The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1902. 3 Mdemory of Dead [President Fittingl > Congregations| at Churches Mourn. Pastors Eulogize the Beloved Leader. HE death K for memorial anniversary of the of President Mc- y was the occasion holding impressive exercises in many of the leading churches yesterd: The Christian character of the dead statesman, whom all | Americans loved, rendered it emi- fitting that Christians should do to his memory, and the observance e leading sanctuaries of the land of versary of his passing will in grateful remembrance by a ion that mourned his demise as 1 calamity. of the local churches the eloguent tributes to the McKinl as a man, states- public official. His pure char- his n spirit, his devotion to his stanch loyalty to unswerving integrity an or the American people, and advancement he %alued f, formed the subjects of scourses by eloquent divines. Presidio the soldiers thronged thc aid silent tribute to the mem- r dead commander in chief. In e respect for greatness timely death which deprived its head and prematurely of unusual promise and was sincerely deplored. The ob- day was a lesson in pat- must inevitably bear good future wife, which REACHES PISGAH'S TOP AND KIS LIFE iS THEN CUT OFF chaplain of the Artiller the logy, his subjec eing “P: nt McKinley and his Pro plain Miller's text was ronomy 3:27: of Pisgah, and lift up ward, and northward, and astward and behold it for thou shalt not go The Chaplain said: almighty ruler of men ad eloped the Israelites expanded their possessions, at plied to President d the nation into he was not perm wide power and pus- great speech at Bufalo sion of @ seer, prophetic that is yet to be. There pathfinder, divinity led. a that which Moses had top. President McKinley fon’s pathfinder into world- pow and pos: jon. He climbed summit of his Pisgah, viewed and out our nation's promised land, n, like unto Moses, his life was the mysterious, unrelenting th And now it remains for Roosevelt, like the old time of Nun,” with wisdom like to lead our nation trium- sgh the gates of its divinely nted_mission and possessions. Presi- McKinley, in his speech at Buffalo, after reviewing the remarkable progress of whi world t America the world in the last few years, said: “In these times of marvelous business en- srgy and gain we ought to be looking to the future, strengthening the weak places in our industrial and commercial systems, that we may be ready for any storm.” Look over the year that has passed since our ever beloved President went up to be with God, and you will see how sacredly this suggestion is being carried out by President Roosevelt. This ever-memorabie epeech, %0 prophetic and pathetic, should be very sacred to us all, for death had already marked him for his own, the fer- vent lips were soon to be touched by the chill_of Geath, already he had ascended his Pisgah and spoken before the portals of his opening tomb. It was here that he said: *“The period of exclusiveness is past. Fxpansion is the pressing problem.” ““The construction of the Pacific cable cannot be longer postponed.”” He declared with the fllustrious, clear-headed Blaine, *‘there must be a larger commerce and truer fra. ternity of the republics of the New World. LEGACY OF MANHOOD. Are not our eves already being fixed upon Mexico, Central and South America, where we shall soon have a work to do? The following prayer, uttered just before the assasein’'s fatal shot, gives us a deep in- eight into his unselfish heart and his in- terpretation of the Monroe doctriné. “‘Our prayer is that God will graciously vouch #afe prosperity, happiness and peace fo all our neighbors, and like blessings to al the people of the earth.” As & man’s life, 80 is his work. Then let us Jook into this comprehensive life so freely Jaid upon the altar of his country. How rich the legacy of true Amer- ijcan manhood, honor and true mobil- #ty of character, connected with that rewdnese and subtlety, that enabled him carry out his plans without strong an- | | vhose | J “Get thee | | i i | 1 &E STULVE FUE tagonism, In a gentle persuasiveness that called forth even the admiration and_cs- teem of those who opposed him. Well might be be called “the Wizard ~of the White House.”” In both private and pub- lic life he demonstrated the fact that a man may be a shrewd politician in the best sense of the word and yet preserve integrity and a_conscience void of offense toward God and man. His life shows us that a man may be true to himself, his country and his God and yet bz successful in the midst of an evil-demanding age, without trimming his salls to every gale of self interest. To President McKinley, the instructor of the young can point for a model to be imitated and say, ‘““With all his faults, here is a man,” generous heart- ed, honest, noble-spirited, a man of whom his countrymen may be justly proud, and one whom the world admires. Why our Preeident should be permitted, like his il- lustrious martyred predecessors, Lincoln and Garfleld, to be cailed away at such a time and in such a way, is a mystery which we must let repose upon the bosom of omnipotent power and love, with a con- scious faith that the lives of great and small are in God’s hands, and that he knows best when life's workday Is over, and will never suffer the triumphs of evil to be more than temporary. Washington made the nation, Lincoln saved it, and McKinley expanded it. ‘‘The workman dies, but the work goes on.”" WORTHY OF IMITATION. Let us take heed to the words of Gar- field in his famous address to quiet the people of New York on the reception of the news of Lincoln's assassination: “God reigne, and the government at Washington still lives.”” Truly great men dle, but wis- dom and courage do not die Wwith them God_always has his Joshuas in readiness for his purposes. The blood of a martyr can never be shed in vain. New life can only be given through sacrifice. President McKinley was a true Christian. He did not set before the nation an example of respect for the forms of religion, but lived and interpreted pegsonally the Christ-life as nearly as humall infirmities would suf- fer him. Before all men he avowed his discipleship to Christ in the sanctuary and before the communion altar. His was a greatness that found its highest exaltation in bowinz the knee to that name that is above every e. His life’s most pre- cious legacy. that discipleship with is Christ is not inconsistent with a career of greatest success and highest usefulness to his fellow men. His was a greatness that found it not derogatory to manifest a hum- bie dependence upon Almighty God. His life is most worthy our imitation, because it teaches us not only how to live, but how to die, or rather to live forever. Like his Lord and Savior, he died with tenderest re- gard for his loved ones, in forgiveness to his enemies, unselfiehness for his friends, and submisslon to the will of God. How dly the real character of the man ds out In these. his last words: ‘“‘My ife; be careful about her; dom't let her know Let no one hurt him.” *“I am sorry to have been a cause of trouble to the exposition—Good-by all, Good-by; it is God's way—his will be done, not ours.’” DEAD PRESIDENT W@s REVERED FOR HIS NOBLE TRAITS HE subject of Rev. E. A. Woods' dis- course at the First Baptist Church yesterday was ‘‘Lest We Forget.” He held up the career of President Mc- Kinley, his noble life and magnificent Christian death as worthy of emulation. Rev. Mr. Woods said, in part: . We may well be proud of our Presidents. No other nation has had such rulers—so wise, 80 strong, so pure. Three of these— Llncoln,v(urfleld and McKinley—fell by the assassin’s hand in the midst of their use- fulness and power, Mr. McKinley was probably the most generally beloved President the nation has had. Because of his amiable and attract- ive personality and his private virtues, as well his public achlevements, he was loved and honored even by those who did not agree with him in politics, A year has passed since that awful trag- edy in Buffalo, which shrouded the whole land in mourning. The luster of Mr. Me- Xinley's life and character is not dimmed by flecting days nor rushing events, His youth was pure and full of noble ambitions and his manhood strong, tender, crowded with tolls and crowned with suc- cess. His life was a demonstration that a man may be a successful politician and of- fice-holder and yet be clean and honest and manly. His tenderness of heart_ his do- mestic virtues and his genuine Christian character bave called forth the affection and reverence of the peole. In bistory Mr. McKinley’s name will ever be associated with the policy of our Gov- ernment toward Cuba and the Philippine Islands. In @ war which was not of our own seeking these lslands came into our possession. ~ With possession came re- sponsibility. In one of President McKin- ley’s last addresses he said: “If we can benefit these remote peoples. who will ob- jJect? 1If In the years of the future they are established in govesmment under law b < = x- SOME OF THE REVEREND GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY IN THIS €ITY AND OAKLAND ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE LATE PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY. -— 1‘: At Presidio C Words pf 2nd liberty, who will regret our toils and sacrifices? Who will not rejoice in our heroism humanity? 1 cannot bound my vision by the biood-stained trenches around Manila, whose cvery red drop, whether from the veins of an American sol- dier or a misguided Filipino, 1s anguish to my heart, but by the broad range of future years, when that group of islands shall have ‘become the gems and glories of the tropical seas, with a people Who for ages hence shall ‘biess the American republic because it emancipated and redcemed their fatherland and get them In the path- { way of the world's best civilization.” We rejoice that Mr. McKinley's policy— for it is his—is to bé carried out and we believe his purpose will yet be realized. But few weeks have passed since the isl- and of Cuba was turned back to the rule of its own people. When our flag was furled and our retiring guns gave a solemn salute to the flag of what is to be a_new republic, the world saw a most magnificent spectacle the like of which it had never be- forc witnessed. And we believe that be- fore many years have passed a similar transformation shall come to the Philippine Islands. Such achievements are of unpar- alleled splendor; they are worth all that they cost and more. To President McKinley more than to any other one man will the future give honor for its accomplishment. On this sad anniversary we pay our trib- ute to his memgry. We speak of his ster- ling Christian character ‘‘lest we forget' that by this he became grea His work is done, his toll is o'er; A martyr for our land he fell— The land he loved, that loved him well; Honor his name forevermore! And though the thought its solace gives, Beside the martyr's grave to-day We feel 'tis almost hard to say: “God reigns and the republic lives! WORKER M@y DIE, EUT THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR LIVES EV. J. GEORGE GIBSON paid an R eloquent tribute to the memory of President McKinley in his sermon at the Emmanuel Baptist Church last night, His text was from Joshua 1:2: “Moses, my hapel Scldiers Lis- ten Reverently to Tender Respect. servant, is dead; now, go over this Jordan.” said in part: The broken column may be true regard- ing an individual }ife, but it is not true re- garding national life. The worker dles, but the work goes on. The individual is cut off, but the plans and purposes are taken up by others. The wave rolls in and spends itself along the shore, but the ocean advances and reaches the high water mark. “The king is dead, long live the king,”" is true about more than kings. A man falls, but the cause he represents rises. Indi- vidual men dle, but life and living advance. Progress does not stop because individuals die. Human life is greater than individual ife, Moses was a great and good man. His death, however, was necessary to true prog- ress. He must die before Israel could tri- umph. The real march to the Land of Promise did not begin till he stepped out of the procession. Was his work broken oft? No; it was taken up by others, and others who had the true “‘time spirit.” Sacrifice is the foundation of all progress. Moses loved his nation too much to refuse to die for its success. He was not an individual 1iving for self, who regarded his life as the all important thing. He was but one wave in the ocean, and if the ocean advanced the principle of his existence was served. His life merged Into the lives of others, and to- gether as they worked and tolled they reached a farther stage in the journey. It may be doubted if Jothua was a greater man than Moses. God does not make two men alike. The true man is con- tent if life works into life as wheel works into wheel. It is not a question of mere greatness, as usefulness. The value of a man is in the fact that he fits into his place in the great plan. The plan was to get Is- rael into Egypt. Moses, with all his great- ness had not accomplished that. Joshua, though a smaller man, might do this, and if so, the death of Moses was a blessing and no_curse, ‘We may naver understand the Creator's reasons for putting one man aside and raising another, but we.can at least see the hero i the man who willingly steps aside when the time comes, and next to him Is the man who steps into the place and pro- Jongs the life that has seemed to disappear. Such thoughts as these come to us as we study out_the life of the late President Me- Kinley. He, like Moses, had no complaints to make when the hour of departure came. His individual life was great, but the na tional life of which he was a part was greater. His life was not broken off. It goes on to-day in other form. His herolsm therefore, arise; Rev. Mr. Gibson H0, & NILLY, Of B\ L97/545 &Y JI[D AT % Honored Hearts "Are Saé in Memory of Tragedy. has lifted men higher and made national life truer. The sacrifice was his, the gain ours. —_— LIPS-ARE SILENT, BUT HIS EXAMPLE SPEAKS TO NATION interesting sermon at Richmond Congregational Church, his theme being, ““The National Redemption.” In the course of his sermon he referred to the assassination of President McKinley as a diabolical crime and urged that the anniversary of his death should be ob- served by Christians. Resuming, he said: We are aroused to action when anarch- ists break forth with dynamite and knife and firearms and reveal the flendishness of their dispositions. But when the crime has lost_its sting the human conscience gces to sleep again on the subject. The anarch- ists are allowed to put forth effort to win adherents without hindrance, even during the anniversary weei of the committal of their crime against the ruler of this na- tion, against the nation itself and against all governmght in the universe. All_the more then Is it binding upon all who believe in a good God. in a good gov- ernment and in a good citizenship to keep alive in the nation the remembrance of William McKinley and the qualities cf character which made him illustrious. And to make all men see and to acknowledge the awful nature of anarchy as a crime, until the law of this county shall be o constructed and so construed and the moral sentiment shall become so elevated that no anarchist shall be allowed to breathe the free air of Amesica. God has redeemed this nation oftentimes through human instrumentality. And it i3 because there have been men in the na- tion like the man whom we mourn and honor to-day that he has heen able to do so. Willlam McKinley's lips are silent in death, but he vet speaks to us and re- deeming influences continue to go forth into the nation from his exemplary life and sac- rificial death. As a good Christian and citizen, and lawyer, and soldier, and statesman, and husband, and friend, and President; In his sublime courage and calm patience and kind courtesy in his Christ- like magnanimity and exercise of the pow- er granted to him it may be truly said of Willlam McKinley that he became the di- vine agent for national redemption. It is for us to make what he did effective, not only by perpetuating the memory of his lite and death and by doing all that we can to abolish anarchy from our land, but by following his noble example and thus becoming llke him, divine agents in nation- al redemption, S N McKINLEY’S DEATH IS DISTINCT LOSS TO NATIONAL LIFE REV. PHILIP COOMBE delivered an EMORTAL services in honor of Pres- ident McKinley were held at the First English Lutheran Church. The eulogy was delivered by Rev. E. Ne- lander, Ph. D. He spoke In part as fol- lows: When a year ago to-day McKinley died, stricken by the bullet of an assassin, hé Was not done with the American republic. He had so bullt his life into it that he will go down in history with it. He has en- fered upon a new career, a posthumous ca- reer. Wi McKinley's death help us even more than his life? Lincoln's did. His faith and devotion has nassed like parti- cles of iron into the blood of our mational life, What a death scene it was that a pation looked upon a year ago! Some- times the sun seems to hang for a briet hour In the horizon, just to show how glorious it can be. 'The day Is done, the fervor of shining i over and the sun hangs goiden in the West, making every- FEYV. J. GFO- GIBSON, DD ) % \Er S,0HI0 Y& i — Deeds of Martyr Are Extolled and His Life Is Held Up as Nobie Example. thing unspeakably beautiful with the rich effulgence which it sheds on every side. Lo! God seems to let some people, when their duty in this world is done, hang in the West, that men may look upon them and gather blessing from their effulgence. As the dying President thus tarried, as it were, in the Western sky, he revealed no new qualities; he continued to be patient, uncomplaining, prayerful. 0 King ever reigned by a diviner right than did McKinley hold his office, second to none on earth in power, honor and re- sponsibility. Willlam McKinley is his own eulogy. He stands forth as the peer of the other Great Americans with whom as- sassination has_linked his name—Lincoln and Garfield. When he prayed for his murderer he wrote his own history. In this case the sun makes its own rainbow. WiLL RANT(—:S ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN OF OUR TIMES T the Third Congregational Church Rev. Dr.William Rader eulogized the | life and ennobling influence of Presi- dent McKinley. His text was from Sam- uel 1-1:25, “How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle”. Rev. Mr. Rader spoke in part as follows: This eulogium from David because of the death of Jonathan may appropriately be used on this, the first annual memorial of the death of President McKinley. It has not been long since we greeted him with grateful expressions of popular apprecia- tion as he passed through our streets and uttered words of prophecy and wisdom. To-day monuments are rising in the path of his triumphal journey, and in the white marble is cut the people’s eulogy, “How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!” After a year's sober reflection the American people _dispassionately _pro- nounce Willlam McKinley a man of re- markable character, destined in the histor- ical judgment of the future to rank with the best men of the United States. He was mighty In influence, the influence which makes for national ~honor and personal righteousness. Unlike the warriors of old who were great in physical prowess and military power, McKinley was mighty as a man—a sensible, democratic, royal man. He was an exampie of the ruling manhood of the twentieth century. He was mighty in leadership. More and more do we see that this man led the nation safely under the frowning guns of foreign powers, and so inspired the indus- try of the land that humming wheels, roll- ing _trains, flery furnaces and the thunder of forge and factory, and mill, testify to his leadership. He guided the mation into prosperity, and the people gathered to- gether to celebrate the victories of peace- ful industries, gave opportunity to an an- archist to stiil the voice that sounded the toesin of national prosperity. In his assassination was a double trag- edy—that of the President's death and that of the discovery of the rattlesnake of anarchy among the golden sheaves of the republic’s wealth. Thank God the rattle of the natlon's snake is no longer heard, and that our country has turned the wrath of its electrictiy into_ the system of Old World hatred of New World progress. During the past year we have learned that there is an apostolic succession in the Presidency. It is the continuity of the American spirit at Washington, extending all along the line of the great administra- tions from Roosevelt to Washington. The spirit and_moral purpose of McKinley are being fiulfilled in the splendid record of Theodore Roosevelt. We are justified as a people in repeating with more than or- dinary assurance Lincoln’s great confidence in God, when in his last inaugural he said, “The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.’ GRATEFUL PECPLE HOLD HIS MEMORY AS ABOVE PRICE HE morning services at Calvary Presbyterian Church, at which Rev. Dr. Hemphill spoke feelingly of the life and death of the late President Mec- Kinley, were largely attended. The worth of McKinley as a man, statesman and public official, was aliuded to in eloquent strain. Mr. Hemphill said in part: This is a memorable week in the annals of our nation. This is McKinley Memorial day. e recognize in his successor an able, earnest, strenuous, God-fearing man, equipped of God and raised up by God for just such a time as this. And yet we still mourn President McKinley's loss and stand appalled at ‘‘the deep damnation of his tak- ing oft.”” Take them all in all, we are justly proud of the records of the chief magistrates of our nation. Measured by the right standards of rulership, they are head and shoulders above the rulers of any other nation on earth. The czars and em- perors, kings and kaisers of Europe, past _and present, are not worthy to be com- pared with the chief magistrates of our na- tion, past and preésent. Our three martyred presidents—write their names high upon the roll of fame. They belong to ‘‘the few, the immortal names, which were not born to die.” Abra. ham Lincoin, the greatest of all Americans, by far the greatest, nay, measured by his humble _antecedents and great achieve- ments, I think he was the greatest man since the days of the Apostle Paul: yet he was shot down by a mad man. James Abram Garfleld! a great and good man, yet shot down by a madman. Willlam McKin- ley! A great and good man, yet shot down by a madman. He was a man of the peo- ple, who loved the people and was beloved by the people, simple, sincere, plaim, hon- est, bemevolent, tender-hearted; a devoted son, his love for his mother ~amounting almost to adoration; a loving husband, the honeymoon not ending with the first month, but lasting through all the years; a white- uled patriot, freely risking his life in the service of his country; a clear-souled statesman, his purposes ever good and pure, rising step by step from obscurity to the highest post of honor in the gift of the na- tion; vout Christian, living close' to ying with his last breath, ‘Nearer. my God, to Thee; it is God's way: His will be done.” Let us keep him in everlasting remembrance. was THE BELOVED CF ALL FOR HIS NOBLE CHARACTER United Presbyterian Church, paid a tribute to the memory of the late President McKinley. His subject was, “‘Our Public Schools,” and in the course of his sermor he spoke of the life and public services of the nation’'s martyr, He said in part: One year ago to-day the pulpits and press of this country spoke forth the mes- sage of sorrow as we wept over the loss, by the hand of the assassin, of noble Pres- REV. H-~H. BELL, pastor of the First ident McKinley. All over the land this day his memory will be honored. This is pre-eminently proper. Mr. McKinley was a man among men. He was respected the world over for his manliness, his tender- ness, his statesmanship and his simple, true’ Christian character. His name gives luster to our history, as his life gave loy- alty to our Savior. Were 1 speaking especially this morning of that splendid specimen of American manhood and statesmanship, I could think of emphasizing nothing, next to his Christian devotion to his affiicted wife, more sublime in his actions while he waited in our city than to recall to you that thrilling scene on Van Ness avenue when the children of our public schools passed before him in review! How that parade touched and thrilled him! Of all he said while here, his eloquent words that morn- ing, seemed most beautiful and strongest. I can think that even to him who had risen from the ranks, who had traveled the pathway to fame from the little country schoolhouse, our city, far noted for inter- esting sights, presented nothing so attract- ive as that child parade. As he watched it doubtless there rose before his vision the forms of those darlings which he and their invalid mother vears before had laid away to rest. As he spoke to us of the dignity and prestige and possibilities of the public school, whether in those few . briet words or in the dignified life that stood beforeus, he must have wished: “‘Oh, tnat our darlinzs could thus have marched in honor of this splendid American institu- tion!”” But, he and they have since been marching on better streets amidst grander scenes and for a more blessed review. When our public schools produce such men, who can fail to prize them? Who will dare do less than all he can for their supporf and success? HISTORY IS READY WITH WREATH TO CROWN HIS FAME ABBI M. S. LEVY paid a tribute to the memory of President McKinley at the Congregation Beth Israel in a thoughful sermon on the subject, “The Memory of the Righteous Is a Blessing. He said In part: A _year ago, my friends, we assembled in this house of worship for the purpose of paying a lovine tribute of respect to the memory of Willilam McKinley, the martyred President of these United States, whose death at the hands of an anarchist sent a thrill of horror throughout the civilized world. During the year just gone by we have had some opportunity of calm- Iy reviewing the life and work of that truly great man, and history is ready with its wreath of praise to crown his name among the great immortals that came on earth to make humankind better and hap- pler for much of the past, and still more of the present prosperity we have enjoyed and are now enjoying, can be directly traced to the great patriotic love of Wil liam McKinley. In his early manhcod, when the great struggle raged between the two sections of these United States, the call for arms found a willing and eager soldler In him, and when the great issue was ultimately settled he was among the first of those loving and loyal souls that extended the hand of fellowship to the vanquished. In Congress his voice was raised for the pro- tection of American manhood, and as chief executivé® of the people North and South, East and West found in him a warm and fearless protector. We pay a well-de~ served-tribute to his memory on this the first_anniversary of his death by recalling all the clvic virtues of which he was pos- essessed, solemnly assured that, as the years roll by, the name of Wililam Me- Kinley will prove to be a blessing to many young men of similar traits of charac- ter, urging them onward and forward to deeds of righteousness, ‘‘for the people and by the people.” May the memary of this true and noble patriot shine as lus- triously as the stars he loved so well, and may his name never be forgotten among the children of men. At the conclusion of the tribute the rabbi asked the congregation to rise and recite with him the memorial prayer for the dead, and to the solemn strains of Chopin’s ' dead march the anniversary prayer “Kaddish” was repeated, many of the audience being visibly moved to tears.