Hutchinson gazette., 1901-09-26

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then, Nearer, my God, to thee"
Passes On to 30 at Rest
So nesting nearer to his God, he
passed out into Inconsistencies, skirtcd
the dark shores Of the sea of death for
time, and then passed on to be at rest
His great heart had ceased to beat, Our
hearts are heavy with sorrow.
"a voice is heard on earth OF klnfolk
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 steeple
The funeral bells toll slow;
But on the golden streetn the holy peo-
pie
Arc passing to and fro,
"And saying as they meet Rejoice,
another
Long waited for Is come.
The Savlor's heart Is glad, n younger
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The cause of this universal mourning
Is to be found In the man himself, The
inspired penmun's picture Of Jonathan,
llkening him unto the Beauty OF Is
rael" could not be more appropriately
employed than In chanting the lament Of
our fallen chieftaln. II does no violence
TO human speech, nor IL II fulsome eulogy
to speak thus OF him. for who that has
seen his stately bearing, his grace and
manlness OF demeanor, his kindlness Of
aspect but gives assent to this descrlp-
tlon Of him?
Loved by All Who Knew Him.
II was characteristic OF our beloved
President that men met him only to love
him, They might, indeed, differ with him,
but In the presence Of such dignity OF
character and grace OF manner none could
fail to love the man. The people con-
fided In him, believed In him. II was said
of Lincoln that probably no man since
the days of Washington was ever so
deeply embedded and enshrlned 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 than 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 gone to their homes,
Only q few fingered to discuss the sad
event that brings us together today.
Three men of a foreign race and unfa-
mllar tongue, and clad In working garb,
entered the room. They approached the
altar, knocllng before It 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-
uuent, eloquent beyond speech, and II bore
testimony to their appreciation of man
ly friendship and Of honest worth.
Soul Clean and Hands UnSulIiod.
II Is a glorious thing to be able to say
in this presence, with our illustrlous dead
before us that he never betrayed the
confidence OF his countrymen, Not for
personal gain or pre-eminence would he
mar the beauty Of his soul He kept It
clean and white before God and man,
and his hands were unsullied by brlbes.
'IIis 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
ired up to every duty and met every re-
sponsIbility in life grandly and unfinch-
ngly. Not only was our President brave,
neroic and honest he was as gallant q
Knight as ever rode the lists for his lady
ove In the days when knighthood was In
flower. II IL but few weeks since the
nation looked on with tear-dimmed eyes