The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-20

And who in all the world has read the
story OF McKinley's tender and loving de-
votion TO his stricken wife without feelings
OF admiration?
For more than quarter of a century he
had ministered 20 her every want and con-
tributed in every known way to her happl-
ness Men sometimes boast OF trained
nurses and expensive medical skill claim
ing that their loved ones have been denied
nothing which money would buy.
But Mr. Mckinley gave TO his beloved
money would not buy. He gave TO her the
whole wealth of his hearts devotion. HIS
private life was one great long sacrllGe III
her behalf, and this sacrifice was atenueu
with such love. both in the giving and re-
ceiving, that il became source OF gen
ume happiness TO him.
How the hearts of all the people must go
that desolate and stricken woman
now, as she patiently but anxiously awaits
the coming of that summons which Will
enable her 70 join the loving spirit when
was so many long years inseparable from
hersl
Whatever may be the criticisms by polit--
ical opponents Of Mr.. McKinleys ofhclal
career. the verdict-the unanimous verdict
of all must be that he was a genuine
patriot, the highest type Of citizen gen
tleman of unfailing courtesy and dignity,
and that by his tender devotion to wife and
mother did more by example to elevate and
beautify the home life of his country than
any public man of his times on either side
of the sea.
BRAVE IN DEATH.
"As he was brave and gentle in life. so
was he in death. When the pistol shot OF
the assassin rang out and the President
fell, his first thought was of his wife, his
next of the miscreant who had sought his
life. His great heart prompted plea for
mercy for the murderer. 1t is a striking
fact that the only plea for mercy made for
the assassin anywhere in America came
no Ifr,e of his vic AS
the end drew near. and the shadows were
gathering around Mckinley was as serene
in the dread presence as he was in his gar
den at CantOn-as brave as he was under
rebel fire at South Mountain and Antietam.
With supreme faith in the Master he had
served so long and faithfully, he said: 1T
is Gods way; His will be DONE" and then.
a little later, as he was whispering Nearer,
my God, to Thee his great spirit took its
flight and the end was at hand. How APP
prOpriate, in the midst of that triumphant
scene, would have been the words OF the
grand old apostle of the Lord, 30 Death,
where is thy sting? o Grave. where is thy
victory
such splendid triumphs over death and
the grave are seldom witnessed. And now,
my friends, the people of America are TO
erect in memory of this man a monument,
that the virtues and graces Of his character
and his great public services may be per-
petualiy cOmmemOrated. This monument is
to be built by the voluntary offerings of a
patriotic people. who believe that the cause
OF government. of law of public and pri-
vate virtue will be promoted and advanced
by such cOmmemoratiOn.
1T is not necessary that the people of
this splendid commonwealth of Indiana be
urged to perform their duty in this regard
Indiana has never yet failed to respond to
the call of the government with her full
quota of soldiers i'm time Of war. nor have
her citizens ever failed in time of peace to
do all that patriotic duty required. In
diana will not fail of her duty in this
enterprise. From every section and county
and hamlet will come generous and
hearty response, and to the great monu-
ment to be erected TO McI<inley's memory
Indiana will surely contribute her full
share.
MIR. STANSFIELD'S EULOGY.
The Rev. Mr.. Stansfield said
"a prince and a great man fallen this
day in Israel is certainly the sentiment of
this Christian Nation. The relation of the
church and the state in the time when
these words were first given, was such
that the term Israel might properly be
used as touching either the state or the
church at large. In our own age and codn-
try, the separation of church and state is
most marked, politically speaking, and yet
it is safe TO say, that at no period in the
worlds history was the church more domi-
nant in the affairs of the nation than in
these times. The reformation in Germany
and in England In the sixteenth century
was all too political in its character, hence
decidedly incomplete. and il required the
real reformation of the true evangelism of
the elRnISenIn ana nlIlele60ln centuries ~
complete it. SO to-day, in the United
States, the separation Of church and state,
politically considered, is most marked, but
the Spirit of Life, for which the church
stands has permeated and is dominant in
the life of this Nation. In this respect, and
under the presidency of such men as our
field and Mckinley, America is pre-emi-
nently a Christian Nation.
Z" "A great man and a prince has fallen
in Israel Fallen that is the word used
laxrn oxr In kin Of ha N q
of his peerless general Abner The red
hand of the assassin had done It's deadly
work, and there was no other word that
could be so appropriately used as this
word Fallen When, indeed, the dark and
malignant forces of hell broke in upon
the national life, shifting as with an in
sane hand, the bravest, ablest and the best.
what other word can be used to describe
such untimely passing away Of the good.
A great man and a prince, this day, has
fallen in Israel Fallen by the hand of
one whose name shall never pOllute these
lips by any attempt on my part to pro-
nOunce IL. II that base man, under inspir-
alton and Indictment of false doctrines,
shall so bring shame upon the name given
| him in holy baptism, these lips shall never
repeat it; but he shall always be thought
of and spoken of by me as the assassin.
For whatever he previously was. that he
became, and in history must remain.
To-day, however, even under the pres
! sure of our heavy bereavement, in the
| house OF God, thoughtful men should exer-
| else themselves, TO ascertain by what pow
er this man became assassin. He was an
| assassin because he was an Anarchist. In
a somewhat careful study of anarchism,
since its inception in Europe by Michael
| Bakunin, a member of the Russian aris-
| tocracy, In the early part of the last cen
| fury, 1 have sometimes found local rea-
| sons for the evolution of such feelings and
| purposes as Anarchists revel in and feed
upon, and is 1T not a suggestive common
| tary upon the solidarity of the race, when
| such doctrines shall find their worst ex-
| preston in the land of the brave and the
| nome of the free and in the very heart of
| the twentieth century nobility? For the
! principles and workings of anarchistic So
| cieties l would refer young men pres
| ent to a careful study of the reports of
| the great Anarchist trial at Lyons in 1881,
| and If you cannot secure such reports, then
read very we'll written article on the sub
! ject in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
SECRET OF ANARCHY.
"But now what Is the secret Of their
baneful teachings and dastardly conduct?
| Nothing other or less than this 'disobedi-
ence to the higher They would put down
all rule all authority, all power. They will
substitute for statute law. free contract.
| They. have. in word and at every point
| of life, the utmost contempt for authority.
/ Such doctrine is at the very extreme OPP
posite OF Christian teaching, wherein We
learn that all power is OF God There can
be no truly upright life that does not have
a due regard TO the higher. And ii is for
ever true. in religion and in all life, that
| TO obey is better than sacrifice,
and TO hearken than the fat of
rams. The religious instinct in man