Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-19

polnted those who believed In him, but
measured No 10 every duty and met
every responsibility In life, grandly anu
unflinchingy.
HE WAS A GALLANT KNIGHT
Not only was our President brave
heroic and honest; he was as gallant
knight as ever rode the lists for MS lauy
love in the days when knlghthood was
In flower. II Is but a few weeks since
the nation looked on with tear-diInmed
eyes. as Il saw with what tender con
jusal devotion he sat at the bedside OF
his beloved wife. when all feared mat
fatal Illness was upon her No puDllc
clamor that he might show himself 70
the pOpulace, no demand OF sociai
function was sufficient to draw the lOt'
en- from tAe bedside Of his WIFE He
watched and waited while we az
pfuyed-and she lived. This sweet ana
lender stoly al the world knows. ANA
the world hnows that his whole life had
run IN thls one grove Of love. II was
a strong arm that she leaned upon ana
Il never failed her. Her smile was more
20 him than the plaudlts OF the multi
tude. and FOR her greeting, his ae-
acknowledgements Of them must wait,
After receiving the fatal wound his
first thought was that the terrible news
might be broken gently 70 her. May
God, in this deep hour OF sorrow COM
fort ncf. May His grace be greater
than her anguish. May the widow ;
God be her God
HE WAS A CHRISTIAN.
Another beauty in the character of
our President that was chaplet OF
grace about his neck, was that he was
q Christian In the broadest, noblest
sense Of the word, that was true. his
confidence in God was strong and un-
wayering II held him steady IN many
a storm, where Others were driven be.
fore the wind and tossed. He believed
In the fatherhOod cd and In Ills so
vereignty. His faith In the Gospel OF
Christ was deep ana abiding, he had
no patience with any other theme OF
pulpit discourse. Christ ana Him
cruclhed" was to his mind the only
panacea for the worlds disorders. lie
believed It 10 be the supreme duty OF
the Christian minister to preach the
word. He said I'VE do not look FOR
for preachers" II Is well known that
his cody mother had hoped for him
that he would become a minister OF me
gospel and that she believed II 10 DE
the highest vocation In life, IL was not
however his mothers faith that mace
him a Christian. He had gained In early
life a personal knowledge OF Jesus
which guided him In the performance
OF greater duties and yaster than have
been the lot OF any other American
President. He said at one time. while
bearing heavy burdens that he could
not discharge the daily duties of his
life but for the fact that he had faith
in God.
HE BELIEVED IN PRAYER.
William Mckinley believed in prayer
In the beauty Of IT, In the potency Of It,
It's language was not unfamiliar TO him,
and his public addresses not infreQuent-
~ evince the fact. II was perfectly
consistent with his lifelong Convic-
tions and his personal experiences that
he should say as the first critical mo-
ment after the assassination APP
preached THY Kingdom come Thy
wiz be done" and that he should de-
clare at the last ut is Gods way; His
VIII be done" He lived gran1ly, It was
fitting that he should die grandiy. And
now that the majesty of Death has
touched and called him, We find that IN
his supreme moment he was stu
conqueror.
My friends and countrymen, with
what language shall attempt TO give
expression to the deep horror OF our
souls as | speak Of the cause of his
death? When we consider the magni-
tude Of the crime that has plunged the
country and the world into unutterabe
grief we are not surprised that one
nationality after another has fastened
TO repudiate the dreadful act. This
gentle spirit, who hated no one, to
whom every man was a brother, was
suddenly smitten by the cruel hand OF
an assassin and that too, while in the
very act Of extending kind and gem
erous greeting to one who approached
him under the sacred guise of friend
ship.
ENORMITY OF THE CRIME.