New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-16
WORST
DIR DIX WEEPS IN SERMON.
OVERCOME BY GRIEF WHILE PLACING
MKINLEY WITH WASHINGTON
AND LINCOLN AT OLD
TRINITY.

The Episcopal churches throughout the city
will hold special services Thursday morning
Bishop Potter is of town, and has as yet
issued order. de is expected to return to the
See house. No % Lafayette Place. on Tuesday
morning when he will take suitable action.
In historic old Trinity yesterday morning the
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. before a congregation
that filled every available seat and overlooked In
the aises delivered a sermon that was a
eulogy of the virtues and craftsmanship OF the
late President William Mckinley. After de,
nouncng the crime DR.. Dix severely arralgheo
anarchy as danger which would destroy moo
civilization and recommended that acton
be taken to suppress it. In the hturglcal par.
of the service which preceded the sermon .ne
Presidents favorite hymn. Lead, Kindly Light
sung. DR.. Dix spoke, in part, as IoIiows. Vs.,
Men and brethren. eye to eye hand to hand near.
me!' Woe for the common grief. woe worth the DAY
and the dngs which oapc e o4ns q ali
We In our distress at the last caiai,y anu
And so suddeny hss the blow
there has mn! no time to % f9I 5ne
filling thoughts to-day. We are looking al
man, his warmest friends his greatest admirers
could have asked for him no more brilliant apothe-
work But millions have been praying as men sei e
s aSh o o hi fare be
widely through foreign lands. others innumerable.
their KNEES pleading for his ife This tells the
story Of his character his acts his greatness the
can be no appeai ~
Our President was a great man in the highest
sgeak tese a %
there but there other matters upon Which we
ps us 2 d Ia IL s
Christian profession modest, calm capable a pat
Iiv!nsF Has not the Pnbiie the great American ss
aks IN the i not first Of that good
has been beloved and mourned throughout our fam
What makes the Christian gentleman to begin
with but simplicity and sincerity Of iifs courteous
renee OF display and vulgar show? So have we
o%es his life through it's varied phases have
the quiet student the soldier. the legislator
s fS ana seen @
chosen by a vast popular movement to be the chief
magistrate OF the nation; have scanned his
conduct and acts during four years, among the
result Of such scrutiny in the broadcast light that
could be thrown upon his path, and under the
Subjected. we have seen him reelected to his great
office by larger vote than b amid the acclaim a pa
adversaries.
IN this system OF ours we do not ask for a
who shall make and control but for a man who
catches the spirit Of the age who knows the signs
of the times who interprets movements and In his
the last years. more full of vital issues to the
We have seen wonderful things nation passing
on from small to great. from narrow places 70
nation attaining its majority. the world looking on
with Amusement, great questions put and answered
freedom and Clarifying of evil and Instruction in
Wara uewsr o. dazzling the eyes
charming the senses and kndling hope: And a.
author Of these things. but certainly the wise
dence. we believe must have raised for that par
icuar work and inclined US to put in that position
And up to Friday. September 6. that was so the
by our happy and highly nd
secure: never before so prosperous never yet 80
aTeg orc its spen s pah to-
And always at the head that good citizen. that
tionate heart that friendly fearless instance of the
or 'h to h cur ann eeer by
strong. able healthful with his friends about him
was the fafe of the people, and that was their WIN
the law of, the land, and he who gainsays is the
enemy of the soyereign people So stood matters
And now what shall We say?
m soveTesn sae Of n s
Let us compare crime with crime, and we shall see
land.
After reviewing the assassination of Garfield
and Lincoln. Dr. Dix continued:
But there to come And 1t has
sas b ne in this an9 ss nos
be be land of fresmen the refuge for the oppressed
in the b on which the nation is
social order has yet been confronted A shadow has
fallen fallen on the road backer than any shadow of
to represent this foe he is of very little conse-
S GU compared with the motive which inspired
ana END the total destruction Of modern civliza
Of Of restraint of any kind the private Individual
dealt at the chief of he nte
states by believer In that system and in
And that lends the real horror to the act and
gives Its double horror to the crime 1t is
we are familiar And hearts sink at the
thought that we are now at length face to face
merciless butchery Of our great and good Presi-
grants the wisdom and teaches the way TO defend
Next to the anguish OF the hour which has made
at the cruel desolation of a pure and loving home
whether there is force enough among to rise
ly revealed and upon us. in the murderous attack
on the noblest and best in the land. Already we
ralying from the blow; that the first alarm is over:
sha1 al are % ire that finance viii
go forward once more In the pursuit of and
is well but will the nation fail to act as great
nation should, TO deal as II ought to do with the
For If this foe prevails. the nation. state the
law the government VIII disappear forever and
ever Are we to forget what has thrown us into
this present mourning and these tears? Are we
to lapse into fatal apathy and let the preach
plauding of murder go before? Are the laws
@ nd th re banss hate and de
throw OF society? 1t seems to that the most
DO who remain-whether we are equal re nav TO
casion. Are We now to fall back before this enemy
tered or ever shall. and let things drift from bad
s so ne one e a stands 81 m which
There is "a great deal to be said of the national
We hsHe felt "nd es Of b
from religious standards: of the loss OF faith
and piety which invite the judgments OF heaven,