Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-19

humanitarian elements, North and South.
In go ether feature of good are to hc seen
go plainly marked the foot prints Of rapid
p-.t rr~- The FrccdmcnS Aid society
IT the VI. F. Church. and similar organ
ilt'I,n, III other churches, have been
-,r.Iu. men and means into the South to
take bold "t line oppressed of all CLASSES
ami ,ulol> and unfold To them some ot
Fac, LrI'iiult~ Of the sciences, and of lit
,rt'ur, And is il strange thing that
tho~. hungry souls are sill crying for
GREATER Hoods from these fountains of
know ledge. Frrcimcn's schools, and
colleges. and universities have sprung up,
and are >pringinv up all over that cOun-
trv. ami they are being endowed 10y a
union %: capital from all points OF the
compass.
In the -titu,ions Of learning. properly
manned. If any nation, Size secs the
towering monuments not only at her
philanthropy. but also authenticated
Prophecies Of the worth of her genera
li,u~ Vet unborn. In our own sunny
South the river flowing from these ioun-
lain~ Of know ledge is lifting, and hearing
away on its bosom, the dcuris of Il
wrecked ignorance. lis waters are bath
iuc the rootlcts of the Young tree of
know ledge there, whose banyan-like
branches already offer She tier to the IN
,clrctually bcnighted races. The pail
that has So long hung over the mind of
The col"rcd man i beng gradually lifted.
and his iacc made 10 shine with a new
lu~'rc. and his heart To bound with Il new
JOY. a. Gods great revelations are hcin@
read 10y him in Nature and the Book.
tln-rlv allied TO this is another feature
of good from this same spirit. | speak
81 the help being brought through these
same agencies. Ia the almost equally IL
norant class of whites in the Southland
! speak the more freely on this point from
the fact that am a native of the SOUTH
Education. like the otter of roses, enters
bat To fill space with its sweets. These
cducaIlonal forces for good are pushing
their way, slowly it may be, but surely
INTO the ranks of all classes IN the South.
Like the work of the Holy Spirit in con
Viucing men OF their sins even against
th'u wills, this potency for good moves
night on, aud the very men who stand to
dispute every inch of its progress, are
themselves being helped to better con
ccption oi the manliness of man, and are
unwtiingly lis henciiciares. 1t is not
too much Ia say in this presence, that
there are many persons in those regions
whose skins are not black, the calibrc Of
whose intellccts and the measure of whose
attachments in letters, are not one whit
above the most debascd cXSlavc at their
sides. From a state of ignorance almost
incomprehcnsbl to men of more enlght-
cncd regions, these are rising to Il meas
urr Of letters and thinking which augurs
much for the future veal of the common
country.
Another result of this missionary spirit
deserves mention. | refer now to the
chris,ianIzing elements at work there,
Not 10y any means would | be understood
To say that they had never had religious
teachers and teachings there. For many
Of the grandest men of Church and State
have had their homes there, and have
wrought we'll. But il cannot be truth
fully denied that the state of morals, and
Of the Christian religion, was simply awful
as "A result. and may | say, legitimate re-
sult. of the former state of things growing
out of African slavery. 1t is an appalling
fact that many, very many, children of all
shades, knew no parent age, or at best
only on one side. / do not affirm that
this condition of things has been entirely
changed. 1t could hardly be expected in
- short u time as twenty years. But do
affirm, that under the new regime, one of
the legitimate results of the sacrifices
made. is the astonishing results for good in
this line. 1t is grand thing for any
people when its educating and christian
izing forces JOIN hands and keep pace
with each other in the great work of ele-
waiting by educating and christianiZing its
children. This has been true, and is true
to-day, of these forces in the South.
The newly developed talent Of the
colored man has much Of it been dedi-
Gated and consecralcd to this work Be
sides these, men and women who loved
the cause of God and his suffering poor
better than place or ease, have gone and
suffered social ostracism, and worse, in.
suit and injury, for the cause of Christ
poor. That sort of moral heroism never
labors but to bring forth heroes for the
truth. These are to be counted by the
hundred in the South The spirit Of the
Master is upon them because he has an
nointed them TO preaCi. the Gospel to the
poor. The acme Of results has not yet
been reached, but the faith eye Of the
Cody soul catches cOrruscations of the
| oncoming glories of the hereafter.
One more aspect of good, and close.
There Is an increased reverence and re-
spect for the power and authority of the
Government Of the United States, felt at
home and seen abroad
What Country to-day maintains so small
| q standing army as ours, or so meagre an
apology for Navy. Why this? Nations
read the truth in the facts that the strength
Of Nation is not so much in its standing
Army or Navy, as it is IN the character OF
the Nation back of these, and by which
they can be called and equipped for its
defense.
1t Is generally conceded as fact that it
Is better 10 rule by love than fear But
there needs be sort of filial fear to in
duce the love. The great magnanimOus
heart of the American Nation has no paral
lei in the history of Nations. That self
poisc resulting from consciousness of right
and the power to maintain it, as seen in
| the Government Of the u. s. furnishes the
ground upon which is founded the whole
some fear other nations have of U.S. A
great and good father governs his sons
| and protects them from insults from
others, not SO we'll when he stands with
whip in one hand for family, and blud
geon in the O.hsr for foe, as he does when
his great benign face has enough of the
iron gentleness in it, to assure either, that
| II kind means fail, there are others of suf
iicient potency TO warrant respect. Other
Nations, as we'll as her own sOns have felt
the potency of her right arm. So, though
the implements Of punishment are not
visibly displayed, all know she has the
means to raise these, the power to use
them, and the ,oiN to do it when necessity
requires.
That spirit of loyalty SO universal in the
American people has been constantly
presenting new object lessons to the ris.
ing generations, teaching them these
truths. Not only have they been reading