The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

REV. DIR. c. f.. MANCHESTER.
IT'S Gods way. His will be done" And
then, Nearer. my God. to thee"
Passes On To Be mt Rest.
So, nesting nearer to his Cod. he
passed out into Inconsistencies. skirted
the dark shores of the sea OF death for
a time, and then passed on to be Mt rest.
His great heart had ceased to beat. Dur
hearts are heavy with sorrow.
"A voice is heard on earth Of kinfolk
weeping
The loss OF one they love:
But he has gone where the redeemed are
keeping
A festival above.
The mourners throng the ways and from
The funeral bells toll slow:
But on the golden streets the holy pco-
pie
Are passing to and fro.
And saying as they meet. Rejoice.
another
Long waited for is come.
The Savior's heart is glad, a younger
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The cause OF this universal mourning
IL to be found In the man himself. The
inspired penman's picture OF Jonathan,
likening him unto the Beauty of Is
rael,' could not be more appropriately
employed than In chanting the lament Of
our fallen chieftain. 1t does no violence
To human speech. nor Is II fulsome eulogy
to speak thus OF him, for who that has
seen his stately bearing, his grace and
manliness Of demeanor. his kindness of
aspect but gives assent to this descrip-
ton of him?
Loved by All Who knew Him.
1t was characteristic Of our beloved
President that men met him only to love
him. They might, indeed, direr with him.
but In the presence of suc dignity Of
character and grace OF manner none could
fail to love the man. The people con-
fided In him. believed In him. 1t wa said
OF Lincoln that probably no man since
the days of Washington was ever SO
deeply embedded and enshrined in the
hearts OF the people. but It Is true of
Mckinley In a larger sense. Industrial
and social conditions are such that he
was. even more han his predecessors.
the friend OF the whole people. A touch
Ing scene was enacted In this church last
Sunday night. The services had closed.
The worshipers were rome to their homes.
Only a few fingered to discuss the sad
event that brings us together today.
Three men OF a foreign race and unfa-
miliar tongue. and clad In working garb.
entered tne ToOm. IHey dpprOacned the
altar. kneeling before II and before the
dead mans picture. Their lips moved as
II In prayer. while tears furrowed their
cheeks. They may have been thinking
OF their own King Humbert and of his
untimely death. Their emotion was elo-
quent. eloquent beyond speech. n It bore
testimony to their appreciation OF man.
ly friendship and Of honest worth.
Soul Clean and Hands UnsuIiied.
II is a glorious thing to be able to say
in this presence. with our illustrious dcad
before us, that he never betrayed the
confidence OF his countrymen. Not for
personal gain or pre-cminence would he
mar the beauty OF his soul. He kept II
clean and white before God and man,
and his hands were unsullied by brides.
His eyes looked right on. and his eye-
lids looked straight before him." He was
sincere. plain and honest. just. benevo-
lent and kind. He never disappointed
those who believed In him. but meas
ured up TO every duty and met every re-
sponsibiiity In life grandly and unfiinch-
ingly. Not only was our President brave.
heroic and honest: he was as gallant a
knight as ever rode the lists for his lady
love In the days when knighthood was In
flower. II Is but a few weeks since the
nation looked on with tear-dimmed eyes