Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-16

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5Imost without exception, paid a trib-
ute in their discourses yesterday to
me memory of our martyred Presi-
dent. VIM. A. Mckinley. Indeed, in
s.. eral instances the entire sermon
4as devoted TO a review Of his noble
Ife and triumphant. though tragic
death.
The calm and quiet of good mans
end was the theme of the Rev. Joseph
sReefs at the Second Presbyterian
church, the pastor taking for his text
tie fourth verse OF the twenty-third
e#aln. Yea, though | walk through
Ire valley Of the shadow of death,
- fear no evil; for thou art with me:
tbs rod and thy staff they comfort me.
This Psalm" said the preacher,
brings out the identity and continuity
a spiritual life of Gods people in
al ages and under all dispensations,
49,. lIIe sreaJ underlying thoughts are:
The consciousness of God that per-
Yades the Psalm.
The selection of God to the indivi-
eaal life.
THAT the man whose God is the Lord
can look hopefully into the future, not
only OF life itself but of that future
which lies beyond the valley of the
shadow of death.
1T was this consciousness which per-
yaded the life of President Mckinley
from his earliest youth until his dy-
ing hours and enabled him TO say as
the gates of death we're swinging
aiar. Nearer My God to Thee
The speaker referred to the Pres-
dents humble BIRTH his christina
training and the mothers influence.
He was mothers boy and ful1lied
ne great eommandant, Honor thy
Fqther and thy Mother, even when the
pyssident of seventy millions OF peo-
49,. he. after taking the oath of ONCE,
IN the presence of assembled thous-
.nds turned TO his aged mother and
ave her the greeting of loyal and
0bedlent son.
The speaker referred to the Presi-
dents career as a soldier and
statesman. how, leaving the art OF war
he grandly took up the duties OF civil
life and by patient labor and perse-
Cerance fitted himself for the highest
Y lice in the nation. His was the
craftsmanship born of hard and faith
Jul wol L, which pays in the end.
He sp,ke of the nations confidence
in President McKinley's calm judge
ment and maturSd wisdom, and SAID:
1T is neither in the aspect OF soldier
or statesman that we grasp the grand
eur of the man, but in his private ana
home life, and his life is an example
for the youth of the land in love and
respect to parents, in earnest, faithful
perseverance asd his thoushtfulness
for the future He was conscious OF
Gods neainess at all times and DC
A charge TO keep I have
A God to glorify;
Anever-dying soul to save
And fit it for the sky
He teaches a lesson to American
manhood by his home life, by his life
as son, friend, and husband"
The preacher referred to the loose
ness of the home life in our times, and
called attention to the martyred Presi-
dents faithful observance of the VOWS
he made at the altar Of marriage; his
love and care of his sweet, invalid
wife, "of whom were his last thoughts
and to whom were uttered his last
words" The speaker here referred to
statements made that the President
died without the presence of minis
ter of the gospel and said:
William Mckinley needed no min
lister in his last hours. He settled the
question of his sours salvation when
in the strength of his young manhood
and was not ashamed to own his
44Olu, HOT u ueI6nu f1lo SduSS. O"iiA
ly and quietly as the shadows fell
apace in his dying hour William Nc
Kinley, President of the United
States, lifted the heart of the nation
up to the very throne of God, and his
last words are heritage to the ma
ton. and lesson to mankind OF the
reality of religion, that, standing face
to face with the unseen, he who puts
his trust in Almighty God and is
guided by the Holy Spirit, will be able
10 say in the language of the Psalmist,
Yea though l walk through the valley
of the shadow of death l will fear no
evil"
At First U. p. Church.
The pastor, Rev. Charles H. ROBIN