Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
TRIBUTES TO MEMORY
Two Churches Hold Services
for Mckinley.
ADDRESS BY DR.. WOODROW
Special Music Under Direction of DR..
]. w. Bischoff.
JOHN REID SHANNON'S EULOGY
Gives Martyred President Much
Credit for the Growth of the
United States.
ADDRESS BY DR.. WOODROW
JOHN REID sHANNoN's EULOGY

Services in honor of the memory of
President Mckinley were held last even
ing in First Congregational Church and
Metropolitan NJ. f. Church. At First
Congregational Church Rev. DR. Wood
rows subject was "A Nations Heroes"
Among those who heard the address We're
members of the Womens Relief Corps,
at whose suggestion the memorial Serv-
ice was held
Speaking of President Mckinley, Dr.
Woodrow said:
There may be in the future life of
this nation some man who Will win n
place beside, Washington and. Lincoln.
doubt ii. l believe, too, that no man up
to the present time has won that place.
But among the many whose great serv-
ices have lifted them above the heads
of their fellows there is no man. in my
opinion. who approaches so nearly to
that high place does Mckinley. Close
to the hearts of the people. bone of their
bone and life of their life, he came at
q time when great questions had to be
decided. 1t was his hand on the tiller
that guided us when we broke away
from our isolation and set forth to be-
come a world power. Although men still
differ honestly as TO the ACCESSIBILITY of
that move all arc agreed that no stead
Ter hand could have guided us.
Fidelity to Duty.
Born In comparative poverty, MS en-
tire. career. through his enlistment while
still Lin his teens. his legal practice in
his own state. and his work as a repre-
sentative in Congress. shows in every
de all that uprightness. and fidelity to
duty that gave him the absolute conf
dencr of the people
Ills splendid Christian spirit was
never more truly shown than when,
with death from an assassins bullet
close upon him, he said:
1t is Gods will. His will be done
With such men as Washington, Lin
coin and Mckinley TO guide us, we can
go forward under God and solve every
problem that man may crea e.
Special music had been prepared for
the service; under the direction of DIR. j.
w. Bschoff. and was rendered by quar-
tet and large chorus. The church was
decorated with flags and bunting.
Credit to Mckinley.
DR. John Reid Shannon spoke at Metro
politan NJ. Z. Church on Moral Lessons
from the Life, Character and Services
of William Mckinley He gave Nc
Kinley much credit for the growth of the
United States in the last decade. He said
in part:
Mr. Mckinley was a Christian noble
man. In all the history of our nation
we have never had a statesman living on
a1higher ethical and spiritual plane. He
was polished. winsome. dignified. Chris
tian gentleman always As a Christian
he challenged the esteem and devotion of
his bitterest political opponents His
character is untarnished by all the tests
of public scrutiny Like Washington and
Lincoln, his example shines ont to illus
trate the fact that cleanness of life an
untarTished conscience and incerruptible
manhood are all compatible with the
highest political success and power
Deep Hold on Hearts.
1T was the intimacies of his home life
that in Mckinley took deepest hold upon
our. hearts, He exalted American home
life by his loving devotion to his invalid
wife. His example as husband gives
TO the American people lesson that
cannot be too much emphasized in this
day, when divorces are numerous that
we are having with every twelfth
marriage. BY his tender ministries to his
aged mother he touched the heart of the
American nation and the whole civilized
world.
''Mckinley's deathbed scene was full of
moral grandeur. His last words were a
sublime testimony of the deathess power
of Christianity.