The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-20

even D.~re than his predecessors, the
friend O.<the whole people
A toucclng scene was enacted IN this
church last Sunday night The services
had closed The Worshipers were gone 10
their homes Only few fingered to q $
cuss the sad event that brings US together
today Three men IN working Sarh- OF
foreign race and unfamiliar tongue.
entered the room They approaches The
altar. kneeling before it and before his
picture. Their lips moved as if in prayer.
while tears furrowed their cheeks. They
NAV have been thinking of their own
King Humbert and OF his untimely death
Their emotion was eloquent eloquent be-
yond speech, en6 il bore testimony TO
their appreciation Of manly friendship
and honest worth
HIS SOUL WAS CLEAN.
1T is a glorious thing to be able TO
say in this presence. with our iilustrious
the confidence of his countrymen. Not
for personal gain or Pre-eminsnce would
he mar the beauty Of his soul. He kept
It clean and white before God and. man,
and his hands were unsullied by brides
His eyes looked right on and his eye
lids looked straight before him He was
sincere. plain and honest. just benevo-
lent and kind. He never disappointed
those who believed in him. but measured
up to every duty and met every re-
sponsibility in life. grandly and unflinch-
inEly.
roic and honest: he was as gallant a
knight as ever rode the lists To-. his lady
love in the days when knighthno was N
flower. II is but few weeks since the
entire nation looked on with tcar-d'nmcst
eyes as st saw with what tender con-
iugal devotion he sat at the bedside Of
his beloved wife. when all feared that a
fatal illness was upon her. No public
clamor that he might show himself 10
the populace. no demand of social func-
ticn, was sufficient to draw the lover
from the bedside of his wife. He watched
and waited while we all prayed-and she
This sweet and tender story all the
world knows. And the world knows that
his whole life had run IN this one groove
of love 1t was a strong arm that she
leaneo upon ana II never aas ~ ,,l1tt
of the multitude and for her greeting
his acknowledgements of them must wait.
After receiving the fatal wound, his first
thought was that the terrible news might
be broken gently to her May God, IN
this deep hour Of sorr0w,t comfort tbs6 her her
Goa 80 49, ''
CHARACTER OF PRESIDENT.
Another beauty in the character of our
president that was as.chaplet OF grace
about his neck was that he was Chris
tian. In the broadcast, noblest sense of
the word, that was true. His confidence
in God was strong and unwavering. IL
held him steady in many q storm, where
others were driven before the wind and
tossed. He believed In the fatherhood of
God and in his sovereignty. His faith in
ing. He had no patience with any other
theme of pulpit discourse. Christ and
panacea for the worlds disorders. He
believed 1t to be the supreme duty of
W rs He said. 9sWe DO not look for great
business men TO the pulpit, but FOR
preachers"
II is we'll known that his godly mother
had hoped for him that he would become
minister OF the gospel and that she oe-
lieved it to be the highest vocation in
faith that made him a Christian He had
gained in early life personal knowledge
Torrance of greater duties and vaster
than have been the lot of any other
while bearing heavy burdens, that ue
could not discharge the daily duties of
his life but for the fact that he had
William Mckinley believed in prayer,
in the beauty Of it. in the potency of it.
Its language was not unfamiliar to him.
evince the fact. It was perfectly con-
sistent with his lifelong convictions and
say as the first critical moment after
the assassination approached. Thy king
aom come tiny VIII pc done "a. ana thad a ne
way; his will be done. He lived grand
ly: 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
still a conqueror-
CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
Ny friends and countrymen. with what
language shall ] attempt to give express
I speaS of the cause of his death? When
we consider the magnitude of the crime
that has plunged the country and the
world into unutterable grief, we are not
surprised that one nationality after an
other has FASTENED to repudiate the
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 a kind and gener-
Gus greeting to one who approached him
under the sacred guise of friendship.
Could the assailant have realized how
awful was the act he was about to per-
form, how utterly heartless the deed.
methinks he would have stayed his hand
at the very threshold of II. n all the
coming years men viii seek in vain to
fathom the enormity of that crime.
Had this man who fell been despot,
tyrant, an oppressor, an insane frenzy
to rid the world of him might have
sought excuse, but it was the people
friend who fell. when William Mckinley
received the fatal wound Himself a
son of toll, his sympathies were with
the toller. No one who has seen the
matchless grace and perfect ease with
which he greeted such, can ever doubt
that his heart was in his open hand.
Every heart throb was for his country
men, That his life should be sacrificed
at such time. just when there was abun.
dant peace, when all the Americas were
rejoicing together is one of the in
many others. it must be left for future
revelations to explain
much to console us He lived to see his
nation greater than ever before All sec
tional lines are blotted. There is no
south. no north, no east, no west. Wash
ingtOn saw the beginning of our national
life. Lincoln passed through the night
of our history and saw the dawn. Nc
Kinley beheld his country I'm the splen.
dor of it's noon. Truly he died in the
/ fullness of his fame. With Paul he could
say. and with equal truthfulness, Il an
now ready to be offered
HIS WORK WELL DONE.
The work assigned him had been wei
done The nation was at peace We
/ had fairly entered upon an era of un-
paralleled prosperity. Our revenues were
generous Our standing among nations
/ was secure. Our president was safely
/ enshrined in the affections of a united
! people Il was not at him that the fata
/ shot was fred, but at the very life o.
J the government. His offering was svicari.
Gus. It was blood poured on the altar
of human liberty. In view of these
/ things, We are not surprised to hear from
/ one who was present when this sreal
I soul passed away, that he never befor,
saw death so peaceful. or a dying mar
/ so crowned with grandeur.
/ Let us turn now to q brief cOnsidera,
! ton OF some Of the lessons that we ar,
! 10 learn from this sad event The frs
! one that viii occur to US all. is the old
old lesson that I'm the midst of life NJ.