The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-20
THE SERVICE AT TRINITY
BY DR. FAX FIR IND POEM
 BY CHARLES F. SARGENT.
Congrcgation-The Interior of the Church Was Heavily Drnped- Mr. SargeMCs Poem Given in Full,

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 Church Was Heavily Draped- NIT
 Sargent's Poem Given in Full.
 The memorial services at Trinity
 gregation that completely filled the place and the services which were con-
 ducted by the Rev. Dr. Frank Woods
 Baker were very impressive. Aside l from some interesting and touching re-
 marks by the rector of the church there | was poem read by MT. Charles F. | Sargent, an instructor of mathematics in the Hillhouse high school and a | member of the graduate school of Yale
 university, MT. Sargent is the author of a book entitled "Our Home," which
 was published in 1883 and was written by him when he was in college. The book has an introduction by Mrs. Gar field, widow of President James A.
 Garfield. The book has reached cir
 culation of half million copies. Our
 Home" has recently been translated in
 to German.
 The church was heavily draped in
 black last night and the members of
 the choir were in cassacks. In the chan
 eel were Rev. Dr. Baker, the three as-
 sistants at the church, Rev. MT. Sco-
 yille Rev. MT. Parker and Rev. MT.
 Downes and the Rev. MT. Jackson of
 East Haven. The late presidents fa-
 vorite hymns Lead Kindly Light" and
 'Nearer My God to Thee" and an an-
 them were rendered by the choir. Rev. Dr. Baker chose for his text, Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will Be Done" St. Matt 6:10 and spoke of the connection between those words and the last words of President Mckinley, Tt Is Gods will; His will, not ours, be done," Rev Dr. Baker spoke in part as fol- lows: When the scrolls of history shall be rolled up, one of the greatest scenes will be that of President Mckinley summoning for the last time his cabi- net and leading them in the Lords prayer as much as to say that Tell the nation for whom I give my life to keep close to the spirit and teachings of God" The last words of man of ten sum up his life and a great mes sage is often given in them. St Ste phens last words were Lord Jesus Receive My Spirit Walter Scotts were God bless you all," Washington's Tt is we'll" Beethoven's, who was deaf during the last years of his life, "I shall hear in Heaven" and the dying words of Christ are in some senses the greatest, the most comprehensive.
 The death of a man may do as much or more than his life. The death of Jesus as the perfect man revealed as nothing else could his life motive Love. The death of Lincoln did much to end our awful civil struggle and unite a divided people and in the long hours preceding the death of Garfield a nation was on it's knees before God. It is too early to forsee the result of President McKinley's death, but if it rids this land of anarchists and an archlstic views and frills our people with the spirit of his last words, the spirit of respect for authority and or der, of trust in the sovereign will of God as most supreme, will it not be worth being martyr for so great result? But all is not gloom, as in these ast days we have learned to love Me | kinley and on account of his bravery ind tenderness. We may follow him to the end of glory fof we had no scof- | Ter at religion as president, no infidel | put faithful, manly, earnest christian man. Thank God for that. The nation | S indeed only safe in such hands,
 He closed his eyes on the sorrows of | earth and looked for the last time on | he face of his beloved wife, but there vas only hope then on the joys of the | lome above, which incident is far bet CT expressed than I can do it, in the words of the great poet Faber in his poem, The Land Beyond the Sea" Rev. Dr. Baker concluded his address )y reading that poem.
 The poem which MT. Sargent read | turing the service was as follows: