Evening star., 1901-09-17

Thy will be done in earth as 1t is In heaven
Give US this day our daily bread, and for
that trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation. but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
As the word Amen was breathed the
liquid notes Of song arose in pleading.
sorrowfEl tones, and the words Sometime
We Will Understand struck to the heart
of every listener as the sweet refrain swell
ed and vibrated and then died away into a
silver thread. only to be taken up and re-
echoed by the full choir. When Mrs.
Thomas C. Noyes had finished singing the
hymn there was no person who had heard
who did not feel the full weight OF the sor-
row which had stricken the nation.
After the song the impressive scene was
continued as the gentle, loving voice Of the
venerable Bishop Andrews was heard pro-
nouncing the reassuring words Of the Scrip
tural promises Of renewed life beyond the
skies.
The bishop laid the Bible aside as he
finished. and as he folded his hands and
paused for a brief period before beginning
his address he seemed to exert a hallowed
influence over those about him. He took
up his position at the head of the coffin
The gentle breeze through the rotunda
stirred the delicate blooms on its lid. and
the peace which passeth all understand
ing seemed to rest the preacher
countenance as he stood for that brief Pc
riod before pronouncing his words OF eu-
logy and comfort
The bishops delivery was not oratorical.
He spoke in simple words. but hts heart
was in each one of them At times. his
voice betokened emotion which 1t was hard
for him to control. He told the simple
story of a simple, pure life, and when he
asked the question as to why 1t should be
ended so abruptly his emotion was only
checked by his answer, which seemed to
sweeten his face to resignation as he said
1t was Gods way.
The funeral sermon Of William Mckinley
will impress itself on those who heard It
as a fitting tribute In simplicity and earn
estness to a life which bore those charac-
teristics. .Bisnop Andrews said:
Bishop AndEesvs' Sermon.
Blessed be the God and Father Of our
Lord, who of His abundant mercy hath be-
gotten us again: unto a. lively hope OF the
resurrection of Christ from the dead to an
Inheritance ncorruptible, undefled and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us
who are now, by the power Of God. through
faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed
in the last time.
1.-The services for the dead are -ftIy and
almost of necessity services of religion and
of immortal hope In the presence of the
shroud and the coffin and the narrow home
questions concerning intellectual quality
concerning public station. concerning great
achievements sink into comparative insig-
nificance, and questions concerning char
acter and mans relation to the Lord and
Giver of life, even the life eternal, emerge
to our view and impress themselves upon
Character abides. We bring nothing
into this world; we can carry nothing out
We ourselves depart with all the accumu-
lations of tendency and habit and quality
which the years have given to U.S. We ask,
therefore. even at the grave of the Illus
trious. not altogether what great achieve
ment they had performed and how they
had commended themselves to the memory
and affection or respect of the world, but
chiefly of what sort they were; what the
interior nature of the man was; what were
his affinities. Were they with the good.
the true the noble? What his relation to
the infinite Lord of the universe and to the
compassionate Savior of mank md; what his
fitness for that great hereafter to which
he had passed?
"And such great questions come to us
with moment, even in the hour when we
gather around the bier Of those whom we
profoundly respect and eulogize and whom
We tenderly love.
This illustrious man, whom We mourn
today, in the years to come, the days and
the months that lie Immediately before us,
will give full utterance as to his high
craftsmanship and his great achievements.
We shall not touch them today. The ma
ton already has broken out in it's GRIEF
and poured it's tears, and Is still pouring
them. over the loss Of a beloved man. 1t is
we'll But we ask this morning. OF what
sort this man Is? so that we may, perhaps,
knowing the moral and spiritual life that
is past. be able to shape the far-withdraw-
ing future. I think we must all concede
that nature and training and-reverently
be it said-the inspiration Of the Almighty
conspired to conform a. man admirable in
his moral temper and aims We none of
us can doubt. think, that even by nature
he was eminently gifted. The kindly calm
and equitable temperament, the kindly and
generous heart, the love OF Justice and
right and the tendency toward faith and
loyalty to unseen powers and authorities
these things must have been with him from
his childhood. from his infancy, but upon
them supervened the training for which he
was always tenderly thankful. and of which
even this great nation from sea to sea
continually has taken note.
The Home Of His Birth.
"It was a humble home in which he was
born. Marrow conditions were around him,
but faith In God had lifted that lowly roof.
according to the statement of some great
writer. up to the very heavens and permit
ted its inmates to behold the things eternal,
immortal and divine. and he came under
that training.
1T Is beautiful thing that to the end
Of his life he bent reverently before that
mother whose example and teaching and
prayer had so fashioned his mind and all
his aims. The school came but briefly,
and then came to him the church with q
ministration OF power. He accepted the
| truth which 1t taught. He believed in God
and I'm Jesus Christ through whom God
was revealed. He accepted the divine law
Of the Scriptures; he based his hope on