Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-20

\ voice is heard on earth OF kinsfoll
weeping
The loss OF one they love.
But he has gone where the redeemed
are keeping
4 festival above.
rhe mourners throng the ways and
from the steeple
The funeral bells toll slow.
t;ut on the golden streets the holy
people
Are passing To and fro.
tnd saying as they meet, Rejoice, an
other
Long waited for Is come
lhc Sayiour's heart is glad. a young =
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The caCse Of this univcr sal mourning
IS To- he found in the man himself. Tn,
inspired penman's picture of Jonathan
ikeninE him unto the Beauty of Is
acl." could not be more appropriate.
Employed than in chanting the lamen
iV,r our fallen chieftain. II does n
.Ipencc to human speech nor Is it ful
One culogy To speak thus 80 him. ~
Ahu has seen his stately bearing. hi.
race ana manlinrss Of demcaHor. hi
| lindlincsS Of aspect but gives nSsen
o this description ~ him? II wal
| characteristic Of our beloved prc-idcn
hat mon met him only u love him
rhey might indeed differ with him bu
| the prcst nee of such dignity of char
ttcr ana grace OF manner none coul.
al To love the man. The people con
ided in him. believed in him. II wa
aid of Lincoln that probably no mar
| inCc the days Of Washington was eve
20 deeply imbedded and cnshrined ~
he hearts of the people. but IL is tru
II Mckinley in a larger sense. Indus
rial and social conditions are such tha
- was even more than his predeces
orS. the friend Of the whole people.
\ touching scene was enacted in IN
hurch. last sunday night. The SCI
ices had closed Tie wnrshippa.s We
;one IL their homes. Only
ev fingered 10 discuss the 81
went that brings us together. today
rhree men IN working garb. OF forcie
ace and unfamiliar tongue. entered ii
DOM. They approached the altar Knee
ng before it and then departed. The
FPS moved as IL in prayCr while tear
| urrowed their checks. They may hay
cen talking OF their own King Humber
nd # his untim,ly death. Their emotio
vas eloquent. eloquent beyond sp,cc
nd II bore testimony 70 their appreci
ion Of manly friendship and hone.
worth.
II is gloross thing to he able 10 sa
n this presence with our illustrious dca
-
onfdence ~ his ,ountrymen Not +,
PERSONAL gain or rrct mincucr would /
mar tn beauty ~ his soiL He Kent
lean ana white before God ana man an
is hands were ursulIied hy brides.
His eyes looked right on. and his e.,
ds looked straight before him II
:as sincere. pam and honest, just. b,
evolcnt and kind. He never disappoin'
those who believed in him. but mea'
red up Ia every duty and met every r,
possibility in life grandIy and unlincl
1gly
Not only was he true and honest. II
.as as gallant a knight as ever rode IT,
SITS for his lady love in the days whe
nishthood was in flower. IL is but
W weeks since the nation looked on wit
al -hIliliHfb 'htS as IL S,tN Will WIZ
4rder conilsal devotion ~ sat At II
edside Of his beloved wife. when q
cared that fatal illness was uron hC'
70 public ciamor that he might sho'
inset 10 the populacc. no demand OF $
ia function was sufficient To draw Il
over from the bedside Of his wife /.
iatched and waited while all prayed ar
he lived. This sweet and tender stor
II the world knows, and the world know
hat his whole life had run in this OF
rooVe of love. 1t was a strong aim tina
he leaned upon ard il never failed her.
Her smile was more to him than pia,
Its OF the multitude and for her gree
ng his acknowledgements of them mu:
yait. After receiving the fatal woun,
MS first thought was that the tcrrib
ows might DE broken gently to her. Ma
Tod in this deep hour of sorrow comic
ier.s May His grace be greater than he
INJURIES. May the Widows God be h.
;od.
Another beauty I'm the character Of OF
resident was that he was Christia
the broadest. noblest sense Of the wo. 1
nat was true. His confidence in Go
vas strong and unwavering. 1t held hi,
steady In many a storm where othel i
we're driven before the wind and tossee
lie believed in the fatherhood of God ar
iits sovereignty. His faith in the go i
Del or Christ was deep and abiding Ii
'ad no patience with any othe: theme O
pulpit discourse. Christ and Him cruc
led was to his mind the only panace
or the worlds disorders He believed
he the supreme duty of the Christia,
MINISTER TO preach the word. He said
we do not look for great business mel
the pulpit, but for great preachers"
IL is well known that his godly mothc
iad hoped for him that ne would becom
minister Of the gospel and that sh.
'eAeved 1t to be the highest vocation i,
ne. 1t was not, however. his mother
aith that made him Christian H ha
AIMED IN early life a personal knowIcdg
Jesus which guided him in the pcr
orfnance or greater duties and vastcr r.,
possibilities than have been the lot O
ny other American President. He sal
one time, while bearing heavy burden:
llt he could not discharge the d,ilv Al,