Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
ELOQUENT EUL0G!ES
Delivered in Our Churches. Sunday. Of Our
Martyred President Mckinley.

MdrtyreC President MCKINNEY.
The SUNDAY servit IS in This city WI re
by all pastors made the occasion Tor
extended remarks culogizing the IA
| n.nted Precedent and cXci Grating the
spirit Of anarchy which has been al
lowed TOO long to sho" It's terrible
anirnus and enInity to all that is good
| ana true.
The text Of the pastors sermons AT
| the Methodist Episcopal church on
| Sunday morning was taken from Eek.
xviii.l s-"Thc soul That Sinne:h, II
Shall Die
Gods estimate ~ ain as reveal q III
| The holy Scriptures was tho there.
Illustrations Of the cnormity. the
Suhtility ana results ~ sin w-rc Il avn
| from the dastarlly deed Of the a aIs-
| sin on that fatal lly NJ Eufta!o- Ten
| Il r r, f.r-Tc-a ,s,rr made in tn" < q 1t
| and good man q whom ~ Do. OoJ %
| people mourn.
| II the government shall continue t.
| mould and guide the lives 81 men ana
Shape the d,,tini-s ~ nations III true
| greatness and genuine IiEhic BUSINESS,
| they the generations yct ~ come. shall
| acknowledge that pie.il ut Mckinley
| did not live In vain. Ii just and right
rous laws shall TX cna,i.d hy "hi,h
| ararc ~ snail BE- cxtiFPlt'5 from car
| land. ih,n ne ~ CIR beloved and mar
| tyred President has not been sacrificed
| fpt HauRht.
\ large and attentive audience man
Tested deep interest throughout the
sermon.
a iarg" congregation assembled a'
tile ola South CorgreS chu-e u
| sunday morning. FOR the memorial ser-
| vice for the President. The pulpit ana
! .arir gallery were deliberately drapcd
| fnl the occasion. i l1rEc portrait of
| TIM President was placed IN front ~
| ~ pulpit The choir rendered Lead
| Kindly Iirht' fer an anthem. Rev. q.
| a. wight. in connection with his text
| cToted the Presidents last words: 1t
| i-s Gods way His will hc done" H.
| said that while the Presidents death
was an unspeakably sad and d'plora
| biz event he should not characterize ii
rs q national calamity. The conditions
| were All favorable fCr continued order
! ana prosperity. Patriotic ana compe-
| tent hands would carry forward tn
| work that the martyrch President had
| llid down. our nation has been eSptC-
| tally blessed in the character 81 its
| greatest Presidents. Her. the speaker
| showed how through an history great
! and good men have eXcrted a powerful
| Influence for good after they Were
| dead. He spoke with special reference
| t. Washington and Lincoln. character
iIlnE each Of these men ana then Civ
Ing IN extended culoey Of President
NCkincy. Mr. Mckinley was the best
| Illustration NJ christian character ana
| faith that the nation mas had in any
President since Washington In his
public service. in private life. III dames-
| tic relations h. followed Christian
ideals. History will give him high RAM
: a President. When his public SER
| NiCcs snail be seen in the right per
| SpectiNe. when the partisan spirit shall
have subsidized ana his critics shall
have been forgotten. all men will look
upon him as men now do upon Wash
| irEton and Lincoln. After showing
how much Mr.. Mckinley had attained
in the things Of this world. Mr.. Wight
| said that best of all he had attained
the great object of life. a Christian
| character and reward
At the Catholic church. Rev. ]. p.
| Michigan spoke in part as follows:
| The attack was on our government
| primarily. as the object of the assas-
sins work. The government OF the
United States is one than which there
IS none better in the world and per-
maps none as good. Therefore the as
! SasslnS had no rational object in view.
Inc catholic church has. from its in
ception. upheld all government taken
| IN the strict sense of the word There
| IS no excuse for anarchy. Anarchists
are opposed to all forms of govern
ment. IL matters not whether it is I'M
Ger the sway of an Emperor a Presi-
! dent or other ruler. Law and order
should be preserved. We select our
! rulers, especially our Chief Executive.
i Judlciously. and we place in them I'M
| bounded confidence. The President
! was a man with whom the largest
number of citizens of the United States
| agreed. Although many differed from
| MN In politics and religion. neverthe-
| less ne was our chief ruler and no one
| had right to remove him from this
| life. He had many noble qualities
many intellectual attainments and
was man of marked ability. con
! sclentious In the discharge of the high
duties which devolved upon him in his
capacity as Chief Executive.
The remedies as suggested to be ap
piled against the recurrence of this
, sad event are various The educational
qualification is impractcable as expe-
rience has shown that the illiterate
people are as rule contented. peace
i able and law-abdins. whereas on the
| contrary it has been proven that the
mighty educated are most unworthy
citizens of tie adopted land | would |
not be understood To depreciate the |
value of education. but men who are |
educated and at the same time are |
perversed in their character. have done /
and are capable of doing great injury |