Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-15
MEMORIAL SERMON
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speeches. That speech at Buffalo
stamps him as the wise ruler, the
friend of nations; with the forces
gathering to destroy the joy of the Ma
ton this strong, true man fell with
the words of the commander on his
lips. Strong to contend; wise to adj
wise; gentle to help and brave to en-
dure, Mckinley gave his thought, his
love, his talent, his life to the very
last, to his country. And by it he be-
ing dead yet speaketh.
William Mckinley was taken by
violence in his strong. rich manhood;
ara all about us we heard of the cry for
re&engea and, the demand for the re-
strietion of the press and of free
1speech;f but reason and justice are
dealing wisely with this problem.
MeKinleys untimely death has in it the
element of vicarious suffering. Mark
you. his assassin came from long
line of ancestry representing the
product OF centuries of intolerance and
oppression with an Unborn hatred OF
all kinds of government. Now, have
we not encouraged the coming to our
shores of all classes; and has not the
mere money tdhtii
of this to fill our mills and our mines
with degenerates from all chimes as d
means of profit? In our folly have not
some of US said, The spirit OF hpe[ty
will transform these men into uselui
citiZens?" And not content WIN theae
importations have we not entereu illo
the manufacturing of degenerateS oii
our own account by the social cohoi-
lions in our great manufacturing anu
commercial centres, in our Sums oui
sweat-shops and by our general uisIe-
gard of law? And is not TINS question:
Of social conditions the most VeXlhg
problem that now confronts our Ike
public? 1t has taken two thousahu
Years to develop the Anglo-Saxon TO
the point where he now stands anu
shall we hope to convert the producl
of onpression and tyranny in single
decade? This dreadful deed ought
curaIv IN startle the United States out
of her easy-going laissez faire attl-
tude toward incendiary propaganda
violence and crime against the person
and property, and the too prevalent
disregard among high and low for the
majesty of law.
THE REMEDY.
what. then, shall conquer it?
Forces that in excited moments llhe
these we are too apt to overlook. IN
telIigence, the sense of justice, the love
Of truth. mercy to the weak, the voice
of duty, the absolute necessity OF or
der. enlightened self-interest embodied
in the home. the school, the press. the
church and the state are steadliy
working against it; and in the end Will
conouer. The direct opposition of evil
has its place. 1t is the surgery OIL
society. But the ultimate cure for the
ulcers of the body polite must come
from the vigor and purity of its own
blood" We must give all classes
education, culture and moral charac-
ter. To accomplish this great work
will require years and years OF pa
thence, courage, and love. rms is 70
be the test of our free. institutions
The worlds selfishness and ignorance
cannot be removed without great COST
and many sacrifices. The innocent ano
strong must suffer with and Tor the
guiltv. this eternal law of VlcarlouS
suffering is bringing humanity to us
goal one day the victory VIII ne rear
lied. Then prejudice, greed, blsotrE
hatred and oppression Will be dead
and reason. fraternity, charity, help-
fitness will be entnroned forever. one
of our Maine papers has well SAID
..tha underlying safety of the Nation IS
that the American people have pro-
found faith in God; a faith in the
divine mission of the republic; con-
seriousness of God in the present az
well as in history. The Christian con-
sciousness of the American people Is
greater than dogma. is superior &c
agnostic attack and guarantees the
waterloo of Anarchism. The con-
structive forces of the American people
are expanding not only commercially
but spiritually.
OUR VICTORY.
During the ages we have been coming to
orr victory through the vicariOus suffer
ing Of the prophets of humanity; Socrates
,nilst drink the deadlock; Jesus must beii
the cross: Wesley must face the mop
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley must RAJ
mt high noon these prophets lead hu'
manity as to tine way, the tomb. and the
life" In THE Present Crisis James
Russell Lowell sums all this up as fol
lows:
"For humanity sweeps onward; where to-
day the martyr stands. A.
On the morrow crouches Judas with tht
silver in his hands
Far in front the cross stands ready anc
the cracking fagots burn,
While the hootins of yesterday In slleh'
awe return
,ro CLEAN up the scattered ashes into his
tory's golden urn
There is an olI-time story of the con
fessional how once a british man was
kneeling before his priest meehanicaiiN