| Show BY GLINT CLINT 4 T Tell ell Mother Ill I'll Be There ThereA J J A president goes to church with his bis mother The epry little woman oman of ot 87 smiled limned proudly at her neighbors It H was waa Sunday Sundar and she ebe was wal walking to church with her son IOn H lie was aa President ot or the theM United States but she was waa as aa proud of him as U 11 be e had been a Methodist M l t Everybody Embody knows knowl that WIlliam McKinley was WM devoted to his hia mother Everybody know knowe ow I that he wa was a devout Christian taught tf a Bible Dible class 1 and was wa superintendent o ol of a M H Methodist Sunday Sundar School What everybody doe does not know H le that every day dar of hIs bis mothers mother's life lite as f lawyer congressman an governor of Ohio and United States President when William McI Me- Me Kinley did not see Bee his mother he either wrote I or telegraphed her I. I In October mid 1897 t McKinley slipped out ot or the I White House and took a train for Canton Just lust to towa wa walk k to church with his mother He lie wanted to walk to church with her like he and his brothers and sisters had when Mother McKinley carried her brood to church ch ch as soon loon as aa they were old enough to toddle Nancy Allison McKinley was fond of all her five rive girls and four boys but she seemed to lean slightly lightly to her husbands husband's namesake William is le going to be a bishop someday she once said proudly But Dut when William became United States l J President Instead It was waa all right with her He IV Wb I was bet tut U Unit bow tou u wU U U I t r. r Ud How Ho I swed II grin my tin n with Mi my y f oUr oil ad nJ areal Id I A now ow of the bas r. r In go OM S. S H. H Hear I mi us her fer I. I n. n 0 O Savl ar tell U my y Mier n Ill I'll tt be tin n rr I w was t teu t m rl she tit w was 1 M kind d 11 00 s. s St S. J unfit t rm win h. h I dl ctrl d nj mi nul ft I My rio J treat Mth At she w U 11 roily with wilt M mt Hr would conduct himself befitting to the Christian gentleman she had rals raised d. d whether he be bishop or president When President McKinley's mother became IllIn Ill In the Winter of or 1897 he had her home in Canton connected with the White House by br special wire And he kept a train shading by br under full tun steam 24 hours boura a day One night when Mother Me- Me Kinley called for William att attendants wired Mr President we think yon TOil had better come The answer flashed nashed back Tell Mother Ill I'll be thereOn there On Sunday Sundar afternoon Dec Dee 18 12 18 1897 1891 Nancy McKinley breathed her last wt In the arms arm I of her 54 year old year old son IOn For fully an hour after attar she Ibl died he didn't move from her bedside Less than four tour years rear later while making a speech In Buffalo Duffalo McKinley was cut down by br a bullet from the gun gnu of anarchist Leon With no bitterness even for his hilt assassin the dying president said Gods God will be done Then he called for tor a hymn his mother had taught him him him- Nearer My God To Thee flee His HI body was 1 brought back to Canton and laid to rest beside his mother writer Hymn Charles Charle M M. M Fillmore wrote a song lOng that Is said uld to have been Inspired by William Mc Mc- telegram TELL MOTHER ILL I'LL BE DE THERE 0 0 J my in eber Ill I'll tt be Shen r.-r r. Out 0 II day any m a sage as N t I. I mt ae ft U bid mt e q I I u 14 U ut II my y Sher n n ere Ir the ra look 01 n het r. r h. h I 1 her Hr m b. she di 11 r H It S. r rr r l lO O 0 O. O IM n my t n r 1 Ill I'll be fill rU tin n I Ill I'll bt he there n in M ewer r It S. r y Tilt rill eur 0 1 S tt her Hr heart 61 r. r TM Till tits n Ill I'll bt b. tin n HM Heave fey 18 wit with wi her mtr It t. sing 0 Ill Til tM U my y rl in I VU IU fl kt be n 1 lift ty h Chart M. M Rearm ud f b by y i. i tf y y t J I M |
