Show DYING PRAYER OF Victim of the bullet of a cowardly and assassin President Mc McKinley McKinley McKinley Kinley had fought a losing fight with Death The supreme supreme moments of 01 his passing are thus described by James On the Great Divide In the afternoon of his last day on onearth onearth earth the President began to realize that his life me wa was slipping away and that the efforts of science could net save saye him He asked Doctor Rixey to bring brIn the surgeons in One by cne the surgeons entered and approached the th bedside When they were about him the President opened his eyes and said 4 It is useless gentlemen I think we ought to have prayer The Tho dying man crossed his hands on ill n his breast and half halt closed cl sed his eyes There was a beautiful smile on his countenance The surgeons bowed their heads Tears streamed from the eyes of the nurses on either side of the bed ed The yellow radiance of f the sun shone sh softly In the room 4 Our Father which art In Heaven said the President in a clear steady teady voice The lips of the surgeons Hallowed be Thy name Thy Ty king kingdom kingdom kingdom dom come come Thy will be done one The sobbing of a nurse nurs disturbed the tho still air The President opened his eyes and closed them again Thy will be done dono in earth as it is in Heaven A long The sands of life were ware running swiftly The sunlight died out the raindrops dashed against the win windows windows dows dowse I Give us this day our dally daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temp temptation temptation temptation tation but deliver us from evil Another silence sIlences The surgeons looked at the dying face and the friendly lips For Thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever Amen Amen whispered the surgeons Then the light faded from the eyes of the President and he h Joined the triumphant t hosts on the theother other side of the dark river How beautiful the passing of this Christian soldier and and statesman |