The Washington times., 1901-09-23

friend We felt that he was obeying
every day voice thut said a.
Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate
, thee q = T.
| Corruption wins not more than honesty:
| still in thy right hand carry gentle Peace,
| To silence envious tongues Be Just and fear moi
Let all the epds thou aimst at. be thy country $,
Thy Gods ana truths -then-H thou fall'st,
| Taou fall'st blessed martyr
"And now, at the very height of that
path of duty which became for him the
path of glory. he was found the crown OF
life that is laid up for those who are
| faithful unto death. In the supreme mo-
ment he achieved his last success and MS
| chief desire. in uniting the hearts of all
| the people. as he showed the whole world
| how Christian living ends In Christian
dying. He has gone on ahead. But like
the light of a vanished star, his life
will still shine upon us with its great be-
quest of an inspiring example, which shall
lift us nearer to God. Our best tribute
to his memory will be TO follow him as he
followed Christ"
The Invocation.
Mr.. Mcfarland then announced that the
Rev. George p. Wilson, of Assembly's
Presbyterian Church, would ask divine
blessing The invocation follows:
20 God, our help in every age past, our
hope in years to come, our shelter from
the blast. Unuer the shadow of a great
sorrow in the Capital of the nation we
bow our heads in thy presence today. We
are filled with sorrow. We had hoped that
the great heart that had grown so sweet,
so pure and strong might be spared TO
us and in behalf of the nation. But IN ms
own final words he said. 'Thy VIII De
done. .
BLESS today the widow in her loneli-
ness and make her well again. Bless the
President of the United States. under sucn
difficult circumstances come to the seat
of power. May all the splendid promises
of his past career be more than realized IN
the days to come. Bless the nation In the
person of the Executive. May ms mas
sive personality touch and move our hves,
and may all the people rise to the spien-
did level of his character
Lord. bless the assassin today. we
would not stay the hand of swift and
ready Justice Stay the spirit of his kind.
May the spirit of Christ make Impossible
such another event. We ask thy blessing
pray and in the words taken from the
dying lips of the martyred President;
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed
be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy Will
be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give US this day our daily bread and for
give us our trespasSes as We forgive those
who trespass against us, for thine Is the
kingdom, the power and the glory; Tor
ever and ever amen =" The audience
Joined In the repetition OF the LORD
prayer. JOB
After the rendition of Chopins Funeral
March" by the Marine Band, Mr.. Mac.
farla nd ritroduced as the first speaker of
the service the Rev. George Buckler, OF
the Methodist Church. who spoke in part
as follows:
mo nobler virtue awakes the heart of
man than patriotism. Love of country
and love of home come next to love OF
God. For God. home and native Iand IS
isyin
here this afternoon as loyal, patr1ouc
Americans to" mourn the loss of the lead
er we loved No reasonable thinker VIII
deny today that America stands upon the
loftiest pinnacle of human power. 1t is
hut Just praise to say that to no other
do we owe more love and reverence than
to William Mckinley. No other man IN
human history has done more for the
glory of his country than the man whose
memory we have met to revere
His Patriotism Lauded.
20, what a patriot he was! How he
loved America, We have heard much of
the love of the people rvr their President,
but of the love of the President for his
people the half has never yet been told.
How he loved that starry nag; He ioved
it because 1t Is beautiful. but he loved
il more for what it stands for; because
il stands for a government OF the people
for the people and by the people; because
il stands for equal and exact justice 10
all men. because u StanuS ioL
freedom, for home and for liberty And
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Rev. Dr. ]. C. Butler. the veteran pas
tor of the Luther Place Memorial Church,
was next introduced, and among other
things. he said:
In the sorrow of this moment the i'm
pulses Of the heart are toward silence
rather than speech. Our tenderest sym
pathies turn toward that lonely chamber
in Canton where sits the stricken widow,
and we would whisper words of comfort
to her. We have well-nigh exhausted
our vocabulary in denouncing this crime,
in expressions of sorrow. and in words of
eulogy William Mckinley needs no
eulogSy. His whole life from boyhood to
his last hour stands as his best encomi-
um.
"a united, prosperous. and happy coun-
try rises up To bless him. The world
gathers at this new-made grave and sheds
tears of sympathy. The heart of the peo-
pie of the whole earth are made better
Gods benediction TO this land, to the
world. But must turn away from the
grave: We cannot live at the tomb; we
must take up the burden of life. Life Is
full of cafastrophes. and so 1t Will be un-
til we wear the victor's palm. 1t is for
us to gather faith and comfort. Mckin-
ley is dead, yet he liveth.
Prayed for His Life.
I'VE had hoped and prayed that his life
would be spared. Men who had never
prayed before besought God for this life,
and we beheld the spectacle of a nation
upon its knees. But it was Gods WILL
not ours, that he should be taken from
us | think If his lips could open and he
could speak unto us he would bid US be
loyal to the Government and to the Presi-
dent into whose hands he has transferred
the reins of State. Let US rejoice that
though our chief has fallen he has trans
ferred the power of government unto a
Christian man: a man who has met every
responsibility in Christianiike way;
man who will not disappoint us In this
emergency. God bless the President, en-
dow him with wisdom and with courage
that the ship of state may go on as be-
fore. , -
American people. We are solving prob
lens that no people are solving, and we
are going to solve this problem OF an
archy. 1t IS better to walk with God In
the dark than alone in the light He
bids us be still and know that I am God.
/ will be exalted among men,. BY the lie
and death of William Mckinley We are
exalted He hath exalted God and faith
in Christ as they have never before been
exalted in the eyes of the people OF the
world From his life and death there
shall come great spiritual unlifting. for
the moral force needs but the touch of the
divine spirit.
DIT. Butler was followed by Rev. D. J.
Stafford, the new pastor of st. Patrick's
Church whose eloquence stirred the deep
est emotions of the vast audience. In
part he said:
Eighty millions of people today bow
aou-n ,,,,tb ape,iish of heart by the grave