The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-16
HONOR TO M'KINLEY
SPECIAL SERVICES HELD AT IVES
LEY CHURCH.
HIGH EULOGIES PRONOUNCED.
A DISPATCH OF SYMPATHY SENT
MRS. MCKINLEY.

rs Man and Citizen, ns n Sol
der aud "a statesman, rs n Son ana
Husband-God Will Yet Bring
Good From This Calamity, said Mr..
Cook-Life of the Late President
Oners Much for the COnte ma plation
and Profit of American Youth.
The memory of William Mckinley,
the murdered President of the United
! States, was fittingly honored in the
! churches of Savannah yesterday. At
/ every chuI CHI special reference was
made, in prayer or sermon, or both, to
/ the bereavement which has befallen
the country, and tribute was paid to
the high character of the distinguished
victim.
A special service in honor of the
dead President was held at Wesley
Monumental Church. When President
Mckinley was last in Savannah, in De-
/ cember 1898, he attended divine serv-
| ice at Wesley and this incident was
naturally recalled yesterday.
In his opening prayer, Pastor Ed F.
! Cook referring to the assassi-
nation of the President, expressed
the belief that God is able to bring good
out of all things, and that the result of
this most subtle and iniquitous scheme
may be to the glory of God and the
benefit of the American people.
Mr.. Cook read, as the lesson for the
morning, a portion of the seventh chap
ter of Ecesiastics. beginning, "A good
/ iC haA for nin
This thought proved the keynote of the
| discourses which followed
Dead to sympathy and patriotism
must be the heart which does not re-
spond to a service such as this" said
Mr.. Cook in his preliminary remarks.
! He spoke of the life of the deceased as
one full of inspiration to young men,
and Introduced Mr.. w. B. Stubs to
speak of the life and character of the
deceased as citizen, husband and
friend.
Mr. Stubbs said that the spectacle
| presented to-day was one never before
witnessed in the annals of history. All
the nations of the world mourn with
us at the bier of our dead ruler and
join their sorrow with ours. Mr.. Nc
kinley he said was not his highest
ideal of a man, but he was a high type
of the American citizen. He was a
opment In his private life nothing
was ever said against him. Taken as
a whole. his life is an ideal for youns
American manhood of this day. He
won his way to the place which he
occupied as the head of the nation and
to the hearts of his fellow citizens, and
had proven true to every obli-
tiful and loving son. Even amid the
stress of the many cares of the ma
ton, he found time to write or tele-
graph his mother each day. He was
true to his friends. His fidelity to
John Sherman, when an effort was
made to stampede the National Re
publican Convention in McKiney's
favor, was mentioned as evidence of
this.
1t was creditable TO the nation, Mr..
Stubs said. TO have had two such
standard bearers as Mckinley and
Bryan, both faithful exemplars of the
best that is in private life. His ten
der and unfailing devotion to his in
valid wife was especially dwelt upon.
In conclusion. Mr.. Stubs read an edi
torial from the Charleston News and
Courier, that most uncompromising
representa- tive of Bourbon Democracy
in the South" in which high encom-
iums were showered upon the dead
President.
Mr. p A StovalI spoke of the dead
President as a statesman and soldier.
He told of his first meeting with Mr..
Mckinley in Savannah in 1895.
Mr.. Cook said there was no truer
sorrow in Washington or in Buffalo
than in the congregation before him.
The people are overcast with gloom,
and the entire country grieveS, he said.
Mr.. Cook discussed the effect upon the
country at large, and particularly it's
young manhood, of the murder of such
an exemplary character among its pub
lie men. That his character was Christ
like was shown by the fact that, while
he stood unmoved with the shock of the
bullet in his body, he said to the
crowd, struggling with his assassin.
please do not hurt him" What a
lesson was this of forgiveness and
charity Again what spiritual lessons
were to be Obtained from his dying
words. That he was man of faith
and resigned to the will Of God, stands
forth in the first sentence of his dying
message: "Goodby all; it is God S
way"
Mr.. Cook declared that he believed
that the scheme which led to the chief
magistrates death was Matched and
originated in hell, but that God can
bring good out of evil, and that he
will vet cause this great calamity to
result to the benefit of the American
people.
There are many lessons that must
be learned by this people and meas
ures that must be enacted for the BEN
eft of generations yet to come" he
said. "As the blood of the martyrs is
the seed of the church. so the blood of
heroes is the seed of liberty"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cooks re-
marks, Mr.. David c. Carson read a
dispatch to Mrs. Mckinley. and moved
that it be sent by the congregation of
Wesley Church. The motion was unan-
imousy adopted by rising vote. The
dispatch is as follows:
Savannah, Ga, Sept Is, 1901.-Mrs.
William Mckinley. Buffalo: The con-
Eregation of Wesley Monumental
Methodist Church, with whom your
honored husband worshiped while in
| Savannah in December, 1898, assures
you of deepest sympathy and pra VS.
that you may be fully sustained
through the Infinite grace of our Heav-
emily Father"
Il Am Satisfied was beautifully
sung by Mr.. r. X. Demmond and Mrs
Ackermann, after which the benedic-
ton was pronounced by the pastor.