The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-25

ing anarchy and supporting Christian. civilization. Those poor men who, ex- cept so far as they are held in restraint by the necessity of earning livelihood, claim that they are their own, that they have no obligation to worship God. that there is for them no day sa- cred to His service, that in all their hours of release from toll they can do as they please, are simply cherishlng and increasing the spirit of anarchy. Those poor men who recognize God and worship Him and who seek to control their life by the light of His truth and the low of love by which even God acts, are repressing anarchy and building up an abiding civilization.
 Brethren, a sense of God, the accep- tance of the Bible as revealing the way of salvation from sin through faith in Jesus Christ, and teaching the princl- ples of life, the subjection to law as having divine sanction, and the recog- hilton of every mans duty to serve hls fellowmen and his country have made this country free and great, and nave produced the men of whom President Mckinley was a type. view With anX- iety and alarm the growing belief and practice of lawlessness which tends to destroy faith in these things and obedl- ence to them. Take as single illus tration the method of spending Sunday. I would not care to see the Puritan Sabbath revived in it's austere forms. People say is there any harm in walk ing abroad, in riding, in visiting friends, in having a restful and pleas ant time? The harm, my brethren, my fellow citizens, is not in these things, but in something else. The serious and the sad fact Is that growing nlult1tudes do not care to worship God, do not care to hear anything about Him, do not care to have the conscience quickened by the gospel of Christ or to learn to rule their life by His spirit and to fol- low His example That is the sad fact, that, religiously, there is anarchy in our land and many, very many, claim that in relation to God they are at liberty to do as they please. Even Bakunin, the apostle of anarchy, has said, 'Inere IS not, there cannot be, state without religion" Let this nation become nation without public worship, without any sacred day on which the people shall be instructed In religion, without any revelation of truth such as is con- tained in the Bible, without any spirit of self denial and self-sacrif1ce such as the gospel of Christ inspires and soon, very soon all the institutions which have been dearest to the hearts Of the people of this land will decay and arl- archy will make impossible great men like those of the past
 The death of President Mckinley was beautiful, but he could not have died such death, he could not have left such a legacy of forgiving mercy, Of reverent submission, of holy hope, had he not received the spirit of the Master, whose last words were Nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done;" Father forgive them; they know not what they do;" Father, into Thy hands I commit my spirit" Mt was be- cause he had this spirit that the death of President Mckinley was so beauti- full and so beneficent. It has been, 1 think, a benediction to this land. It will be a great benediction if the people receive the same spirit If they sing Nearer, my God, to Thee" not be- cause his lips whispered it, but because they would draw near to God and wor- ship and serve him; if they sing Lead Kindly light amid the encircling gloom, not because he loved it, but be- cause in the true and original use of those words, they would be led by that light of truth and love which Christ gives unto the world, then, indeed, the death of this beloved and illustrious man will be a benediction and bless ing to this land over which He himself will greatly rejoice.