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Show 5aliixdf'ii3(.j.l a( VjvL;nloB liuprtishf io Its Sulcmaitj. rol t All Sattasaa sad Walk, a' Ufa rf Tribal im Maa aad Martyr-Bawa-Ufal Ealocy by HLfcop irirtn; la the presence of on of tlx greatest great-est assemblages, both in number .ad io prominence of iudiridtikl eon-posing eon-posing It. lhal ever vmlird for like (orrowful os-casion. the national funeral of i'rraiileot Mckinley, wi. held at Washington Tursoar. and ai the ahadee of s ghi were failing ai! that la mortal of Inui in hoa booor the services v ere hrl.l. nasstarUdou iu laat journey lo the old home at Canton Can-ton Ohio, where udiiI,! .!... baa reigned since death ended tha career ca-reer of the idol of the community. As befitted the occasion and the character of Hie man the scrriree ware airople. They were conducted io accordance ac-cordance with the rites of the M. E church of which I'resid, nt Mckinley waa a life long mcml-er i onsisting only of two brums, a song, a prayer. I aa address and a benediction, they wera beautiful and solemnly impress-Ire. impress-Ire. Gathered around the bier wera representatives rep-resentatives of every phase of American life, including tha President and the only aurviviug ex-l'resldrnt of the United Stales, together with the repre-senlati.es repre-senlati.es at this capital of almost every nation of the earth. lireat Britain, France, tiermany. Italy and Spain and all the republics to the south- ward of the .'nileil stales mingled lhair tears i:h those of the American people. Aa the awert notes of Mr McKinler McKin-ler 'a favorite hymn, "l-cad. Kindly Light." floated through the great rotunda ro-tunda the asseiub.age rose lo iu feet. Bared lies, is were bowed and eyea atreamed with teara. At the couclu-aion couclu-aion of the byom. Hcv Dr. Najlor, presiding elder of the Washington circuit, cir-cuit, rose to offer prayer, the hush that fell upon the people was profound. When In conclusion he repealed the Lord's prayer, the great audience jion-ed jion-ed with blm. Scarcely had the word amen" been breathed wien the liquid lone of that ?."T,"iV",,l,',"l",'f """-' "'""n Time Well Ludcrslaad." went si r i.-h t ... the heart of every auditor. '1 he solo was sung by Mrs Thomas t:. Noyce of I ws'ngion. aud the beautiful refrain j ws, echoed and re-echoed by th lion-.., quartet, e choir . 'V 4,-,"'r""" '-'!. c. Andrews, theoi. lest bishop of the M. I., church, then t..k his rx.suion at the head of the bier A gentie breee through the rotunda stirred tiie delicate deli-cate bloom, which lav upon the eot'in I ""d he "pca.-e that passcth all uuder-I uuder-I standing'' seemed lo rest upon the venerable ven-erable man countenance as he began his eulogy of the life ami wo'ksof William Mckinley ,, ords were simple, but his hole hesrl was In every one of them. Ills tribute lo the t hnstian fortitude of the dead president presi-dent was impressive. In part, his address waa as follows: It was s tiumhle hme In whirs ha was born II ls a beautiful ,me uiatto the end or his life be bent mereiitlr tiefor the momer rl!lT'!n'',i'"i.'";' ""'"chlnir sti.l prarer a.,l ao ra.B,. ned h.s nor,. I s:i.l all h.s a.m. the , '"" brieBranU then came u h:m a. '.'i'.' ''!"" f p. er. Ho ?1 V. . "'"!' whirb.lt tahl Hs be-beved be-beved e , ..! , j,,,,, ,,, , t wh.iu l.0,1 . rereale,!. He f 1 i , part. I lib bis bremren ,.f ihr at n.l.. ,.f nTvsu ri-o.i, ri-o.i, passi., o ,d re.le,mi f tr.. ,ti ncUnrs muii scTt. nlr.; an,l fri.m the conn h lo !!,";'' n"' !". he m-eied ,p r,;1 0 tltjiried him atsoeniu.-bef the tr..ut,.e .,,d t "'vwe sv. In lliei.,1 wn.l nr.l hour .. . rt.i,,-,: him c, uiluir,, i r wu'b.'.!. ' ' " 11 ""'' "ol " Such Inn ,eee. to II. WHl .m MrKin- ler. and aha, .a. A n.sn o( lu,..,ru, ,1 .v.e,i;i,n:v.'.r:ilr..''r'' 1 - ",r "1 cr .7 ; h" ,"'t ; ;'r, '; W nurw.ir, iltti a::,.rl ,r.ai tir.n, -.1 ,j yjt ''" b',d w" wb.rire.V'sxs"nu h ,'hTojei eT,rlir..l "J -t.. MJ- ile.oM that, ihla mar ,m,ho. wrrw.h, t' V'"1, V J ' for hiateh.... .a. Iir bi bimse.r r, hroini uu ""-I lie,...eoaem ,s'.T I . . .ur.l .,e,t of ,. u.D,!r,.e.. of Ib.i aomp,,,. .... mu.rt h , f -nlrd upuD- IW .1 . ni, ih., .or, "" ""' can aet t.,ria lul.r lb. ua-iJ.T'Liy ua-iJ.T'Liy s? 's "'' ! and upbear. Ids- lore .blrb t-,,,,,, u, bm Hia oua.llie. bJIiari r'V""" '" but tbrou.h. ut ihr .orid. irf i, p,i!i aoVL.i J "l,.or lK" -ra a.n.atered M.ru.taod be.:reil, , ,.. die." I-is lowv hul not to h a c4 Lost from eana. but anu-rr.1 hew.en ul l, ,V Ut-.raat,d p-r ., but entered ir.to err aatTi and eer-a.l,an. i.-.a pnsrts it , aiot Wtit) baLA rrsjeru,sl u. L'pon the conclusion of the sermon the audience, aa if by pre-arrangement,' joined the choir in ainging 'Nearer My God. to Thee." All present seemed to be imbnbed with a sentiment of hallowed hal-lowed resignation asthedirtne blessing bless-ing wa asaed br Kev W. H. Chapman, Chap-man, upon both the livine- and the dead. At the close of the aervicea the ea-k.t ea-k.t lid waa raised, and in the aix boars following SS.OjO peopl v .w.d th re-maina |
