The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26


silk banner with band of crepe about
it.
DR.. John A. Hall. pastor Of the TIE
ity Lutheran church, then read from
the Bible the beautiful Nineteenth
Psalm and Rev. E.P. Herbruck verses
41-5S of the 25th chapter Of First Cor
inthians. With great feeling he read
the inspiring words. telling CT the mys-
terry that all would not sleep but Il
would be changed The quartette tnen
sang Cardinal Newmans' grand hymn,
the beautiful words floating through
all the church. Dr. G.. E. Manchester
then delivered an address which lasted
q minutes. on the life of the late Pres.
idant and the lessons taught by his no
ble character and death. Dr.. M3ncneS-
ter said in part:
My friends and Countrymen: Witc
what language shall attempt TO give
expressions to the deep horror Of our
souls as | speak OF the cause o. his
death? When We consider the m2g@t'
tude Of the crime that has plunged the
country and the world into unuttera-
Bile GRIEF, we are not surprised that one
nationality after another has fastened
to repudiate the dreadful act. This gen
tie spirit who hated no one, to whom
every Nan was brother, was sudden
ly smitten by the cruel hands of al as
sissin. and that too, while in the very
act of extending a kind and generous
greeting to one who approached him
under the sacred guise Of friendship.
Gould the assailant have realized
how awful the act he was about TO per
form. how utterly heartless the deed.
me.hinks he would have stayed his
hand at the very threshold OF it. IL
all the coming years men will seek IN
vain 20 fathom the e2ormity OF that
crime Had this man who fell been
dcspot, a tyrant. an oppreSsor, an in
sane frenzy to rid the world o. him
might have sought excuse. but it was
the peoples friend who fell when Will
liam Mckinley received the fata!
wound. Himself, a son Of toll, his
sympathies were with the toilers. Nc
one who has seen the matchless grace
ard perfect ease with which he greet
ed such, can ever doubt that his heart
was in his open hand. Every heart
throb was for his cCuntrymen. mat
his life should be sacrificed at such a
time. just when there was abundaGy
peace. when all the Americans were
rejoicing together. is one Of the inscru-
table mysteries of providence. Like
many others it must be left for future
revelations to explain.
"In the midst OF our sorrow We have
much to console us. He lived to see
his nation greater than ever before. All
sectional lines are blotted out. There
is I'd South, no North, no East. no
West. Washington saw the beginning
OF oar national life. Lincoln passed
through the night OF our history and
saw the dawn. Mckinley beAeld lis
country in the splendor Of its noon.
Truly he died III the ful.ness CT his
fame. With st. Paul he could say and
with equal truthfullness. 1 am now
ready to be offered
The work assigned him had been
well done The nation was at peace.
1t had fairly entered upon an era Of
unparalleled prosperity. Our revenues
were generous. Our standing amolS
the nations was secure. Our President
was enshrined in the affections Of a
united people. 1t was not at him tina:
the fatal shot was fired but at the Yer?
life OF the government His Offering
vas vlcarious. 1t wa5 blood poured
upon the altar O: human liberty"
NEARER MY GOD. TO THEE" THE
LAST HYMN.
Bishop l. w. Joyce. CT Minneapolis.
followed with q brief prayer, and the
services were concluded with the sing
ing of the hymn which President Nc
Kin!cy repeated on his death bed,
Nearer. My God. to Thee" The entiie
congregation arose and joined in the
last stanza. Father Valtman, Of Chi!
cago, chaplain OF the Twenty-ninth In
fan.ry. pronounced the benediction.
Then the notes Of the organ again rose
The coffin was taken up and borne
from tie church. The relatives ana
those il official life went Out in the c.
der they had entered.
1t was after 8 O'Clock when he g.
lent and anxious througs outside the
church saw the solemn pageant reap
pear through the church doors. OUt
Tuscarawas street the long procession
moved through section OF the city
where the sound of the dirge had no;
been before heard. But it presented
the same sorrcw-stricken aspect THAI
had been observed in the heart Of tbe
city. Funeral arches spanned tte
street, some of them, it is understood,
having been erected by school chill
dren. The houses were hung in black
and even the stately elms along tho
way had their trunks enshrouded il.