A Union Service In Memory Of William Mckinley Twenty Fifth President Of The United States

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ISBN 13 : 9781333855901
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Memorial Service in Honor of Our Dearly Beloved and Much Lamented President William McKinley written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorial Service in Honor of Our Dearly Beloved and Much Lamented President William McKinley: Held on September Nineteenth, 1901 at Temple Beth-El, Fifth Avenue and 76th Street, New York City The crown of our head hath fallen; woe unto us for we have sinned. Thou, O Lord, remainest forever, Thy throne from generation to generation. These words voice for us the full message which this sorrow-laden hour is to speak to us. They are the cry of a heart rent with grief, but also the assertion of an immovable trust in the future. They are wrung from the Prophet of old as he sat weeping over the ruins of Zion. His manly soul was convulsed with sobs as he beheld the pride of his people fallen and trampled in the dust. His sublime faith was strong enough to master his grief and see in the everlasting ness of God whose throne is established on righteousness and judgment, the eventual salvation and renewal of the glories of this nation. Thus the Republic, speaking out of the depths of one nat ional heart with unanimity of mind and speech first gives vent to the great woe which has bowed the nation, but in the very midst of its sorrow and humiliation it becomes conscious of its strength. Our coming together to-day in response to the President's proclamation, show us the relation in which government stands to religion. Government does not com mand it nor prescribe it; it neither fosters nor promotes it. But it relies for its own strength, stability and sanctity upon men's sacred convictions as to the bindingness of law, their sense of responsibility to their maker and faith in a righteous Ruler of nations. In the trying hour of national necessity or calamity, when the hearts of men are stirred to their inmost being and we are'made to feel how weak and ineffective is human planning and building if God does not will the fruition or achievement, the magistrate naturally falls back upon the unfailing resource of religion. He invited men to worship, toturn their hearts in prayer and humiliation, in repentance and holy resolve. That we need no urging is proved by the earnest and zealous patriotism which recently made one of our holiest days in the year almost lose its individual character in the all-overshadowing thought of the nation's loss. It is a sacred privilege to share such a grief, because by so doing, we feel our oneness with our fellow-men and we understand that country means not only a land to live in and opportunity to make a living, but that it is a synonym for our mental and moral possessions and above all that our country means the loftiest ideals of humanity in which we share. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.