The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-20

by Mayor Granger, ex-Mayor BAKER.
members of both branches OF the city
council and heads of departments, VINO
assembled at the city hall at noon ana
were escorted to Grace church by the so
Division. Naval Reserves, in command OF
Lieut.. w. H. Sykes. The seats IN tns
centre aisle were reserved for them anu
the service was conducted by the rector,
Rev L.. S. Rousmaniere. NJ
After the organ professional Rev. MT.
Rousmapere read passages OF ScIlpe,uao
taken from the Episcopal burial service,
an anthem. Crossing the Bar, was sung
by a member of the choir, ana alter
creed. versicles and prayers, the conere-
CATION Joined in singing the tavorlte
hymn OF the dead president. Nearer. NY
God. TO Thee
BISHOP M'vICKAR'S EULoGY.
The euiogy was pronounced by RtRev.
Bishop McVickar. who prefaced MS dis
course as follows:
"Fellow citizens and fellow mourners
in a great national calamity, had but
my own taste and preference to consult
| this deeply impressive service would nave
stopped here with a word OF benedicton'
and we shouIu have quietly departed TO
our homes wit. l4ie sweet, solemn words
of prayer and divine counsel lingering
undisturbed by anything less inspired in
our minds, TO draw for ourselves, each IN
the secret chamber of his own imagina-
tion, the lessons which the occasion sug-
gests But stand here at the demand OF
others whom / cannot refuse. j am not
unwilling, II Il. must be, 20 voice In some
measure, and In a few simple words the
no RS message. as ] conceive II. ana so,
perhaps. awaken your after and better
thoughts. A few simple words, have
said. for certainly this is not t. time or
place for an Grafton or even funeral
discourse There will be abundant oppor-
tunity for such. Today we meet about the
! bier and open grave, not simply of dead
functionary as 1 venture 10 believe. but
rat ther as n bereaved family or household
mourning the loss Of one whom we fee
| that we have come TO know, and to love
as few outside OF our individual homes
are loved and honored.
| After dwelling upon the lessons TO be
| drawn he delivered the following pathetic
peroration:
II believe. my friends, when. history
comes to be written, the administration
4 OF President Mckinley will hold higf
\ place In the annals OF his country. IL has
| been instrumental YOU must admit IN
| the setting of "A fundamental policy o
| the government In It's commercial and H.
nancial lines, You realize that IL ha'
4 been instrumental in fixing the nation
| place I'm the great family 0f nations and
ln giving it's voice a predominant place
|! ] believe that when that history comes tt
be written President Mckinley will no
J he forgotten. and that a place as a 20
tent factor will he assigned to him In thu
| guidance OF his people I'm the most criu
cal hours. second only TO those through
| which Abraham Lincoln stood at tn
| helm or state
Perhaps there are those In this assem-
bly, who would not venture TO say this
nay, perhaps they are entering their 81
| lent protest as l utter these words, bu
| whether that Is true or not, believe tha
the last weeks aud the last scenes sum
ming up interpreted for us his persona
life n truly good man. as the American
citizens will proclaim him president
who. through strong. sweet, noble man
hood had drawn TO himself az no othe
president ever did, the personal love o
his people,