The state herald., 1901-09-27
Pa.scs On to he ut Rest.

then. Nearer. my God. to thee
Passes On to Bc at Rest.
So. nesting nearer to his God, he
passed out Into Inconsistencies, skirted
the dark shores OF the sea of death for
time. and then passed on to be at rest.
His great heart had ceased to beat. Our
hearts are heavy with sorrow.
"A voice Is heard on earth OF klnfolk
weeping
The loss OF one they love:
But he has gone where the redeemed are
keeping
a festival above.
The mourners throng the ways and from
the steeple
The funeral bells toll slow:
But on the golden streets the holy peo-
pie
Are passing TO and fro.
And saying as they meet, Rejoice.
another
Long waited for is come.
The saviors heart is glad. younger
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The cause OF this universal mourning
is to be found in the man himself The
Inspired pcnman's picture OF Jonathan.
likening him unto the Beauty OF Is
rael." could not be more appropriately
employed than In chanting the lament of
our fallen chieftnin. II does no violence
10 human speech. nor Is II fulsomc eulosy
to speak thus OF him. for who that has
seen his stately bearing. his grnc. and
mnnliness of demeanor. his kindliness OF
aspect but gives assent to this dcscrlp-
tion OF him?
Loved by An Who Knew Him.
II was Characteristic of our beloved
Pr. hat ta. al. Ia.
him. They might. indeed. differ with him,
but In the presence OF such dignity of
character and grace OF manner none could
fail to love the man, The people con-
nded In him. believed In him. II was said
OF Lincoln that probably no man since
the days OF Washington was ever SO
deeply embedded and onshrined In the
hearts OF the people. but Il is true OF
Mckinley In larger sense. Industrial
and social conditions are such TINT he
was. even more than his predecessors.
the friend of the whole people. A touch.
Ing scene was onactod In this church last
Sunday night. The services had closed
The worshipers were gone to their homes.
only few fingered TO discusg the sad
event that brings us together today
Three men Of foreign race and unfa-
miliar tongue. and clad IN working rarb
entered the room They approached the
altar. kneoling before II and before the
dead mans picture. Their lips moved ms
II In prayer. while tears furrowod their
cheeks. They may have been thinking
OF their own King Humbert and OF Ms
uniimoly death. Their emotion was elo-
quont. eloquent beyond speech. and II bore
testimony 10 their appreciation OF man
ly friendship and OF honest worth.
Soul Clean and Hand. un.uiii-i
II Il glorious thing TO be able 10 say
In this presence. with our illuFlrious dead
before us. that he never betrayed the
confidence OF his countrymrn. Not for
personal gain or nre-omlncncc would he
mar the beauty Of his soul, lie kept Il
clean and white before God and man,
and his hands were unHullcd by brlbes
Ills eyes looked right on, and his eyo-
lids looked straight before him" lie was
sincere. plain and honeHt, Just. bonsVo-
lent aud Kind. lie never disappointed
those who believed In him. but meas
,irod up TO every duty and met every re-
rponsibiii,y In life grandly aud unnineh-
ingiy. Not only was Our President brave.
heroic aud honest he was ~ gallant a
knirht na ever rode the lists for his lady
love In the days when knlEhthood was In
flower II IL but n few weeks since the
nation looked on with toar-dlmmed eyes