3O o'clock with the rem dering of Chopin's beautiful funeral
 march, by MT. Northrop, the organist
 of the church. This was followed by
 the singing of the hymn, 70 Lord Thy Will Be Done, which was heartily
 joined in by the congregation The
 quartette rendered in an excellent man.
 ner the anthem, Across the Bar" and
 the deceased presidents favorite hymn, Nearer My God to Thee" was sung as a closing selection.
 Congressman Spery was introduced
 by the Rev. MT. Squires and he spoke in part as follows: My friends, for we are all friends to-d day, to-day, Sep tember 19. 1901, we lay to rest in the
 soil of his beloved state the body of William Mckinley, late president of
 the United States. As a nation we mourn We sorrow with deep and
 heartfelt feeling for our departed friend and president. His friends and
 neighbors in his home city are gently
 performing the last sad rites that
 Christian civilization and duty de- mand. We are here as friends and
 neighbors sharing In the loss our na- ton has sustained. We do honor to great generous, large hearted, benevo lent president with a heart large enough to take in the whole human family--the high, the low, the down. trodden and the poor-who has been
 taken away from us. There are those who cannot comprehend the greatness of such large hearted man. Instead of doing him honor they slay him with bullet They slew their own benefac- for They know not what they do.
 Three times we have lost our national president by the hands of an assassin, Is 1t not time for the thoughtful! men of our country to consider what the end
 shall be and what measures we shall adopt o,make our nations head more secure in the future? We may lament, we may sorrow, we may cry Peace!
 Peace" but in what way will that peace come? The nearer we approach
 to perfect justice the swifter files the assassin's bullet How long will the American people stand such inhunlan reatment? Great care must be taken to guard against those who are inini- cal to this government"
 Here Congressman Sperry read a beautiful and timely article from the Washington Post. He said that the Washington Post was an absolutely non-part!san paper and the tribute it paid to MT. Mckinley was among the best he had ever read. The piece was read with deep feeling and paid great tribute to the dead president The sneaker then told of his close relations with the three presidents who had been shot down by an assassin, eulogizing each one. He concluded his address by saving that President Mckinley was one of our ablest presidents. "He had marvellous powers to plan and carry in- to execution that which he believed for the best interests of his country. The people had learned more and more to love him and to trust him. and his memory will remain in our hearts as ''