The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
OUR TRIBUTE
Memorial Services for the
Late President.
THE CEREMONIES AT ST GEORGES
Addresses by Rev Drs. T. Dunaway ard
X r. s. Hough

Thursday was day that will he long
remembered in fredericksburg. When
+ the bells from every beliry in the city
tollcd ont their notes Of mourning ut
1O.3O a m. the stores, factories, mills
and machine shops began To close ana
before | O'Clock business was suspended
and many people, from the smallest TOT
to the gray-headed man, wended thciI
way To st. Georges church, where the
memorial services 10 President Mckinley
were held The building is the largest
church in the city and has seating
CAPACITY of twelve hundred. The ushers
Nessrs 4 b. Bolts. ". II llurkamp
;. +. Eastburn. NJ NJ. Lewis, ID. :. Forbes,
j. f. Brown. ". l.. Brannan ana Ir. D.
+. Thompson. were kept busy seating the
larye audience. The Washington Guards,
undpr Can't. VI. b. Rowe, l.icuts. i. II.
Revere and Il. NJ Larkin, fifty strong
made fine appearance AZ they marched
with soldiery tread up the broad aisles
Next came the city officials headed by the
nortlv form of Mayor NJ. q. Willis
The church was crowded to its doors
and when the clock from the tower ceased
its strokes announcing the hour of eleven,
the time for the services TO commence the
chancel door in the rear oi the church
was opened and the ministers headed 10y
Rev VI d Smith. rector of the church,
who presided, entered and took Their
seats in front of the chancel. They were
Revs. Drs II. : Runaway, ). W kosehro,
IRIS. IIough. j. :. Dill, and Revs J. l..
Chestnut and g. T. Tyler
The united choirs then sang the beau
tiful Burial Chant of the Episcopal church.
Pev l. Chestnut of the Christian
church opened the service with prayer.
The immense cOngregatiOn,the stand
ing. united with thechoir in singing All
Hail the Powerof Jesus Name. Appro-
priate extracts from Scripture were read
b. Rev. j. ". Rosebro, OF the Presby te-
rian church when Rev. g. T. Tyler, oi the
Methodist church. offered prayer IN
which ne referred with the tenderest
sympathy To the stricken widow, Mrs.
Mckinley. ,.. =,
The beautiful hymn. Lead, Kindly
Lipht" followed. alter which Rev W. d.
Smith said
We are assembled today to pay our
last tribute TO the memory of our late
President The day has been appointed
bv the President, but the act j. "a irCe-
will expression Of the hearts OF all the
nation. and not the nation only, but the
whole race for Finland rises with her
daughter. in her tributes of respect. To-
dav ii il the Anglo SaNon's better sell
that speaks.
1T is a tribute to true manhood.
Christian character. and the dignity oI
office. II is "a mighty protest against
anarchy. Above all il il an expression
Of his belief. that God rules, and that
finally evil shall give way to righteous
ness
Rev. DR.. r. :. Runaway delivered az
eloquent aud touching address IN which
he smoke of President Mckinley as the
Christian statesman and patriot.
The congregation sang Our Fathers
God 10 Thee" when the closing address
was delivered by DR.. K Il. ; iough.
Mr.. Smith said: The Mayor OF TINS
city had been INSTRUCTED by the City Coun-
ell 10 appoint a representative citizen 10
deliver an address ON this occasion on IFS
behalf Mayor Willis appointed Mr..
st. George K. Fitzhugh, who is absent
from the city and cannot be present.
Mr. Smith then read the telegram from
Mr. Fitzhugh. which was published III our
last issue
Rev Dr. !. :. Dill said "a touching
scene occurred on Pennsylvania ave. n
few DAYS ago when the funeral cortege
was en- route to the White House \ wo-
man standing in the crowd commenced
To sing that hymn that our late Presl-
dent loved so well, Nearer My God to
Thee In moment, as ii by magic, the
notes were taken up by the thousands
lining the avenue and ten thousand peo-
ple sang it as the body was carried to
the White House for the last time. Let
rs now close these exercises by singing
three stanzas, and let every man. w,o-
man and child in this building join III the
singing
Nearly a thousand people Joined in the
singing. after which the benediction was
pronounced by DR.. Dill and the congre-
cation dispersed.