The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30

though they may forget the singer,
They can not forget the song" g
What lesson of devotion to the
hearthstone McKinley's life teaches.
Although burdened with more cares
than any other person in the land, yet
he gave to his invalid wife exemplary
attention and companionShip, nursing
her when illness kept her In bed, and
comforting and cheering her with his
presence and voice, when she was able
only to be around the house 1t was
his country and his wife first, mankind
next, and after all, himself No Won
der that, when he felt the death dew
on his brow he wanted to see his wife.
The first thing that Garfield said after
ne was shot, was Tell Crete l want
her TO come to me- The first thing
that Lincoln said, when informed of
his first nomination was, There's a
little woman up the street that would
like TO know about this" Grant, while
on his deathbed, and when he could
not speak, wrote on slip of paper,
Bury me where my wife can rest"
and. when he died, they found conceal
ed on his person letter addressed to
the mother of his children. Like these
jewels in the crown of American man
hood, Mckinley shines resplendent,
and men will never forget the death
bed scene, when his heart-stricken
wife bowed convulsive there
i Bowed (herselO down. and in that
mystery
! Where God in man is one with man
in God"
| She heard her dying husband say
It's Gods way; His will be done" No
wonder that, in that hour, the elements
of nature We're in commOtion; no won
der that the rains descended, the floods
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hour when anarchy seemed to triumph
over law; inhumanity over humanity;
injustice over justice, and savagery
over civilization. But unto US, oh men,
1t was an hour and a scene teaching
us the lesson that love of home is
better, nobler than love of self; that
faith in God, and that nothing else
brings solid and enduring success; that
wealth and learning and power crum-
Bile like coral and melt like snow; that
only His feet abide in the hour of
death, who can say:
''On Christ. the solid rock, I stand;
All other rock is sinking sand"
Mckinley, like Grant, was a man
mighty to grasp, strong to execute,
powerful to inspire" He was superior
to Grant in his management of men in
civic affairs. His mighty intellect
grasped, analyzed and encircled the in
&
had faith in his plans, and greater
faith in his ability to succeed through
Gods help. Like all strong and sue
cessful men he was persistent in pur-
suing an object Napoleon explained
/ certain plans to his marshals. They
said, Sire, impossible" The emperor
replied with jmpatience, Impossible is
the language of fools!" When compeIl-
ed by i'll health to abandon his studies
at seventeen, if he had been an or
dinary young man, he would have lost
heart But although prevented from
doing systematic work in school, and
although compelled to earn a living, he
did not give up. Like a man with faith
in his future and trust in God, he
adapted himself to adverse circum-
stances, and studied when he could
and where he could; and he kept UP
the struggle until he succeeded in
equipping himself for the battle of life
And so should we, oh men, battle
against every adverse force; take ad-
vantage of every opportunity, and
consider ourselves instruments in God s
hands for the extension of his kingdom
among men. the spread of truth, and
of right, the promotion of brotherhood
among men. And so we, too, although
in a less conspicuous way, shall, like
Mckinley, triumph over death and live
forever