The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-09-27
UNUSUAL SERMON.
Elder Cline's Remarks on the Presi-
denJ's Assassination.

or less comment, preached ratner u
sensational sermon Sunday on the sub
ject, "Was the Assassination of Presi-
dent William Mckinley the Will of
Cody During the course Of his re-
marks he referred TO the assassinations
of Presidents Lincoln and Garfield.
He said Lincoln was placed in the
White House by Providence and his
taking away was for divine reason.
''If | were to guess at the cause for
his displacement / would say for the
continued punishment of the South, as
Lincoln was great friend of tn
Southern country. We stand aghast
at THESE great acts of God. The only
sad thing in connection with Lincoln $
death is that he was in theater. IL
he had been in the field with soldiers.
as George Washington at Valley Forge,
me would not have been sasassinated.
Weighed in the balance and found
waiting saw no blessing to come
from the assassination of Lincoln, only
continued trouble for the South |
would that had power to obliterate
from history the story of the scene of
his assassination.
"The assassination of Garfield He
was minister of the gospel and gave
up his ministerial duties to seek politi-
cal preferment. emoluments and to
reach the White House. He leaped up
to the climax of glory and was hated
by large number of people in the
United States but as soon as he was
brought low by the assassin bullet,
the words of hatred were turned to
utterances of prayer | was oppor
tuned to vote and work for Garfield by
ministers of the Christian Church. /
refused. | did all in my power to
defeat him. He had deserted the min
istry. If it was human glory he was
after, the greatest climax he reached
was during his closing hours He
died He received what he aimed to
get when he left the ministry God
might have taken him away for per-
sonal matter. -
Speaking of the assassination of
President Mckinley, he said: In his
death believe there will be several
blessings to the American people. The
first will be to the masses. | will give
you my reasons for this belief.
He was commercial President.
If the death blow was dealt personally,
can't find it. II must have had ref
erence to his Administration. He was
put down by God S will and he, too,
believed this.
"A corporation President A trust
President, in accord with the great
combinations of capital What was
his first position2 | but call attention
to the Mckinley tariff bill. He stud
led from the first how to protect the
financial interests. He has amasse6
great fortunes for the protected. Look
at his last speech-the one at Buffalo
More protection for the home products,
getting into foreign countries. He
was abnormally financial President
He was the best servant to the cor
porations that has ever been into the
White House. .
There is money power enough IL
these corporations TO get control OF
Presidents, Congress and Legisla lures
Remove anarchy TO to the hotbeC
of anarchy plutocracy. Give the
masses the Legislature, and not the few
men who work the masses. The frs
blessing, therefore, will come from
Mr.. Rooseveits friendship to the
masses The second blessing is tn,
uodbu VI dudICily. MChlul6y ucdUI
will make us hunt out the hiding places
of anarchy. The thought that govern
inents should not exist The death O
anarchy is certain, due to the death O
the President. 1t is not by hangin.
4 anarchists to get rid of them. Wha
were McKinley's words after he was
shotS He would not have you kane
the anarchist Change the condition
which cause anarchy.
GOD-ELECTED PRESIDENT.
''We now have God elected Presi
dent, or else Mr.. McKinley's sentenc,
was not proper one. God, in hi
providence, gave Mckinley God elect
ed successor in Roosevelt You cal
look for good President on account o
his true Amer icanism.
''Mr. Mckinley yielded to the Pop
of Rome to such aAD..s .Ato--5 tha
the Pope and Bishop of Nashville wer
among the first to offer prayers for him
He was bound to the Catholic church
Mr.. Roosevelt steps in without compli
cations or obligations to the Catholi
force. Cleveland made direct trad
for the Catholic vote in Illinois, and
can prove it. He made Mr. White
of Louisiana. member of the Suprem
Court of the United States He ha
the first Catholic in his Cabinet
s'We have an untrammeled Presiden
now, except for the one promise h
made-that he would carry out tn,
Mckinley policies l regret that
regret that.
1.-THE women of the w. c. 7. U
prayed for McKinleys defeat becaus
he dared to drink wine at banquet
The Methodist conference wanted t
censure, but could not agree on a vote
He suffered his Attorney General
override the anti-canteen law and tn
women prayed for his defeat. This
the only spot ON his character, givin
his Endorsement to moderate and socis
drinking have been fighting mod
crate drinking all my life because
know 1t started my brother to hell
His dying words grew out OF hi
Christian character. The world wa
looking upon him. 1t was perhaI
for this demonstration of Gods Wi
that he was taken off Death is tn
greatest blessing to a poor falterin
flesh and why should it not be in tn
case of Mr.. Mckinley.
After all. as we look at the deaf
of President Mckinley, perhaps it wa
magnificent lifting out by God of
troubled President. He said. LET IN
die. Why do you try to keep me heref
In his dying words he accOmplishe