Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-16

A4siAN 4 AtSiNeHk MthiHkcN - Ills NtTkHOt
on Sunday Referring TO the Christian
/ Character of Deceased Familiar will
His Church Relations the Eloquent
Divine was able to Show the Effect Of
Mr.. Mckinley's Work in the Church.
! The following is anelaborate sketch
of the discourse preached 10 very
large congregation, on yesterday, by
DIR. ). Y. Ieeeh, pastor Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church.
Revelation lila. 81 heard voice
/ from Heaven saying unto me write:
blessed are the dead that die in the
Lord, from henceforth; yea saith the
spirit, that they may rest from their
llabors. =
1t is Sabbath on the lonely island
] Of Patmos TO which the Roman En-
peror, Domitian has banished John,
Louder than the thunder of the sea
waves divine command breaks on his
ears, bidding him record, for human
study, the visions and events embodied
nithis book In the text Christ COM
forts his people with the assurance
that death introduces them on no.
bier life. John first speaks of
/. THE CHARACTER or THESE DEAD.
They are those dying in the Lord.
DR.. Leech then depicted the spiritual
experience Of such and said "Sueh a
man was our dead President At
sixteen he was converted and united
with our church. From that date to
his martyrdom and ascension he kept
faith with his church vows. He de-
veloped gradually great religious
character, David called his assassi-
mated enemy, Abner, great and prince
| ly. President Mckinley had these
qualities. When he was President
| everybody knew that the nation was
safe and business men felt as secure
as Alexander did when Parmenio
watched his tent. He was great
statesman, perfectly at home in the
histories and theories Of government.
His administration has been crowded
with perplexing problems but it has
been continuous success. He was
great in supurb constellation OF no.
BILE graces. Swiss mountains look
grandest from afaf. So the greatness
of Mr.. McKinley's character will loom
up in loftier majesty as we move away
from his late environment. Eraly in
life he wrote the word Excelsior" on
his banner, as young Christian
determined TO climb TO the crest Of
the tall mountain OF an honorable
distinction, and plant that flag on its
peak His life motto seemed TO be
that of Turner the painter, 1.-THE Sc
cret of all success is hard work. He
won the golden nuggets Of success by
lifting the pick high and striking
with frequency and force. He knew
the meaning of Periander's proverb
Nothing is impossible to industry .
A great student he sunk the contents
Of his library into the rim OF his own
tenacious memory. Like the Bra
LILLIAN slave he held to the gem and
tossed from him the worthless. BY
immense preparatory toll he climbed
to the summit of that Olympus where
truly great men stand before death
But he was greatest as true Chris
tian. When this illustrous Methodist
layman fell asleep he ''died in the
Lord" In an extraordinary sense, and
inherited this promised reward. Ly-
ing on the operating table, after he
was shot DIR. Mann heard him repeat
ing in whisper, the Lords Prayer.
Then he said Of the assassin ''Let no
one hurt him"
In this text Christ announces
IL. A DIVINE DECLARATION CON-
cERNING THE CONDITION OF
THE PIOUs DEAD.
He pronounces them BLESSED. F."
Their deathless and their progressive
happiness begins with the event of
death. Their happiness does not con-
sist in humiliation OF existence.
Death does not claim the emancipated
spirit. The human soul throbs with
the pulsations Of an imperishable life.
It's vast capacities, Its boundless de-
sires, Its love of life, Its horror of
humiliation, the convictions Of ev-
cry age and tribe, and the Holy
Scriptures attest its Immortality.
The burial OF President Mckinley
at Canton will not close his brilliant
career. When sun, moon and stars
grow dark his noble soul will only
have commenced its eternal march
towards the infinite bliss and perfect
| knowledge of its Creator.
At death his varied sufferings all
ended and his highest type OF blessed
ness began. His immortal spirit left
the body, as a beautiful bird leaves
its battered cage; and it passed the
frontier consultations of the universe
to establish perpetual relationship
to the heavenly hemisphere. The
sweep Of the future ages will only en-
large its capacities for knowledge and
happiness. : So long as the vesta1 fires
of immortality burn in the nature OF
God so long will the departed Pres l.
dents spirit live on in the full splend-
Tor of an expanding intellectual and
moral life.
When, on last Saturday, the silver