Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-27

It's Gods way. His Will be done. Anu
then, Nearer my God. to thee"
Passes On to BE at Rest
So. nesting nearer to his GOD, ne
passed out into Inconsistencies, skirteo
the dark shores of the sea OF death LOT
a time, and then passed on to be at rest.
His great heart had ceased to beat. our
hearts are heavy with sorrow.
"a voice is heard on earth OF KinfoiK
weeping
The loss of one they love-
But he has gone where the redeemed are
keeping
A festival above.
1.-THE mourners throng the ways and from
the steeple
The funeral bells toll slow;
But on the golden streets the holy peo-
pie
Are passing to and fro.
"And saying as they meet. Rejoice,
Long waited for is come.
The Saviors heart Is glad, younger
brother
Has reached the Fathers home"
The cause of this universal mourning
is to be found in the man himself. The
inspired penman's picture of Jonathan,
likening him unto the Beauty of IS
rael," could not be more appropriately
employed than in chanting the lament OF
our fallen chieftain. 1t does no violence
TO human speech, nor is it fulsome eulogy
to speak thus of him, for who that has
seen his stately bearing. his grace and
manliness of demeanor his kindness OF
aspect but gives assent to this descrip-
ton Of him?
Loved by All Who Knew Him.
II was characteristic of our beloved
President that men met him only to love
him. They might, indeed, differ with him
but in the presence of such dignity OF
character and grace of manner none could
fail to love the man. The people con-
fided in him, believed in him. 1t was said
of Lincoln that probably no man since
the days of Washington was ever sc
deeply embedded and enshrined in the
hearts of the people, but it is true OF
Mckinley in a larger sense. Industrial
and social conditions are such that he
was. even more than his predecessors
the friend of the whole people. A touch
ing scene was enacted in this church las,
Sunday night. The services had closed
The worshipers were gone to their homes
Only a few fingered to discuss the sac
event that brings us together today
Three men of foreign race and unfa
miliar tongue, and clad in working garb
entered the room. Ihey approached the
altar. kneeling before it and before the
dead mans picture. Their lips moved as
IL in prayer, while tears furrowed theii
cheeks. They may have been thinking
of their own King Humbert and of hi.
untimely death. Their emotion was elo
uuent, eloquent beyond speech, and it bore
testimony to their appreciation of man
ly friendship and of honest worth.
Soul Clean and Hands Unsullied.
1t is a glorious thing to be able to say
in this presence with our illustrious dcat
before u.s. that he never betrayed thu
confidence of his countrymen. Not TO
personal gain OF pre-eminence would h
mar the beauty of his soul. He kept !
clean and white before God and man
and his hands were unsullied by brides
"His ewes looked right on, and his eye
lids looked straight before him." He wa
sincere, plain and honest, just benevo
lent and kind. He never disappointe
those who believed in him, but meas
ured up to every duty and met every re
snonsibility in life grandly and unhinch
ingly. Not only was our President brave
heroic and honest: he was as gallant
knight as ever rode the lists for MS iad
love in the days when knighthood was
dover. 1t is but few weeks since TN
nation looked on with tear-dimmed eye