The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-20
Last Audible Words

We are told that when he was about
to sink under the influence of the an
aesthetic administered before the sur
giCal operation, his last audible words
were a part Of the Lords Prayer, "Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done" and
later on, when ii was evident that he
must die, i'm sad. yet loving Convcrsa-
ton with his wife he paraphrascd the
words of our Savior I'm the Garden Of
Gethscmain: Not our will, but God
will he done"
Mr.. chairman, there is q subject for
master painter. \ man chosen for
tn. second time by his fellow citizens
to occupy the highest political place OF
honor In the world, meeting death with
Christian fOrtitude and calmly resign
ing himself to Gods will. If II be diff
cult to persuade the poor and fOrlOrn
to be resigned to meet death, when
that grim visitor comes, how much
more difficult may we imagine ii to be
for those who occupy high stations and
WELD immense power, to willingly re-
sign all and disappear into nothing
ness. Only the maGnanimous soul, only
the Christian soul can do so with calm
resignation. and Mr.. Mckinley from
his dying bed has given n lesson to all,
both great and small
God give MS men. \ time like this de-
mands
Strong minds. great hearts, true faith
and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of power will not
Kill,
Men whom the spoils Of Office cannot
buy,
Men who possess opinions and a will:
Men who have honor, men who will
not lie;
Men who will stand before the dcma-
EOguc,
And damn his troachcrous natterors
without wnkinE:
Tall men, sun-CrOwned, who live above
the fog
In public life and in private thinking.
The hand that struck down our
president did not strike 10 crafty a
personal animOSity. II was blow Of
disorder against order; chaos against
law; anarchy against government, All
anarchists are either atheists or ma
tcrialists. We are gathered here to-
night as body of Christians of Vari-
Gus churches. Churches represent law
and order | say 1t Is time for US ia
unite together for the defense of our
selves and our common country against
this common enemy.
1t is more than forty years now since
Pope Plus IN condemned the princi-
pies that are now the creed of the am
them, and Europe laughed at him. Fif-
teen years ago, Pope Leo XIII again
condemned these doctrines. French
philosophers who ridiCulcd his utter
ances are even yet looked upon by
some Americans as bright men. We
are now seeing the lowering Of the
seed, whose sowing the Popes invoighed
against.
Education Is not the only remedy of
this anarchical evil. Anarchists are
mostly all educated men-that is. cdu-
Gated without God. Law alone viii not
eradicate it. Russia Is full Of laws. The
panaCea must be something higher
superior to education or law. We must
60 back to God, Religion is the cure.
property is robbery and Catholic
ism Il the foe" declared Proudhon
the great anarchist writer. In his pre-
face to the anarchical works of Kro-
totkinc, Elysee ReClusc declares Chris
tianity Is the enemy" We, as Chris
tians, must not hesitate to proclaim
anarchists to he our common enemy;
we must not hesitate to oppose them,
even to the death,
Nearer, My God to Thee" was sung