The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-18

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men and changes are continually occurring
among nations and communities. But We
| nave been taught that thou art the same
yesterday to-day and forever; tnat with
thee there Is no variableness nor the least
shadow Of turning. So in the midst of our
(; grief we turn to thee for help.
1--WE thank thee, o Lord. that years ago
| thou didst give to this nation man whose
loss we mourn to-day. We thank thee for
the pure and unselfsh life he was enabled
, to live In the midst of so eventful an eX-
| perience. We thank thee for the faithful
and distinguished services which he was
| enabled to render to thee, to our country
and to the world.
I'VE bless thee for such citizen. for
| such lawmaker. for such Gov
/! ernor, for such President for
/ such u husband, for such a Christian eX-
' ample and for such friend. But, Q Lord. we
, deplore our loss to-day and sincerely implore
thy sanctifying benediction. We pray thee
for that dear one who has been walking by
| his side through the years. sharing his tri-
| umphs and partaking of his sorrows. Give
I to her all needed sustenance and the COM
| fort her stricken heart SO greatly Graves
and under the shadow of this great calam-
! ity may she learn as never before the
fatherhood of God and the matchless char-
| acter of his sustaining grace.
DIVINE GUIDANCE SOUGHT
| FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
| And. o Lord, we sincerely pray for him
| upon whom the mantle of presidential
! authority has so suddenly and unexpecieu'y
| fallen. Help him to walk worthy the hish
vocation whereunto he has been called. he
| needs thy guiding hand and thine inspiring
! spirit continually. May he always present
| to the nation and to the world dlTiheiy IL
| lumined judgment, brave heart and an
| unsullied character.
Hear our prayer, o Lord, for the official
| family Of the administration; those men
| who were associated with thy servant the
| President In the administration of the al
| fairs of government. Guide them in all
| their deliberations to the nations welfare
| and to the glory of God.
And now. Lord, we humbly pray for thy
| blessing and consolation to come to all the
| people Of our land and nation. Forgive our
past shortcomings. our sins of omission as
| well our sins of commission.
Help us to make the Golden Rule the
| standard of our lives. that we may do unto
others as we would have them do unto us.
| and thus become indeed people whose Gtd
| is the Lord"
As the pastor ceased the voices of the
choir sweiled forth and the rich, pure so
prano notes of Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes led
the hymn Some Time Well Understand.
The music was remarkably effective ard
touching as the notes came back in soft
echoes from the fullness of the dome over
head.
AS soon as the hymn ceased Bishop Ed
ward G. Andrews of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, who had come from Ohio to say
the last words over the remains of his life
long friend and parishoner. arose. He
| stood at the head of the casket and spoke
In a sympathetic voice and with many evi-
dences of deep emotion. The acoustic
qualities Of the rotunda do not favor such
addresses, and. although the Bishop spoke
in clear and firm tones. the ripping echoes
from all sides made it difficult for those
short distance from him to catch his words
He said, in part:
BISHOP ANDREWS'S TRIBUTE
TO HIS LIFELONG FRIEND.
Blessed be the God and Father of Our
Lord. who OF his abundant mercy has be-
gotten us again unto lively hope of the
resurrection of Christ from the dead to an
inheritance uncorruptible. undefiled. and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us
who are now by the power of God through
faith unto salvation, ready to be revaled in
the last time.
"fhe services for the dead are fifty and
almost of necessity services of religion and
of immortal hope. In the presence of the
shroud and the coffin and the narrow home
questions concerning intellectual quality.
concerning public station. cocerning great
achievements, sink into comparative insg-
niaance: and questions concerning charac-
ter and mans relation to the Lord and
Giver Of life. even the life eternal, emerge
to our view and impress themselves upon
US.
Character abides. We bring nothing into
this world; we can carry nothing out. We
ourselves depart with all the accumulations
of tendency and habit and quality which
the years have given to us We ask, there
fore. even at the grave Of the fllustrious.
not altogether what great achievement
they had performed. and how they had
commended themselves TO the memory and
affection or respect of the world, but chiefly
of what sort they were: what the interior
nature OF the man was: what were his af-
finities? Were they with the good, the
true, the noble? What his relation to the
infinite Lord Of the Universe and to the
compassionate Savior Of mankind: what his
fitness for that great hereafter to which he
had passed.
"And such great questions come to us with
the moment. even in the hour when We
gather around the bier of those whom We
profoundly respect and eulogize and whom
we tenderly love. In the years to come We
will give full utterance as to the high 4
craftsmanship and great achievements of
the illustrious man whom we mournto-day.
We shall not touch them to-day. The ma
tion already has broken out In it's grief and
poured its tears. and Is still pouring them,
over the loss of a beloved man. 1t is WE'LL
But We ask this morning OF what sort this
man is. SO that We may perhaps, knowing
the moral and spiritual life that IS past.
be able to shape the far withdrawing fu-
ture.
IT think we must all concede that nature
and training and-reverently be 1t said-the
inspiration of the Almighty. !consPired to
conform man admirable in his moral tenn
per and aims. We none OF us can doubt,
think. that even by nature he was eminent
" gifted. The kindly. calm and equitable
temperament. the kindly and generous
heart, the love OF justice and right, and the
tendency toward faith and loyalty to unseen
powers and authorides-tf things must
have been with him from his childhood,
from his infancy; but upon them super
vened the training for whichaAp5sWas al
ways tenderly thankful and " Which even
this great nation from sea to sea contin-
ually has taken note.
EFFECTS OF MR.. McEIINLEY,S
EARLY, HOME TRAINING.
1T was an humble home in which he was
born. 1t is beautiful thing that to the end
OF his life he bent reverently before that
mother whose example and teaching and
prayer had so fashioned his mind and all
his aims. The school came but briefly, and
them came to him the church with 'nin-
istration Of power He accepted the truth
which 1t taught. He believed In God and in
Jesus Christ through whom God was re-
vealed. He gladly partook with his brethren
of the symbols of mysterious passion and
redeeming love &C the Lord Jesus Christ.
He was helpful in all of those beneflcencss
and activities, and from the church. tn thu