The Washington times., 1901-09-23

Z hi"s, De saved Tor the world his Splrit
/ Is sun with us. No great and good man
ever dies. IL We accept his mantle and
meet responsibilities as he did, this Gov
ernment OF the people by the people and
| glorious
DIR. Van schaick,s Address.
The Rev. John Van schaick, the next
speaker. said in part:
| AS We have listened to the words
spoken in memory of William Mckinley.
l am very sure that there has come to
! US an not SO much hopelessness as hope,
iiot the sorrow and the tears which para
iyze. but the sorrow which nerves and
"tuehsthens the soul for duty.
WORDS of greatest tribute have been
iaid at his feet: words of eloquent warn
ing addressed to his country: voices of
sorrow have chanted the national affic-
ton. What l would have you remember
thiS afternoon more than the darkness
ana gloom of tragedy is the strength of
our country, the patriotism of our people.
the tender sympathy of the nations of the
world and the higher. purer civilization
tor every tribe and tongue made possible
by the life and death OF him whom we
AN event like that of ten days ago Is
tragic beyond the power of words to de-
scribe With all the power of church and
Seeds .ats must M ,h we strive to prevent such
Qualities of brain and heart must we cir
cnmvent the anarchists and destroy all
me anarchy of the world But when in
the providence ofpGod the Christening rod
rams upon US let us say as Lincoln said
In his second inaugural. quoting the ma
lestic Hebrew, The judgments of the
l-oId are true, and righteous altogether.
1T is a hard saying, but If we are
Christians forGus ~ true one, All of this
pain and sorrow are for the best That
thought sustained the dying President
and bore him out on its bosom. His will
was nothing; Gods will was everything.
Shall II be other than thus with us today?
Not man within the sound of my voice
but would lay down his life to have VIII
ham Mckinley back. There ought not
be man, now that all Is over. the sad
chapter ended who Is not willing to let
the dead past bury its dead, learn by
former errors. bow before merited pun
and go forth to make this country and
every country a safer, grander, and bet
ter Kingdom of the Lord
We are poorer. but we are richer in
President Mckipiey's death. Men realize
as never before the foundation principles
of his life. They know that he was a
patriot-So true patriot that he rose
above sectionalism and partisanship Only
the South. so powerfully did this North
ern veteran appeal to them that one In
his enthusiasm pinned a Confederate
badge upon his breast-not as a symbol
that the President endorsed Southern poll
cies forty years ago, but that he had un-
derstood Southern manhood and had come
close to the Southern heart. There were
those, with shame let 1t be said, who
would have had him tear that badge from
his coat and trample II under his feet
Let us thank God that he was infinitely
above conduct like that. Splendid as he
was in young manhood, facing shot and
shell. striking blows for the cause he
served. more splendid was he in these
later years teaching what another martyr
taught amid the storm of civil war, we
are not enemies, bat friends.
Yes, KNOW him as patriot, a
patriot whose m3athies were as broad
as the human race; not one who viewed
nations. but. who realized that their sue
cess, their true advancement III civiliZa-
tion, meant the dawning of a better civili-
Zation for US.
..His breadth OF view, his tolerance of
spirit are his country's precious legacy
today. Through the centuries viii France
cherish the memory of her Carnot slain
in his country,s service, Italy her Hum
bert, Russia her Alexander. and the
United States Lincoln. Garfield and Nc
Kinley. AS the Christian Church gained
strength from stephen. stoned. bleeding,
dying before the mob and lifting up the
prayer. Lord, lay not this sin to their
charge so will the Church. the country
and the world rise from this affiction
strong in the memory OF William McKin-
ley and that noble utterance, GODS VIII,
not ours, be done "
Mr. Macfarland then read a letter from
Rabbi Stern, of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation. In which the latter paid
glowing tribute to the character of the
a President and expressed his sympathy
h the meeting. His absence from the
'a-eting was caused by the proximity OF
most u1rortant Hebrew holiday. the
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