The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-09-12
Religious People of KenOsha Petition
the Divine Throne for Recovery
of the Head Executive.
PURIFIED MOTIVE THE SAFEGUARD
Rev. Florence Buck Speaks Eloquently CT
the Assassination of the President, and
calls for a Purer National Life

Sunday was day of prayer in Ke-
nosha and Notwithstanding the bad
weather great many of the christian
people of the city gathered at the
churches and sent up fervent burden
of PRAYER for the recovery of the ma
toms chief executive. In all the
churches the assassination or the
President was made topic and all the
ministers condemned in strong terms
the action of the anarchist. Many
urged that some laws should be passed
to prevent the anarchist from coming
to this country as they found IN him
the greatest menace to the public well
fare.
At the Y. M. c. A auditorium in the
afternoon a public service of prayer
for the President was held at winch
all the churches IN the city were repre-
scented. Rev. Charles L. Mallory, OF
St. Matthews Episcopal church, was1n
charge of sthe service and Kew II. u.
Camp, of the German M IL churCn'
made a few remarks.
In the opening service at the Un1ta-
rian church Sunday morning the new
minister, !Rev. Florence Buck, gave
brief address on the event which IS
filing all minds and hearts during
these anxious days. The words were
timely ard Significant. Miss Buck
said:
"This pulpit could not and would
not passIby without mention the event
of national Importance which is 'hll1ng
all our thoughts. We await today
with breath1ess anxiety the outcome of
+he crime committed on Friday last
upon the President of this nation. we
long and hope for a favorable issue.
The utmost resources of human skill
and care will be expended to save the
life that hangs in the balance. Ihese
efforts are the Legitimate prayers
which this nation may make for its
Presidents life. We plead with God
bv deeds as we'll as by words. Let us
frankly recognize that the words OF
our lips do not avail to change the
physical condition. God could not be
God, at once, just and kind, and set
aside in our behalf even once the laws
of his universe, however great the APP
parent need.
When those laws have been violated,
the only hope lies in restoring IN the
physical being that harmony and ad-
iustnent by (which continued life is
made possible. This the physicians
and nurses, and the strong will of the
patient are7 seeking to accomplish.
What. then. will the prayers of this
nation effect? Much every way. How
ever the words may plead for that
which God could not grant, there are
MANY things which it is in our prov
:nce to ask and receive; yea, there are
Things which Divine Goodness may
bestow, however much humanity errs
in the forms Of its petitions.
We may ask that the spirit OF the
DISTINGUISHED sufferer may be sus-
tanned and strengthened, condition
which exerts always benehcent IN
f1uence on the physical nature. we
NAV plead that our own hearts may
learn new lessons of the Divine laws
and processes by this sad and unfor-
seen event; that common sympathy
and sorrow may bind us closer together
as people; that the unseen things
which are of permanent value may
mean more to JUS in the future than IN
the past.
For there are lessons for us all IN
this tragic occurrence. The strong
are often put at the mercy OF the
weak; the wise are sometimes the prey
of the ignorant; the just and upright
NAV fall victims1to the vicious and
the criminal. The press is now de-
acknowledgements safeguards about the
person of our chief magistrate, safe
Guards like those enforced IN older
countries.
Will these added precautions suffice
70 save us from'a similar disaster IN
+he future? Did the military guard
serve TO protect and save the life OF
the President of the French Republic
who was made the victim of an anaT-
chist plot? Did the remoteness and
difficulty of access always maintained
about a monarch avail to protect King
Hunbert of Italy, or the Empress OF
Austria from the,assassin's blow! The
only ultimate safeguard is purified
human motive and ennob1ed human
life.
Together, weak and strong, pure and
vicious, humanity must rise or fall
The law of sacrifice is still operative
In the. effort for human betterment
many worthy lives will be sacrificed
but many more would be sacrificed il
no effort were made to redeem the
vicious and educate the ignorant. Lei
the safeguards which our nation would