Evening star., 1902-09-15
TRIBUTE TO M'K|NLEY
Memorial Services on the An
niversary Of His Death.
HIS LIFE EULOGIZED
TABLET IN LOCAL CHURCH BORE
A LAUREL WREATH.
Pastors Refer to Life and Character of
Martyr President Before
Large Audiences.

Throughout the United States yesterday
in the churches of nearly every denomina-
ton tributes of respect We're paid to the
memory of the late President, William Nc
kinley. In this city, where for many years
Mr.. Mckinley had Deen seen engaged in the
affairs of the people. large congregations
were present in the various houses of wor-
ship to listen to the sermons commemora-
tive of the life and character and public
services of a great American. and the occa-
sion was strongly suggestive of the sorrow
felt by the whole nation one year ago when
the news was flashed over the wires that
Its chief executive was dead. The prevail
ing theme of all the addresses was the ex-
emplary life of William Mckinley and his
manly characteristics and many lessons of
patriotism, political integrity and moral up
rightEess were drawn from the theme for
the Inspiration of the present and coming
generations of American citizens. The trib-
uteS in many instances were eloquent and
stirring. and 1t was evident that the men,
Ory of the late President will perpetually
live in the heats of the people of this great
republic. The choi-s in nearly all the
churches rendered special music for the
occasion. and in nearly every service in
the city President McKinleys favorite
hymns. Nearer. My God. to Thee" and
Lead, Kindly Light" Were sung by the
congregations.
The impressive services at the Metropou-
tan NJ. L. Church, where President McI<in-
ley was a worshlper for more than five
years. were participated in by an audience
which filed the edifce to the doors The
tablet erected last July in the rear of the
church to the memory of Mr. Mckinley
was draped with a laurel wreath and an
American flag. and the national colors COW
cred the front Of the pulpit. In Senator
Fairbanks pew, the fourth from the front.
sat Secretaries Wilson and hitchcock of
the cabinet and George Z. Cortelyou, who
was President Mckiney's private secre-
tary, all of whom were visibly impressed
by Rev. DIR. Bristols eloquent tribute to
the man with whom they had been SO inti-
mately associated In public life.
DIR. Bristol's Theme.
DR.. Bristol took his text from Proverbs.
10:7: The memory of the just is blessed"
and he spoke in part as follows:
''No. not for q single day, not for one
hour, have this people forgotten the pure,
the good, the just. the Chivalrous, Chris
tian man; the patriotic, broad-mnded ideal
President. the magnificent American, Will
lam Mckinley. We garland his name with
memory's most beautiful tributes of graf
itude and praise, of honor and love. We re-
JOice in his fame We glOried in his deeds
And in our song and prayer We worship
with renewed faith that Divine Providence
who raises up the master spirits sent to
in the way of liberty and peace.
William Mckinley. like George Wash
ton and Abraham Lincoln, grows in our es-
TEEN, our patriotic affection and our na-
tional pride Intellectually and morally. IN
genius and in character, he was worthy of
the honor we paid him in his life and Of
the reverence with which We cherish his
memory since his death. His political wis
dom. his craftsmanship, his mental balance
and power of initiative, his executive ge-
MUS. his military talent the SOundness of
his financial and economic philosophy, his
calm, self-pOfse, his infinite grace. dignity
and urpanity of manners. his genial, kindly.
magnanimous spirit, his self-command, his
love of man. his honor of woman, his sweet
affection for childhood. his solicitude for
the suffering and the oppressed. his pride
in the triumph of American industry, his
faith in the justice Of American law. his
glory in the growth and stability of Amer
lean liberty. his devotion and martyrdom
to American labor and American prosper
itE, all seem to us this day to clothe him
with beauty. nobility, a greatness to
which the distance of time lends an ever
Increasing cnchantment."