The age-herald., 1901-09-16

must Dc tfdnSTOFmCu anu fAHSf'Se''@- ed or totally eliminated from our gov ernment. With the funeral of the President should also occur the fun eral of anarohy."-The Rev. Ira D. Steele.
 While Mrs Mckinley gazed mournfully upon the remains of her husband in Mill burn house at Buffalo yesterday morn ing fervent prayers that God might sup port her in the trying hour were being offered in every temple of worship in Bir- mingham.
 Prayers not so much directed to Mrs Mckinley, the wife of the deceased President, but prayers from hearts that realized what the one now living and the one dead had been each to the other the intense, the beautiful devotion be- tween the two--the tender, loving, chiv- alrous husband Mir; Mckinley had been
 Every minister who referred to the tragedy expressed the strongest con- rdemnanon of anarchy, They urged that the government stamp out the cult as farmer would rid his field of veno- nous viper.
 Sermon on Patriotism.
 The Rev. Dr.. Steele paid a touching tribute to the President in his sermon at the Cumberland Presbyterian church. His discourse might be entitled story sermon on patriotism. He took as his text: 'Ye shall be a delightsome land" Matt. 3-12, and said. in part: This nation. without regard to sec tions or political parties mourns today at the bier of our dead President. It is sad Sabbath to all patriotic citizens. It Is mounrful milestone in the nations onward march It is to be hoped we will never see or hear the like again. We have great and good country, and one of the best forms of govern men in the world. We have many an- tagonistic elements in the body polite. Some of them are dangerous to the great social order, if not to the national life One wound will not kill us, but who can tell what many stabs deadly aimed will produce? 'F Anarchy and Good Citizenship. Anarchy Is at war with the home, law order, and every element of good citizenship. It's ripened fruits are seen in a nation's tears at the death of one of the greatest rulers of the world. A creed that cries Down with the govern ment, down with law, down with proper ty rights, down with the home! should not. I say, be given free speech or free press We are a little too free It is said there are twenty papers in our coun- 4t.;. otrt1 nf struction.
 Should Mark End of Anarchy. "Such clements must be transformed and Americanized or totally eliminated from our government. With the funeral of the President, should also occur the fu- neral of anarchy in our land. Rutran end to 1t, once and for all for 1t Is nigh trea- son!
 Ignorance and viclousness are great and dreaded enemies of republic. NO greater mistake can be made than to per init the vicious and ignoble to make laws and sit In Judgment in courts. A self-gov- erning people must be intelligent In or- der to perpetuate their institutions. Chif- dren are not competent to make laws or govern themselves-ignorance cannot run
 a train, guide ship, or command fleet.
 Educate the Children.
 "The state avoids an ignorant citizen ship by educating the children Of the state The public school system Is po> tent arm of safety in making an intelli- gent citizenship. Ignorance and wicked
 ness are both dangerous. With these two in the great majority, free institutions
 would not survive the ordeal.
 Safety rests not alone in the intelli- gence of the people, but in good morals
 also. A nation without honor. or moral integrity, is a nation of thieves and rob- bers. The great American people need
 godliness and good morals taught the youth. Daniel Webster was right when
 he said: TO preserve the government. we must preserve morals Morals rest on re- Ijgion Destroy the foundation and the republic falls When public morals bc> come vitiated and corrupt law Is
 nuiity and the constitution waste pa per'''