Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-02

us IT saw with what teneer conjnEal Ne
Votion he sat at the bedside of his he-
loved wife. when all feared that a fatal
illness was upon her. No public ella rtor
that he might show himself to the popu-
lace no demand of a social function was
sufficient to draw the lover from the he'd
side of his wife. He watched and waited
while we all prayed-and she lived
Tender story of His Love.
This sweet and tender story all the
world knows. and the world knows that
his whole life had run in this one groove
of love. 1t was strong arm that she
leaned upon and it never failed her Her
smile was more to him than the plaudits
OF the multitude and FOR her greeting his
acknowledgements of them must walt
After receiving the fatal wound his hrst
thought was that the terrible news might
be broken gently to her. May God In this
deep hour of sorrow comfort her. May
his grace be greater than her anguish.
MAY the widows God be her God. Anoth-
er beauty in the character OF our Presi-
dent, that was a chaplot OF grace about
bis neck, was that he was a Christian.
In the broadest, noblcst sense of the word
that was true. His confidence In God was
strong and unwaVering, 1t held MN
steady In many storm where others
were driven before the wind and tossed.
re ptutNfu III tnt IhNntInOou VI bbh hAiN
in his sovereignty. His faith In the gos-
pei OF Christ was deep and abiding. He
had no patience with any other theme
OF pulpit discourse 'tChrist and MIN cru
Gifted" was to his mind the only panacea
for the worlds disorders. He believed IL
! to be the supreme duty OF the Christian
minister to preach the word. He said:
/ I'VE do not look for great businessmen
in the pulpit, but for great preachers
Ever "A True Christian.
| 1t is we'll known that his godly mother
| had hoped for him that he would become
a minister Of the gospel. and that she
| believed 1t to be the highest vocation in
| life. 1t was not. however. his mothers >
| faith that made him Christian. lie had
/ gained i'm early life personal knowledge
/ OF Jesus which guided him In the per-
/ tormanCe of greater duties and Naster
| than have been the lot of any other Am
| erican President He said at one time,
while bearing heavy burdens that he
/ could not discharge the daily duties OF
| his life but for the fact that he had
/ faith in God. William Mckinley believed
| i'm prayer, In the beauty of 1t, In the
| potency of It, Its language was not un-
! familiar to him. and his public addresses
! not infrequently evince the fact 1t was
| perfectly consistent with his lifelong
| convictions and his personal experiences
| that he should say as the first critical
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preached. "Thy Kingdom come; thy will
be done" and that he should declare at
the last, lit is Gods way; his will be
| done" He lived grandly; 1t was hitting
that he should die grandly. And now
| that the majesty of death has touched
and calmed him We find that in his SUI
| preme moment he was still conqueror.
Lessons from the saa Event.
Let us turn now to brief considera-
| ton of some of the lessons that we are
/ TO learn from this sad event. The first
one that will occur to us all is the old
old lesson that lin the midst of life we
are I'm death" MAN goeth forth to his
work and to his labor until the evening.
He heeth as it were shadow and never
contnueth in one stay" our President
went forth I'm the fulluess of his strength,
in his manly beauty, and was suddenly
smitten by the hand that brought death
! with It, None of us can tell what day
may bring forth. Let us, therefore, re-
member that mo man liveth to himself
and none of us dieth to himself" May
each days close see each days duty done
Another great lesson that we should heed
Is the vanity of mere earthly greatness
In the presence of the dread messenger
how small are all the trappings of wealth
and distinction of rank and power. ! be
seech you, Sc * him who said: Il am the
resurrect ton and the life; he that believ'
eth I'm me, though he We're dead, yet shall
he live and whosocver liveth and be-
iieveth i'm me shall never die" There Is
but one Savior for the sick and the weary
I entreat YOU. find him, as our brother
found him. But our last words must be
spoken. Little more than four years age
we hadc him goodbye as he went to as
sumo the great responsibilities to which
the nation had called him. His last words
as he left US We're, Nothing could give
me greater pleasure than this farewell
] IrFts. no fG aN~i1nnRA ~ friend.
ship and sympathy, your good will, and
I ana sure. the prayers of all the people
with whom | have lived so long anc
whose confidence and esteem are dearei
to me than any other earthly honors. Tt
all of us the future is a sealed book
hut If ! can by official act or admins
tration or utterance. in any degree ado
10 the prosperity and unity of '' be
loved country and the advancement ant
wcll-beng of our splendid citizenship,
will devote the best ana most unseltisf
efforts of my life to that end. With thi'
thought uppermost i'm my mind. | reluc
1 tantly take leave of my friends and neigh
bors. cherishing in my heart the sweetest
memories and thoughts of my old home
my home uow-and. ] trust, my HON;
hereafter. so long as ] live" We hoped
with him that when his work was done
freed from the burdens of his great Of
flee, crowned with the affections of hap
py people he might be permitted to clos'
his earthly life in the home he had loved
Sadness of the Homecoming.
He has. indeed, returned to us. hu
how? Borne to the strains of Nearer
My God, to Thee and placed where h'
first began life's struggle, that the peopl'
might look and weep over so sad a home
I coming. But it was triumpha march
How vast the procession The nation ros
and stood with uncovered head. The peo
pie of the land are chief mourners. rh'
nations of the earth weep with them
But, o. what victory. ! do not ask yol
In the heat of public address. but i'm th'
calm moments Of mature reflection, wha
other man ever had such high honurs be
slowed upon him, and by so many people
What pageant has cqualed this that W.
look upon tonight? We gave him to th'