The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-26

astic over the rapid spread of Metho- dism and the great future that was be- fore her. and I left his presence feeling
 that had been talking to a great man
 of simple heart and strong Christian
 character"
 There were calls now for the beloved
 St. John of the conference, Rev. D. E.
 Jenkins, whom some of us could recall
 as leading speaker at the memorial
 service held twenty years before to
 commemorate Garfield. He was not
 thinking" he said, "of the blow to
 Methodism but to the United States
 and to the world" we feel it," said
 this silvery locked and beautiful old
 minister, "as really as though the event
 had happened to ourselves" and then
 he yielded the platform to Bishop Gal
 loway of the Church South, whose
 speech was decidedly the gem of the oc- casion. No less ornate in diction than
 his great opening sermon, yet having
 an element of heart and pathos which
 his more formal effort of few days
 before could not have been expected td
 have.
 Bishop Galloway recalled tenderly | how the English had acted In Garfield's | case and the wreath of flowers when
 the good English queen had ordered to
 be placed for her over his grave. Now, in another affliction, the English were again fellow mourners with the Amer jeans, and were, if anything, more deeply moved and more effusiVe in their expressions of regard ana grlef than twenty years ago. He was speak, ing, he said, for q section that once was separated from the north by clash ing interests His state was that Of Jefferson Davis, who would always be revered in the south as the leader of lost cause. Yet in all that section there was not a heart but was touched with grief to day and not one that dld not rejoice in a preserved ana enlargea Union. Then he spoke or MchlhleV recent visit to the southern states, ana of how he had won imperishable love t ere by his kindly suggestion that the government should hereafter protect and decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers He especially, however, laid stress upon the purity and nobility CT MT. McKinley's domestic life, conclud- ing a most impressive address py say ing-"The country that has pure homes | and pure fathers and mothers must De | a great country"
 There were worthy tributes paid by men of color. Canada also brought us neighborly wreath of sympathetic re- gard. Dr. Brook, in representing the smaller bodies of British Methodism, said that the American president stainless Christian life was one Of the best auguries for his recovery, because it would necessarily insure that his Vi tai powers had not been weakened py dissipation, and would give him couf- age Co endure A layman, representing the mercantile world of London, said there was time when McKinleys name was on the lips of all English traders. and they had not always blessed 1t. But since they learned what princely gentleman and honor q ble statesman he was, they loved him, and to-day there was but one teeling, that of mingled sorrow and indigna- tion. in all the marts of British com merce.
 pr. A. B. Leonard wanted to know how long 1t would be before the civil lied world would unite to crush out an- archism. Then, happening to have them, he read the messages of womanly sympathy sentby Victoria when Lincoln fell and Garfield died But the most tender and touching speech was that of MT. McKinley's own pastor. pr. Frank Bristol. The great est desire of McKinleys mother had been that he should be Methodist preacher. She had often said she would rather he should be a preacher than be president pr. Bristol could certify to Mr Mckinlay's love both for the English people and the southern 1 people With tears he lad told him, after his return from the south, how much he had been impressed with the : Hospitality and generosity or that sec tion With q touching prayer by pr. ] M. King and a late telegram inform ng us that MT. McKinley's physicians were hopeful. this most impressive ser vice of the third Ecumenical confer ance came to an end
 HENRY TUCKLEYs