Evening journal., 1901-09-09
WILMINGTONIANS
YET HOPEFUL
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AdulAy cllcle, ana the ScnOOl more
than the hustings and the camp. II is
true, and so this threat of Anarchism
Is one that must be dealt with pri-
marily in the closet Of prayer; then in
our schools and colleges, and especially
by aggressive Christianity in loving,
persistent application of a practical
Christianity in the slums of great
cities"
DR.. Keigwin then traced the recent
outrage to the rapidly growing, and
now almost universal, belief in mob
law. He expressed his candid opinion
that there was little difference be-
tween the Anarchist would-be assas
sin and those of the Presidents friend.
who cried out hang him"
Dr. Keigwin dwelt on the idea of thel
importance of maintaining a legal form
One act of lynch law endangers the
government as much as the assassina-
tion of a President. He closed by an
appeal to all TO stand firmly for the
majesty of the law but considered thel
frequent appeals to lynch law and the
assassinations as a clarion note to thel
church, calling it TO more aggressivel
and faithful work in its own field, es-
pecially in training the youth of the
land in Christian living
Members Of Grace Church read a spe-
cial prayer at yesterday mornings ser
vice, being introduced as follows: Wv.
thank thee. o God. that Thou hast given |
us such a representative Christian man L
be at the head of this representative |
Christian nation" Then DR.. King pray |
ed for Gods blessing upon him in thi' |
hour of suffering and peril-that the phy |
sicians might be given wisdom in thei |
work and that if consistent with the hi |
vine wisdom and purpose his life nigh |
be spared to keep his hand on the helm o.
the ship Of state during these times 1vhe1 /
such a kind and wise hand is so much i
needed. He also prayed earnestly and |
tenderly for the Presidents wife, thai
she might be sustained by Divine grace /
TO bear the Shock Of the awful tragedy 1
During the prayer the congregation mani
Tested the deepest feeling and the peopl /
were greatly moved.
No reference was made to the Pres
dent outside of the prayer, but at tn /
prayer meeting on Friday evening DR. /
King spoke at length of his life and char
acter, and Of the high esteem in which h
was held by all the people, and Of tn
universal feeling Of sadness and syn
pathy over his attempted assassination
WHAT SIN HAS BROUGHT
In his morning sermon in Unior /
Church. the Rev. R. H. Adams referTe,
indirectly to the shooting of the ma.
tion's Chief Executive. The subject OF /
the sermon was sin, and it's results /
and of Scriptures promised salvation
from the curse Mr.. Adams said sin Is /
the cause Of all the misery, woe, sor
row and suffering which exists. It /
natural that this be so, and it is jus
as natural that there should be escap,
from these conditions. Such ESCAPE
can come only when Christ redeemi
the world unto Himself, when right /
eousness shall reign and al sorrow
pain and suffering shall be foreve'
banished.
coLoRED PEOPLE soRRowFUL
COlored Methodists who attended Ezi9l
Church yesterday morning prayed for th
recovery Of the President and hear
their pastor, the Rev. j. RaymOn
Brown, speak words Of sympathy for N
wounded Executive and his family.
- moan today with the American De,
pie because great tragedy has been el
acted" said Mr. Brown.
"On Friday last at the Pan-Amcr
Of people was thrown into great conf
sion, grief and rage when but few mu
ments before peace and quiet, joy IN
comfort and admiration blended to max
one harmonious scene. In the midst Q
all this the Chief Executive Of this m
tion was felled by the bullets of a wretch
a knave, an anarchist. II is but the r,
suit Of a plot to stamp out nobility en-
ture, refinement and wealth--it is al
archy. The President had been warnp
by friends that an assault might be mad
upon his life, but he believed the Amer
can people too intelligent and loyal to
their chief any harm.
I'm this he was right. 1t was not =
American that fred that dreadful sho
IL was Pole, an anarchist. / sometime
think that some Of the American viii,
people consider the negro as the mo,
dangerous element in the nation. but
would have them understand that ther
is far more dangerous thing in thi
country than all the negroes combined
II is anarchy.
president Mckinley has served We
his country. He has served it in ea
pacity which no other man has or co'l
serve it. No country in the world enjoy
the prosperity and power that Americ
does. Never in the history Of this coun
try was peace so universal rs now. It ha
been under the wise management of NJ
Mckinley and his Cabinet that sectionn
lines of the country have been wiped on
The war with Spain has been wisely man
aged and America has demonstrated t.
the world that her naval power needs to
be dreaded.
81 believe Mr.. Mckinley is a man senr
from God TO accomplish q great work for
the American people. believe the work
inaugurated by him will either saw
America or be the means Of her destruc
tion, and I pray God that he may be
spared to carry on the work he has 50
nobly begun"
The Rev. William J. Birmingham OF
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church 81
each service yesterday spoke in a feelme
way Of the dastardly and cowardly M
tempt Of assassination on the head Of tn
government. He urged his people to con
slider that It was the same us an attemp