The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

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the time Of such disaster and sorrow.
The entire service was an evidence Of
the deep grief which was felt by all, the
music being especial ly touchingly rem.
dered.
African M. T..
The Rev. A. M Buckley of the Afri.
can M. E. Church used for his text the
9Th verse of the 3fd chapter of Amos
Shall there be evil in the city and the
Lord hath not done it, Mr.. Buckley
said in part, "There has been an evil in
this country, a calamity of unusual ard
disastrous nature has fallen on this
nation. We have lost one who will find
thousands and thousands of tongues to
eulogize him; one whose praise is in the
mouth of all and who is in such repute,
even among you, that it is utterly need
less to commend his memory to your
hearts"
Calvary Baptist.
The Rev. Geo. E. Morris pastor of the
Calvary Baptist Church spoke Of Nc
Kinley as ''good president, universally
zadmired and the colored mans FRIEND
Especially in the South"
First Baptist.
At the Baptist Church, the entire day
was devoted to memorial services. Att
3 the morning session, Rev. Norman Fox
( Hon. W. w. Cutler and Isaac Pierson
spoke in most touching and appropriate
words of the bereavement the nation
had sustained and the nobility and in i
2tegrity of the late presidents entire
life. The hymns Lead Kindly Light,,'|
land Nearer Ny God to Thee" which
were sung, were most fitting. At the
evening service Rev. S. q. Batten gave
a very eloquent sermon well suited to|
| the occasion
Church of the Redeemer.
At both the morning and afternoon|
services, the collects, sermons and hymns
were in keeping with the sorrow which,
least a gloom over all. DR.. Hughes
( spoke with force and pathos of the life
so suddenly and tragically closed, and
Expressed for all the grief which was sol
evident. The hymns Nearer, my God.
to Thee" and THY Will, not Mine, bel
.Done," were sung with much feeling by|
THE choir,
Methodist Episcopal.
The services al the Methodist Episco-l
5pal church on Sunday morning last were|
devoted entirely to tie memory of theI
dead President. Cardinal Newman's|
beautiful hymn Lead Kindly Light"|
was sung by the quartet and congrega-
ton as was also Mrs. Adams immortal
hymn Nearer My God to Thee. The
pastor Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D. D., AMI
bounced in his text these appropriated
words "a great man has fallen inl
Israel" He said in his opening remarks:|
I"There is but one theme for me to speak
! upon this morning. There is but one'
theme you come to listen to, it is theI
sonly one that is upon your heart and
mind. If | should preach upon the sub
ject announced my heart would not bel
{ in it,"
DR.. Hurlbut's address was an exceed
Singly beautiful and appropriate one.
He eliminated from it all talk of ven-I
sgence and presented the brightest sideI
possible of the awful tragedy. Through
4 it all he saw rays of sunlight and byI
means of thoughts and illustrations pre-.
scented them very wildly to his congre-
3gation. He spoke of the home life, the'
2public life, and the church life of theE
dead President. He said that Mr.. Nc,
Kinleys pastor had told him that the@
President while a resident of CantonI
land whenever in the city after he hadj
been called to broader fields was always'
1in attendance at church, prayer meet
ling, class meeting and board of trus-'
tees meeting, and upon these occasions
his voice was constantly heard in prayer
land testimony.
Church of the Assumption.
Very Rev. Dean Flynn who was theS
|celebrant of the early mass at the church,
Iof the Assumption, spoke feelingly of.
President Mckinley, whom he charac-
|terized as one Of the greatest leaders oil
|men the world had ever known. Him.
self a soldier the Dean spoke Of the!
strong ties of comradeship which hadI
bound the Boys in Blue to the dead
president and then his mastery treat
|ment of the Spanish war had also won.
Ito his side the Boys in Grey as WE'LL
The high personal character of the dead
president, the purity Of his life which
WAS that of Christian in every sense
was upheld as an example to all. The'
brave manner in which the soldier Pre-
isident met death, was not the result OF
accident but came from long and con-
.sistent humble Christian life, which,
enabled him to leave as rich legacy toI
.all as his last message ''Good Bye, Il
s(Sood Bye all. 1t is Gods wav. His will