Evening star., 1901-09-19

President:
all over the land and teach them how to
bear this inscrutable dispensation of the
| Divine Providence
i 'tIt is in such thoughts as these that we
shall begin to spell out the meaning of the
great sorrow OF this hour. A living ex-
President OF the United States said very
! truly when the news OF Mr. Mckinley $
death came to him: 1t is hard at such a
| time as this to calmly and patiently await
| the unfolding of the purpose of God. But.
my brethren that purpose will be unfolded
| In due time. 1t begins already to unfold
| itself In the light of that death scene in
! Buffalo.
"'shal there be evil in the city and the
| Lord hath not done 1t No, 1t cannot De-
| 1t is the Lord, whose hand Is laid on us In
affliction This thing is from Him for our
chastisement and for our instruction and
| for the greater glory Of the cross of Christ
| in the hearts Of our people. For our God
| light out of darkness and victory out Of
defeat. Or. to use the language OF this
same prophet from whom our text is TAX
en-, He is the God who turneth the shadow
of death into the morning.
+ MCKINLEY HIS THEME.
DR.. HamIin Delivers Address ON Presi-
dents Life and characteristics.
Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, preached at II
o'clock this morning. His address dwelt
| upon the life and characteristics Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, together with interesting
suggestions concerning the subject of an
archy and some remarks on the new Presi-
dent. His scriptural readings were the same
as were used by him twenty years ago one
week from today, on the occasion or his
memorial sermon after the death of Gar
field. A large audience was present, among
them being Minister Wu of China
Beyond comparison said DR.. Hamlin,
1.-The finest tribute paid to our late Presi-
dent is not in any words spoken or writ
ten about him, but in the feeling of per-
sonal loss and bereavement that pervades
the entire nation, and in some true sense
the whole civilized world. This is tribute
to the man, and to the public official only
in SO far as his high station lifted his man
hood to a plane where all saw Its beauti-
full and winning qualities and felt the touch
| of their inspiring power.
'The calm, benignant face of Mr.. Nc
Klnley. his keen, clear eye, his digniied.
cordial and sincere manner, his hearty
handclasp, his always fitting and felicitous
| words, his unmistakable respect and affec-
tion for all his fellow-men, his spontaneous
and irrepressible love of children, his ten
der and unwearying family devotion, his
strong. intelligent and unpretentious Chris
| tian faith, were qualities that at once and
witnessed them, and hardly less to the mil
lions who knew them only upon trust
worthy testimony. He was a typical Amer
lean of the very best sort. In clean and
sturdy descent, in the narrow circumstances
and consequent struggles Of his early
life, in industry, perseverance and patience;
in the ability to recognize opportunities,
to seize them and to make the most of
them; in his rise to the highest office of
the republic, by no happy chance, but by
honestly winning his way step by step; in
his painstaking fidelity as teacher of a dis
trict school, as lawyer. as private soldier
and commissioned officer as governor of
his native state as national legislator and
national chief magistrate: in the struggle
of self-made manhood without it's too COM
mon vices of vanity, narroWness and arro-
gance: In his unaffected nearness to and
sympathy with the plain people, combined
with fine dignity and courtesy that fitted
him to rank with the best rulers Of the
world, and In an ardent and unselfish patri-
ottSm, he was consummate fruit of free in
stltutiOnS at their best"
Speaking of Mr.. McKinley's personal
characteristics, the speaker said:
Native and Beautiful Courtesy.
what has been reprehended as his too
great complaisance was no more than a
native and beautiful courtesy; a modest
and proper respect for the opinions of
others and true conception of his repre-
sentative function, whether as legislator
or executive. With the highest ideals he
was not content to be a helpless ideaiist,
but took the statesman's course Of at
tanning the best attainable; the only course
that makes human progress possible. He
was as far a leader as any man should be
| in republic. That he could firmly with
| stand storms Of popular unintelligent and
| unreasoning passion was clearly shown
after the destruction of the Maine in the
nf Inyy Fhof 1a
popular opinion had become calm and well
Informed, when it was to be obeyed and
executed by it's elected representative in
the chief magistracy, that he had courage
as adequate for this emergency as for the
other, was shown at the opening of the
Spanish war, during it's brief and triumph
ant progress in the treaty that terminated
1t, and In his steady adherence to that
broad and farsighted policy that has come
to be understood by the word expansion y
The humane and generous attitude of the
late President toward the Chinese, his
broad craftsmanship shown in his recent
address at the Pan-American exposition
and the magnanimous traits Of his charac-
ter were dwelt upon.
Grave problems" said Dr. Hamlin, ma
tional and international. faced Mr.. Nc
Kfnley. He met them, not with brilliant
genius, but with adequate talent; with a
long and varied training that had matured
his powers; with rare poise, judgment and
broadmindedness; with malice toward lone
begun by Linlcon before the smoke of bat
tie had cleared away was carried for ward
earnestly by Mckinley. and may be said
to be fairly consummated in the martyr
dom at Buffalo and beside the grave that
is at this hour closing above his sacred
| dust.
Truly National President
"Since the early day when the bitterness
of the conflict over slavery raised a sec
tional question and fostered sectional AMI
| mosities, he is our first truly national
President. and to him 1t fell to introduce
US to the nations world power of the
first class. He did not intend this. The
American people did not intend it. II ever
man was the agent of God 1t was Presi-
dent Mckinley In this feature of his last
years"
President Mckinley, said Dr. Hamlin.
rendered his greatest service to the ma
| tion In that he was a sincere Christian.
He was firm without bigotry, devout
without any tone or air of superiority.
| true without protestatiOn or superfuous
promise
Anarchy, which compassed Mr.. McKin-
| ley's death. is indigenous only in the soil
| of tyranny and repression and is an exotic
mi tot r. fs,