New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
NO SPECIAL SERVICES
BUT PRAYERS WILL BE OFFERED Fo,
THE PRESIDENT TO-DAY

Though Mayor Van wyck has issued a ,.o.
lannatton setting apart to-day as day Of prav..
for President Mckinley. no arrangements bsv,
been made for special services IN the chur.b..
In all the churches the shooting OF tha pr..,
dent will be remembered. and the erirA o,s
the sufferer will be referred to in most 90 -
sermons. Prayers for the President will ~ -
fered- The one subject-the heinous caussI.s.
crinne-will be uppermost in the minds ., IN
but to-day. except by tactt consent. has ~.
been particularly set aside in the churches ~
be devoted TO services for the nations head
The reason for this is that both Bishou Pott.-
and Archbishop Corrigan, the heads Of the Emil,
copal and Roman Catholic churches here bar-
out Of town. and the pastors Of 81 many ch,reb.-
OF all denominations also being away. concertsS
action has not been possible Many churches
ara closed altogether; in others assistants oA-
ciate.
The Episcopal churches will await instruction,
from Bishop Potter. Archbishop Corrigan ~
sues the orders for the Catholic churches ana
in other denominations the pastors must retpr,
before any steps can be taken
In both the Episcopal and Catholic churrn.,
prayer for the President is a regular mar, ~
the service. The prayer in the EpiscouaI ss,.
vice Is:
% Lord our heavenly Father the high and mighty
N1ler or the universe. who dost from thy thTons
1sh9id All the dweIers upon earth; Most heartily
We oesseeh thee. with thy favour 20 behold asd
States. and all others in authority; and So rs0s1S
them with the grace Of thy Holy Spirit that thsT
way Endue them plenteousIy with heavenly sifrs.i
grant them In health and prosperity long 10 i've
and finally. after this life 10 attain everlasting oy
and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. amer.
This may be followed to-day by the PRAYER
for a sick person:
Q Father Of mercies and God Of all comfort our
only help IN time OF need. Look down from heaven
We humby beseseh thee behold, visit, ana reIsTs
my SICK servant The President of the United States
with the eyes or thy mercy; comfort him with a,
temptations of the enemy: give him patience unSp
MS afiictton; and IN thy good time. restore him to
life In thy fear and to thy glory Or else gtvs him
grace TO take thy visitation. that after this pain
lasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen
The words. 'the President Of the United
States" are not a part OF the form Of prayer,
hut may be added.
In the Catholic Church the prayer for ths
President is:
We pray Thee. o God OF might wisdom, and;
justice. through whom authority Is rightly admin
istered. laws are executed: and judgment decresd,
the President OF these United States. that MS ad
ministrattOn may be conducted in Righteousness
and be eminently useful to Thy people. over whom
he presdes by encouraging due respect for virtls
and religion. by a faithful execution Of the laws
IN justice and mercy. and by restraining vice and
immortality.
This to-day will be followed by voluntary
prayers for Gods help to the President In the
other churches there are no special forms.
The Presidents brother. Abnar Mckinley and
his family are members OF the Church Of thsi
Heavenly Rest, OF which DR.. D. Parker MOrga4
is the rector. DR.. Mogan Is out Of town. andl
the chuch Is closed until his return. hut nr1
Gilbert. one OF DR.. Morgan's assistants. VIZ
conduct this morning in the chapel Of t-
church. No. 116 East Forty -seventh-st' s'
vice in which the stricken Executive will -
specially remembered.
At ST. PauPs Chapel. Broadway. between FrI+
ton and Vesey sts-. yesterday special Atany1
service was held. at which prayers for the iHs
of President Mckinley were offered Mrs Nc
Kinley and the family Of the President were
also remembered. This service viii be repeated
every morning until the President is recoVerea1
ST. PauPs Chapel was George Washins'O"
place OF worship from 17S9 until 1ISL
AT the services In the Hebrew synagogus7
Yesterday the shooting of the President was ls7
ferred TO In the rabbis' sermons. Or. JoSepnf
siIverman. of the Temple Emanuel Vis0rOu''f
denounced anarchists. He said in part
Now is the time for every American patriot to taSi ~
as one man and drive every aIarellse s1-ss Lstl
person OF sedtious tendencies from oHl snol try 81
America be the first to declare that thls
no place for anarchisH and will not IafiS r rsflgs
herents OF It's prlncpfs VII bS THROWN into constsF
nation by the act of. let hope, an VcsIuIr
pSSs, tb ~ grsat CALAMITY which has fallen upon NJ
for every heart is touched 70 me eui0A -
lainous act a. arr1 Citizens we protest agass
every form of rebellion and reVoIuI'o1r 1ss hands Or
t5ollSI % sin SIM that is turned against the heaa
government. whether IL be Tnona,IcnS SIuIr,sbuleat
should meet with swift and cb00lel pL.ti5iss wh0sa
IRE time has come when all secret soee,I5g he De-
are subversive OF goyemrhSboS m 1Tbo are ASSOCIATED
herewith should be punished as 80 he'd ard
such manner that every 0lio sor qI time to cone
President Mckinley has by his gFsati gFi T1Sanrry so
justice gained the esteem 81 tH r,Ssn who does le
fseI deep sympathy for him and MS noosd oTd Vcsrrs
he He mas 6nuS nraS ar the Crucial period Of ss a
war IL we ever had need OF hiIn' We
the present time -
The Rev DR.. Kaufman KOhler eohU'- arE
service at the Temple Bethel, RI ...,denr
seventy-sixth-st OF the attack upon -,,azs-.
Mckinley he said that all had oeeh - ~ ina.
IDLY shocked by the occurrence II We '-,--ss o.
more startling that it should nave s.,,. tri-
the day Of Mr.. McKinley's most So r-irbts
,rnnb when. as the embodiment OF ths - 20
nation, he had spoken with Stats. .r,aricas
aon, on the future destiny Of the AiA''''
people .- for ths
Rabbi Kohler read a special prayer iO'
President. v,zbtv-sse>
AT the West End Synagogue IN Els IS .-svsrs
ord-st near Austerdam-ave.. the usuai 80
were supplemented by petition ton s.s sps-
grsgation for the recovery Of the s'eN ,-.sfdsnt.
eial prayers for the recovery OF 'Hs 80 he
The Rev. DIR. Frederick de SOFA ,ba oPTesidsnL,
"a bbi spoke at some length aooNs oH.,5sz rabbi u
The Rev DIR. Henry Pereira ~ No. 100 Csa~
the Shearith Israel Synagogue
traI Park West. said: a.
" - ,no,a ns,,or u,ourns to-day the ssd r.
Fiction that has come to cur .rs-
A speciaI prayer in the name ut 81 81 10 restored