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nently gifted. The kindly, Calm anu
equitable temperament, the kindly and
generous heart the love of justice and
right and the tendency toward faith and
loyalty to unseen powers and authori-
ties-these things must have been with
him from his childhood. from his infan-
cy: but upon them supervened the train
ing for which he was always tenderly
thankful and of which even this great
nation from sea to sea, continually has
taken note
1t was a humble home in which he was
born 1t is beautiful thing that to the
end of his life he bent reverently before
that mother whose example and teaching
and prayer had so fashioned his mind
and all his aims. The school came but
briefly, and then came to him the church
with ministration of power. He ac-
cepted the truth which II taught. He be-
lieved in God and in Jesus Christ,
through whom God was revealed He
gladly partook with his brethren of the
symbols of mysterious passion and re-
deeming love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He was helpful in all the beneficiaries
and activities. and from the church to
the close of his life he received inspira-
ton that lifted him above much of the
trouble and weakness incident to our
human nature, and blessings be to God,
may We say, in the last and final hour
they enabled him confidently, tenderly
to say, 1T Is his will, not ours, that will
be DONE"
Such influences gave to us William Nc
Kinley and what was he? A man of in
corruptiblepersonal and political integri-
ty. 1 suppose no one ever attempted to
approach him in the way of a bride; and
we remember. with great felicitation at
this time for such an example to our
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ties and perils encompassed him he de-
termined to deliver all he possessed TO his
creditors; that there should be no chal-
lenge of his perfect honesty in the mat
ter. A man of immaculate purity, shall
we say? No stain was upon his escutch-
con, no syllable of suspicion that I ever
heard was whispered against his charac-
ter. He walked in perfect and noble
self=control
Beyond that, this man had somehow
wrought in him great and generous
love for his fellowmen. He believed in
men. He had himself been brought up
among the common people. He knew
their labors, stu, giles. necessities. He
loved them Shall speak a word next
to that which 1 h; dly advert to. the
tenderness of that del ocratic love which
has SO often been commented upon? 1
pass 1t with only that word 1 think no
words can set forth fully the unfaltering
Kindness and carefulness and upbearing
love which belonged to this great man
And he was man who believed in
right, who had a profound conviction
that the courses of this world must be
ordered in accordance with everlasting
or this worlds highest
point OF good can never be reached: that
no nation can expect satisfactory life ex-
cept as 1t conforms to the eternal laws of
the Infinite Lord and shows itself in in
dividual and collective activity. according
to that divine will. And now may say
further that 1t seems to me that to what
ever we may attribute all the illustrious-
ness of this man, all the greatness of his
achievements, whatever of that we may
attribute to his intellectual character and
quality. whatever of 1t we may attribute
to the patient and thorough study that
he gave to the various questions thrust
upon him for attention; all his successes
as politician, as a statesman as a man
OF this great country. those successes
were largely due to the moral qualities
of which I have spoken. They drew to
him the hearts of men everywhere and
particularly of those who best knew him
MKINLEY'S GREAT QUALITIES.
His qualities ever associated him In
kindly relations with those who were his
political opponents. They made 1t posi-
BILE for him to enter that land with which
ne as one of the soldiers of the Union
mad not been in sympathy during the
war and to draw closer the tie that was
to bind all hearts into one firmer and one
indissoluble union. They commanded the
confidence of the great body of Congress,
SO that they listened to his plans and
accepted kindly and hopefully and trust
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gave him reputation, not in this land
alone, but throughout the world, and
made it possible for him to minister in
the style in which he has during the last
two or three years ministered to the well
fare and peace of humankind Will all
of such a man die? Is it possible that
he who created redeemed transformed
uplifted, illumined su.,h a man will per-
NIT him to fall into oblivion? The in
stincts of mortality are in all good men
The divine word of the Scripture leaves
us no room for doubt. IT, said one
whom he trusted, Jam the resurrection
and the life. He that beiieveth in me.
and whatsoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die"
Lost to us, but not to his God. Lost
from earth, but entered in heaven. Lost
from these laborS and tolls and perils
but entered into the everlasting peace
and ever advancing progress Blessed be
God, who gives US this hope in the hour
of our calamity and enables US to tri-
umph through him who hath redeemed
us.
If there is a personal Immortality be-
fore him, let us all rejoice that there is
Immortality and memory in the hearts of
a large and ever-growing people, who,
! through the ages to come, the genera
lions that are yet to be- will look back
upon this life, upon it's nobility and pur-
ity and service to humanity, and thank
God for It. The years draw on when his
name shall be counted among the illus
trious of the earth. William of Orange
I is not dead. Cromwell Is not
dead. Washington lives in the
hearts and lives OF his countrymen Lin
coin. with his infinite sorrow, lives to
teach US and TO lead us. And McKin-
ley shall summon all statesmen and ali
his countrymen to purer living, nobIer
aims, sweete and immortal blessedness.
AS the Bishop concluded every one In
the vast rotunda rose, and while the
choir intoned the air hundreds of voices
Joined in the hymn, Nearer, My God,
| to Thee" 1t was an affecting moment.
In the midst of the singing Admiral Rob-
ley Evans, advancing with silent tread,