The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-19

was more to him than the alauGits Of the
| uu.tisHae. and for her greeting his &C.
| kuoWlgG EemeUtS OF them must wait.
After receiving the fatal wound his
| first thought was that the terrible news
/ might be broken K, MY 20 her May God
! ln this deep hour OF sorrow comfort h'r-
| May His grace Doe greater than her an
/ guish. May th- widows God be her God.
His Christian Character.
Another beauty i'm ,he character Of our
! President that was chauIst of grace
| about his neck was that ne was Chris
/ tiau- I'm the nroadcst. uoh.est sense of th"
| word that was true. His confidence IN
/ God was strong and unwav,riuE. IL held
b him steady in many storm whore others
| were driven before the wind and tossed
He believed i'm the futherhprd Of God and
] IN His SoLeT, lguty- His faith in the Cos
pei of Christ was deep and abiding lie
/ had no patience with any other htme of
pulpit discourse Christ and Him cruel
/ fed. was TO mis- mind the only 9auacsa
/ ."r the world $ disorders. Tie h, i,ytd it
/ 10 ht the supreme duty of tn" Christian
! minister to preach the word B., said
| we do not look for great husiu, ss men
| IN the pulpit, but for great preachers
, II Is we'll known that his Cody motl er
| had hoped for him that he would become
/ a minister of the Gospel and that she be
] lcNtu II 10 De the highest vocation in life
/ IT was not however. his muflyrS fsi n
/ that made him a Christian Ee lad gain
! Cd lu early life "a personal knowledge of
Jesus which guided him iu the perform
! aEca OF greater duties and yasJer re-
/ ~u"USiHlltleS than have been the lot OF
any other American President. Tie said
az one time while bearing heavy burdens
tEa h. could not -ci@-ge the daily duties
Ci his life but for the fact that he had
. faith in God.
William Mckinley believed ir prayer.
. IN the beauty of IL. in the potency Of H.
/ It's language was not unfamiliar 10 him.
ID. l=. inf ErTrf
3 tNlnCC the fact IL was perfectly consist
eui with his lifelong convictions and his
personal experiences. that he should say.
as the first critical moment after the as
sassiuatiUn approached Thy kingdom
come, lhy viii hc done and that ne
should declare AT the last. 1T is God s.
way. His VII be done He lived grand
. ly, 10 was fitting that he should die grand
. ly- And now that the majesty Of death
/ has touched and calmed him. We find that
/ in his supreme moment he was stiu a con
! Gucrer-
The Horror of the Crime.
My friends and countrymen. with what
! language shall 1 attempt TO give cx-
precision TO the deep horror OF our souls
/ as ] sneak Of the cause Of his death2
I When we consider the magnitude of the
crime that has plunged the country and
the world into unuJterabie grief. We are
not surprised that one nationality after
another mas FASTENED to TrpuCiatC the
dreadful deed This gentle spirit VINO
hated no one, but TO whom every man
Was a brother. WAS suddenly SmittCn by
the cruel hand Of an assassin and that
too while In the very act et extending a
/ KIND and generous greeting 20 one who
/ approached him under the sacred Euise OF
/ friendship
Gould the assailaut have realized how
awful was the act be- was about q, per
I form. how utterly heartless the deco. me
+ thinks he would have stayed his ma ll at
the very threshold OF it I'm an the COM
ing years. men viii seek I'm vain Co faith
. Om the CnormiJy of that crime Had this
man who fell been utsUuJ. tyrant. an
/ oppressor. an insane frenzy TO rid the
world cf him might have sought excuse.
. but II was the people, friend who Ten
. when William Mckinley received the fatal
wound Himself a son 1f toll, his sym
. p1thies were with toilers- No one who
has seen the matChl,Ss grace and perfect
/ ease with which he greeted such, can
. ever doubt that his heart WAS ll his open
hand. Every heart thrnJ was for his
country men That his life should Doe sac
TiHCod AT such a time just when there
ives abundant peace. 81 hon aT Tlr A-cTi-
cas- were rejoicing tos.L LE,r. is one Of the
'U crutaFl' mysteries OF providence Like
many others IL must be loft Tor future
r,.raatlous tp explain
'In the midst Of our s0rrow We have
much 90 console He lived TO see his ma
. uou greater than ever before All sec
. JiouaI lines are hloJJcd out There is no
South. no North. no EAst. no West
H Washington saw the beginning Of our ma
uuual life Lincoln passed through the
D night Of our history and saw the dawn
. Mckinley beheld his country iu the spleu-
. dor Of its noon. Truly. he died I'm the
fullness Of his fame. With Pau. he could
say and with equal trgthtgl1css. I am
. now ready Co Poe uhsre1- ne work as
/ signed him had been well done. The ma
/ UOu was al peace. We had fairly enter
I ed upon an era Of unparalleled prosperity.
. Our revenues We're generous Our stand
ing among the nations was secure Our
! President was safely e-sh-iued iu the
affections OF "a united people II WAS not
AT him that the fatal shot was fred. but
! al the Government. His Offering was VIE
CariOUs. IT was blood poured upon the
I altar of human liberty ia view of these
/ things. we are nor surprised 70 hear from
/ one who was present when this great soul
/ passed away. that be never before saw
/ death SO peaceful. or "a dying man SO
crowned with grandeur
Lessons of the sad Event.
Let US turn now To "a brief cousidsra-
/ tion Of some Of the lessons that we are
% learn from this sad event
/ THE first one that viii occur to ms all
/ IS the Ola old lesson that-iu the midst of
J life we are in death
'' Man goeth forth iu his work iu his la
Dor until the evening. He ne,Jh ass il
were shadow ana never couuuuetn iu
one stay
our President went forth iu the FULL
/ ness of his strength. ll hIS manly beauty
! and y.-r- -r.,ff,rrr- -r-H-r,r fIr- rra hand
! that brought l.ath with b. None UI us
/ can tell what "a D..E u.aE bring forth Let
/ Us. thar. fore. remember that '.. E.u
/ liE.rh himself. and none n- US dI.rh 20
/ himself May each aay close -.s each
/ days duty done
/ 'Auath0- great lesson that ue should
| heed Is the vanity oi m.r. ealla-g great
mess .. fhy Ur.=,ue. af Ia. dread mes.
s'.g.T how small an. the trErrllEs OF
/ veEth ru. distinctions of rauh and pow
Z sr } a.r.' % yru. seek Him who said q
avn II. III..L..r ana b..