The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-09-26
HENDERSON, N. G. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1901.

part. II any man had been lifted up
to take into his purview desire to
help all classes and conditions of men.
all nationalities besides his own, it
was this man.
DOMESTIC TENDERNESS.
s.Shall speak word next OF that
which l will hardly advert to--the
tenderness of the domestic love which
has so often been commented upon?
I pass it with only that word take
it that no words can set forth fully
the unfaltering kindness and careful.
ness and up-bearing love which be-
longed to this great man.
"And he was a man who believed
in right. who had a profound convic-
tion that the course Of this world
must be ordered in accordance with
everlasting righteousness, or this
worlds highest point of good will
never be reached; that no nation can
expect success in life except as it con-
forms to the eternal love of the inf
mite Lord and passes itself in individ-
ual and collective activity according
to that divine will. 1t was deeply
ingrained in him that righteousness
was the perfection of any man and of
any people.
.Simplicity belonged to him. l
need not dwell upon it. and ! close
the statement of these qualities by
saying that underlying all and over
reaching all and penetrating all there
was profound loyalty to God, the
great King of the universe. the author
Of all good, tho eternal hope of all
that trust in Him.
DUE TO MORAL QUALITIES.
"And now may l say further that
it seemed to ME that to whatever we
may attribute all the illustriousness
of this man, all the greatness of his
Observation-Disclosures of that we
may attribute to his intellectual char
acter and quality. whatever of it we
may attribute to the patient and
thorough study which he gave to the
various questions thrust upon him
for attention, for all his successes as
a politician, as a statesman, as a man
of this great country, the successes
were largely due to the moral quail
ties of which l have spoken. They
drew to him the hearts of men every
where, and particularly of those who
best knew him. They called to his
side helpers in every exigency of his
career, so that when his future was ut
one time likely to have been i'm
periled and utterly ruined by his
financial conditions they who had re-
sources. for the sake of helping a man
who had in him such qualities, came
to his side and Put him on the high
road of additional and larger sue
cesses.
"His high qualities drew to him
the good will of his associates in
political life in an eminent degree.
They believed in him, felt his kind
ness, confided in his honesty and in
his honor. His qualities even asso-
| ciated with him in kindly relations
those who were his political oppon-
ents. They made it possible for him
to enter that land with which he, as
one of the soldiers of the Union, had
been in some sort at war and to draw
closer the tie that was to bind all the
parts in one tirmer and indissoluble
union. They commanded the conf
dence OF the great body of Congress-
so that they listened to his plans and
accepted kindly and hopefully and
trustfully all his declarations.
WORLDWIDE FAME.
His qualities gave him reputation
not in this land alone, but through
out the world, and made it possible
| for him to minister in the style in
which he had for the last two or three
years ministered to the welfare and
peace of human kind. 1t was out OF
the profound depths of his moral and
religious character that came the
| possibilities of that usefulness which
| we all are glad to attribute to him.
"And will such a man die? Is it
possible that He who created, redeem.
ed, transformed, uplifted, illumined
such a man will permit him TO fall
into oblivion?
1.-The instincts of morality are in
| all good men. The divine word of the
Scripture leaves US no room for
doubt. H. said One whom he trust
| ed, am the resurrection and the life.
He that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live, and who
soever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die
"Lost to us but not to his God.
Lost from earth, but entered Heaven.
Lost from these labors and tolls and
perils, but entered into the everlast-
ing peace and ever-advancing pro-
| gress Blessed be God, Who giveth
| US this hope in this hour of our
calamity and enables us to triumph
through Him Who hath redeemed
us.
| IMMORTALITY BEFORE HIM.
IF there is personal Immortality
before him, let us also. rejoice that
there is an immortality and memory
in the hearts OF a large and ever
growing people, who through the
ages to come, the generations that
are yet to be, will look back upon
this life, upon its nobility and purity
and service to humanity, and thank
God for it. The years draw on wh,n
his name shall be counted among the
illustrious of the earth. William OF
Orange is not dead. Cromwell is not
dead. Washington lives in the hearts
and lives of his countrymen. Lincoln,
with his infinite sorrow, lives to
teach us and lead us on. And Nc
Kinley shall summon all statesmen
and all his countrymen to purer
iiving, nobler aims, sweeter faith and
| immortal blessedness."
NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE
When DR.. Andrews had finished,
the audience arose about the coffin rs
if OF its own inspiration, the organ
sounded two or three chords, and the
whole assemblage begsn to sing soft
ly tie hymn indissolubly associated
with Mr.. McKinley's death-"Nearer,