The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-27

where, or on what subject he spoke. he
never dealt in offensive personality. he
drove home his points and routed mis-
antagonist WITH ::;s-c.!ess logic, but
never in any other way wounded the
scnsibilities.
1.-The remarkable tale Is not all told.
No language can adequately tell of his
devoted love and tender affection for
the invalid partner of all his joys and
sorrows. Amidst his many honors and
trying duties. she ever reigned supreme
in his affections. The story Of this love
has gone to the ends Of the earth and
is written in the hearts Of all mankind
everywhere. 1t is full Of tenderness, full
of pathos, and fun Of honor. 1t will
be repeated and cherished as long as the
name of William Mckinley shall live.
1t was these great qualities of the heart
that gave him the place he holds In the
affections of other peoples. They claim
him for humanity's sake, because they
find in him an expression of their high
est aspiratio ms. BY common consent he
honored the whole human race and all
the race will honor him.
But he was more than gentle. He
was thoroughly religious and too religi-
Gus to be guilty of any bigotry. His
blOdOu. COMPREHENSIVE VIEWS VI ludA anu
his duty in his relation to God, enabled
HIM to have charity and respect for all
who differed from his belief. His faith
so!aced him in life and did not fail
him when the supreme test came. When
he realized the work OF the assassin,
his first utterance was prayer that
God would forgive the crime. AS he
surrendered himself to Inconsistencies,
from which ho Ynic1,t 10
surgery could do it's work, he gently
breathed the Lords prayer-'Thy king
dom come, Thy will be DONE. And when
the dread hour of dissolution overlook
him and the last touching farewell had
been spoken, he sank to rest murmuring,
Nearer, My God. to Thee"
"This was his last triumph and his
greatest His whole life was given to
humanity. but in his death we find
his most priceless legacy
Speaking for very large and intelli-
gent and rapidly growing constituency
made up of the new religion known as
Christian Science, Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy expressed her own grief and that
Of her followers in the following public
communications:
Imperative. accumulative, holy de-
mands rested on the life and labors of
our late loved president, William Nc
Kinley. Presiding over the destinies of
a nation meant more to him than a
mere rehearsal of aphorisms, uniting
assent or dissent. 1t began with heavy
strokes, measured movements reaching
from the inf1nitesimal to the infinite.
1t began warming the marble Of politics
into zeal according to wisdom, quench-
ing its volcanoes, uniting the interests
OF all peoples, and it ended in a uni
versal good overcoming evil. His home
relations enfold a wealth of affection
tenderness not talked, but felt and
lived. His humanity weighed in the
scales of divinity, is not found wanting
His public intent was uniform, consis-
tent, sympathetc-and so far as it
fathomed the abyss of difficulties was
wise, brave, unselfsh.
May his history waken a tone Of truth
that shall reverberate, renew euphony,
emphasize humane power and bear its
banner into the vast forever. While our
nations ensign Of peace and prosperity
waves over land and sea, while her
reapers are strong, her sheaves garn-
cred, her treasury filled. she is sudden
ly stricken, called to mourn the loss of
her renowned leader. Tears blend with
her triumphs. She stops to think, to
mourn; yea, to pray that the God of
harvest send her more laborers, who,
while they work for their own country,
shall sacredly regard the liberty of 9TH
er peoples and the rights Of man.
What cannot love and Righteousness
achieve for the race? AM that can be
accomplished, and more than history
has yet recorded. All good that ever
was written, taught or wrought, comes
from God and human faith in the right
Through divine love the right govern
ment is assimilated, the way pointed
out, the process shortened and the Joy
of acquiescence shortened. May God
sanctify our nations sorrow in this wise.
and His rod and His staff comfort the
living as 1t did the departing. o. may
Els love shield. support and comfort
the chief mourner at the desolate home
In New York the sentiments of the
Sons of St. George in all parts Of their
adopted country We're eloquently voiced
in the church Of st. John by Rev. DR..
Arthur B. Howard, who said:
"The new wave OF patriotism which
love, sympathy and respect for the presi-
dent has called forth has swept over the
entire country and 1t is of the undying
kind. His Buffalo speech was that of a
prophet. 1t transformed William Nc
Kinley from an American citizen into
a citizen Of the world
THE flag he loved so we'll has become
symbolic of his life; the red consecrates
his life, the white is monument to his
purity and the field Of blue studded with
it's white stars is a symbol of the as
piratiOns of man almost divine. En-
twined with the British flag today It is
significant that the cross symbolizes that
his success as man and president was
attained by the power of the crucified."
We beg to assure the esteemed Ana
conda Standard that it generously over
estimates the slight service which the
Inter Mountain has been glad to extend