The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-09
HEARTFELT PRAYERS
GO UP IN NEW YORK CITY.

New York, Sept. S--Not church serv-
ice was held in New York City or its en-
o irons too today at which prayers We're not
klnley. And coupled with these suppl
cations was strong uudercurrent Of
Ihanksgiying that the zone of the dis
patches from Buffalo were of an eE-
coura ging character.
There was no concerted action in this
matter by the churches ether than that
called forth by Mayor Van Wycks proc
lamation of Saturday calling on the pas
tors OF churches of all den0mina tions TO
direct their services with special refer
ence to the suffering president. In the
without exception, the full text of the
litany of general supplicatfon was :eaI,
and the name of President Mckinley WAS
inserted IN the general prayer for the
sick In all the Roman Catholic churches
4 special uniform prayer was offered at
every mass.
In a majority of the pulpits those oc-
cupying them took as their theme the at
tempt on the life of Mr.. Mckinley. and
made to the tragedy. either in the SER
mon Itself or in prelude. In some in
OF suppression against the anarchistic
propaganda, which was generally held
responsible for the, deed of CzoIgosz.
tomorrow (Monday) will witness an
other session of prayer and pleading. In
the afternoon the children OF the public
schools of this city and Brooklyn to the
number of hundreds of thousands, will
follow the instructions of the president
OF the board of education, and under the
ley.
AT Old Trinity church today the Rev
Alfred L. Griffin, II addition to referring
to Mr.. Mckinley in the prayer for per-
sons under affiiction. included the presi-
most of the churches. The keynote OF
the sermons may be gathered from these
words. used by Mr.. Griffin;
Whole World is Watching.
The whole nation; aye, the whole
world, today is watching at the bedside
of a president whom it has learned TO
regard as just and true. We are under
the shadow OF a great anxiety, over
whelmed by great calamity. 1t is to
God that the people turn at such a time
In him lies the power and strength to
heal the sick May il be his will to re-
store to us our president in life and
The Rev. Howard Agnew johnson. of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church,
in a sermon based on Gideon as an Is
raelitish leader, had this to say of Mr..
Thus he (Gideon) resembles our own
great Observation-Disclosures, Jefferson.
jackson, Lincoln Most conspicuous of
all. and last. but not least. William Nc
kinley. the man whose soul Is now how
ering between life and death, the man
whose name Will go down to posterity
identified with the movement which has
made our republic into an empire. though
still retaining the form of republican gov
The Rev Hugh Black, associate pastor
of Free St. Georges church, Marlborough,
ksLNtldhO. Hds III TIE pulpit OF the
Avenue Presbyterian church today. As a
prelude to his sermon he said:
i feel that l am called upon to ex-
press somewhat of your feelings and your
sympathy and TO lead your prayers for
PresIuent Mckinley, who is the victim
of such dastardly crime. Though q
to DO this. since it needs no local knoWl-
edge of policies, but merely the express
sion of the universal heart of man. As
for the deed itself, the whole civilized
world must pronounce adherence not
only of the act but of the detestable prin-
ciples which inspired it. Nowhere out
side of America will sorrow be .keener or
prayer be more fervent than in Great
Britain"
Preceding the prayer for the president
at st. Patricks cathedral, Father Dyer
said: ''As you are aware that a great
calamity has befallen the nation during
the last few days IN an attempt on the
life OF its chief executive and as IL is
of vital Importance that he should again
be able to continue an administration
which has brought so much of happi-
ness and prosperity to this country, your
prayers are required for his speedy re-
storation.
Father Ducey, OF St Leo's CRoman
Catboiic), in the course of extended re-
marks on the tragedy at Buffalo. said:
God grant that the life of Mr. McKin-
ley may be spared and that he may be
restored to health and strength to bring
joy and comfort to his now afflicted fam
ily- earnestly ask this congregs ton to
pray fervently to God for his safe re-
covery.