The morning times., 1895-09-16
FUTURE OF THE NEGRO.
Rev. Mr.. Doyle Thinks the Dark Race
VIII Some DRy Rule the World

''CiviliZation's Rejected Corner stone"
was the subject of most interesting and
instructive discourse yesterday morning
at Israel C. n. f. Church, corner First and
B streets southwest. by the pastor, Rev. II.
Seth Doyle. The argument was based
upon the idea OF the great circle Time, copn-
posed OF three segments, representing the
three races, descendants of shem, Japhet,
and Ham. The circle was always revolv-
ing; two of its great segments had already
been uppcrmoSt, and the day was coming
for the third, that representing the de-
scendants of Ham. to the topmost place.
Tie text was taken from Psalm 1IS,
22d verse. The stone which the builders
rejected is become this headstone of the
corner the truth OF which, however, is
more plainly shown, said the speaker, in
the words of Psalm 6S, 31st Verse, which
says: And Ethiopia shall stretch out
her hands to God"
Civilization" said Rev. Mr.. Doyle,
lis the degree of success man has attained
in lns efforts to conquer nature and its
object is that man may find his perfect
self. The end of civilization is the devel-
opment of man, not the individual or the
automaton, but that perfect man which
VIII be type of the possible development
of tue whole race. Each must progress
along the same line, never getting out of
touch with Ms fellow man, for no harmony
can be maintained when one man can move
so much more rapidly than the others.
Civilization is a compact between man
and man, by which the weak gains protec-
a..
pact is violated anarchy results. 1t is
simply an effort TO enact in social life the
survival of the fittest.
Il admire Japhet and admit every sue
cess lie has attained q the realm of mind
over matter, but stand In awe at the vision
of his conquest over nature. ! admit that
the white race is to-day master OF the
world and holds the purse strings and gov
ernment of the entire earth. But in all
this / cannot see in them the people who
are to develop this higher civilization and
in whom it is TO find permanent setting.
For the very clements in which the white
race to-day excel are those which have
proved the Nemesis of all nations in the
past.
Were l asked to point TO the cradle OF
knowledge my compass would point to the
savages and Indians where dwell people
of q darker hue. We can not look to power
as the means of realizing higher civiliza-
ton. for II this were true the Rome Of
1000 years ago would rule the world today.
Rome was all, the man was nothing and
thus in transferring the stress from man to
power she became powerless. Thus in the
blind worship OF power among the nations
of to-day we see the seeds of deterioration
and decay.
''Of the seven religions of the world not
one is to be credited to the W bite race. Love
of pride, power and ayarice is the white
mans chief characteristics. For religion
we must look TO the darker races. Christ,
Confucius, Mohammed and Buddha We're all
born of darker races.
Contrast the negro and the Indian in
America in 1920, the former numbering
40 and the latter at least 200, ZOO, 900.
Then look at them to-day. The Indian
refused to submit to the higher life, and is
almost extinct, while the negro, through his
meekness, increased. Another of the strong
est pillars on which / rest my hopes for the
future OF the negro is their intense spiritual
ity."