Evening journal., 1901-09-09
FERVENT PRAYERS OFFERED
FOR PRESIDENT M'EINLEY

Prayers for the recovery OF Presi-
dent Mckinley were said yesterday in
the churches of all denominations In
this city. and the attempted assassina.
ton o fthe nations Chief Executiv,
was the theme in many of the pulpits
Many of the c,ergymen also demandrd
measures for the suppression of anar-
chy and tho ourbing Of those who
preach It.
In 81 Johns Church yesterday morning
Bishop Leighton Coleman used tho nj.
tempted assassination of President Ne.
kinley as the theme of his discourss
His text was Genesis, H.. z. And the
Lord God formed man of the dust of the
ground and breathed into his nostrils the
breath Of life, aud man became a living
soul"
From the words of the text the bshop
deduced the value of human life as moas-
ured by the Divine origin aud the magnif.
cent purpose Of It's creation lie contrast
ed the low view Of life as entertained nv
heathen people with the exalted view OF
II as taught by Christianity, an exaltn-
non SO largely due to the incarnation OF
the Son Of God. Such being the great
value of human life. its preservation is
me care Of much legislation, as well a.
the object Of much scientific research and
experiment. It's willml destruction IS
looked upon as the greatest Of an crimes
and visited with the sevcrest Of all pen-
altes.
There can DE no doubt that the most
valuable life today among the nearly
eighty millions Of inhabitants of the
United States is that of our President.
When, therefore, a murderous assault
is made upon his life the crime Is Justly
considered 10 be Of more heinous do
scrlption than similar one upon any
other citizen, heinous as an such crimes
undoubtedly are. We are now iu the
calmer mood 20 reflect upon the enormitv
Of the offenee than when the first tidilss
Of Il shocked and almost stupified not
our country alone. but the whole civilized
world. And So We are asking ourselves
more deliberately whence could hiVe
emanated so wicked a design upon n In
so valuable and so honorable. So devoted
as we believe 10 the commonwealth.
rs the question answered by describ
ing the man who made the assault as an
Anarchist And do We think that by OK
peiling all such persons we shall assure
titdlti surety 10 the lives OF our rulers
and othersy Possibly so but only to %
very limited degree.
''Iho spirit Of anarchy must also be ex-
PEELED. the spirit which, whether con-
sciously or unconsCiously, is today threat
enine the very bulw8rks Of society the
spirit which disregards and defes an au-
thority, both human and Divine the
spirit which az the very time that some
of ms are assembled here TO pray FOR the
preservation Of the Presidents life and
for other acts of devotion. as leading
many openly to profane the Lords day
Law may threaten It's punishments for
assaults upon the bodies OF men, and by
is penalties may emphasize the value Of
physical life, but all the while there are
nj work spiritual anarchists. who, follow
ing the example of the devil in Paradise,
are setting az naught and tempting
others to set at naught the VIII and com
msnds OF Almighty God and seeking toI
lower the general estimate Of Gods sittl
Of nfe.
1T msy be that, through this truly aw-