The colored American., 1901-03-02

pISSSeu D1dCA udSS SIMPLY fixes tboi,
status as hewers of wood and carrjor,
Of water-the acceptance Of this Tiot,
would be a positive calamity to ~
cOlOred people and a positive Ioss |
the progress and civilization 70
our republic. This mere mato,f,I
culture is we'll enough if toi,',
at its proper relative vgino
but in itself it possesses no unIifrinr
and transforming power. If is tbs
lowest and the least Of the tbrao-fo
education needed by the leaders Of fbn
cOlOred people. Religious and social
culture must precede it, and limit il
and SpiritualiZe it and humanizp if -,
all distinctions will be lost between t6o
man and the machine. and we Shall
have returned to the doctrine of CoI
hOun and Jefferson Davis as to tbo
place the cOlOred people must occnnT
in our civilization. Besides Iaborary
in the industrial arts are. like eggs IN
the market subject to the ineyOTabIo
law Of demand and supply and race
origin cannot repeal this natural social
law.
The rewards for mere scientific cor-
quests of the forces of nature on tbo
IEOlIglOVS
and personal that progress here bas
been out Of ali proportion to that Of
| the spiritual and social factors of
humanity. What the worId-Iife now
needs most is to eXalt. idealize and in
| tenSify in every way the function Of
education in order that it NAV unfold
| and develop to their utmost the inner
| spiritual and social faculties of man.
| kind.
| If this be done the second command
ment will become a rule Of conduit as
well as of faith: 'ThOU shalt love the
| Lord with all my heart" and in seek
| ing the worship Of the master. men
will learn that the love of God is TO
| keep His commandments. to love thy
neighbOr as thyself and to do unto
others as you would have them do unto
| you" This means the beginning of the
| PentacOstal feast of humanity: the
| coming of the kingdom Of the Lord
upon earth.
1t also means n redeemed republic
with every yestige Of oppression and
injustice purged away. 1t means the
regeneration and prevalence at last Of
the American principle of liberty the
|
the people; to be exercised by the dele
cation for fixed periods of this SOypT-
eign power to representatives duly
chosen by themselves, to be exercised
i'll their interest and behalf: 50 that
the benefits and the blessings Of en-
| lightened and just government may
| come home to the hearth and heart Of
every human being under the flag. But
is this ''cOnsummatiOn devOutly to be
wished probable or possible in the
face of the overwhelming and general
opposition to it? l believe it is, be-
cause [ have faith in God and in my
feIlOw-men. The distance we have
come on the journey to this promised
land inspires my hope that we ShaIl
one day enter its full possession. But
aside from this hope men must follow
unQueStiOningly where sacred anu
secular duty points the way and leave
the results to God. and not be us
mayed by the array Of forces OI 'I5
Prince of the Powers of Darkness. Anu
for our encouragement to keep our leeI
in the narrow, upward pain we nav ,,.
only to observe the ways or UOu'
providence in the world about Us. In5
ocean, with its stress Of weight dmliu m
wind and ebb and flow, like the pQIse
beats of the universe, seems a REISSUES
force, and yet in the very midst OF IT,
turbulent and outward sweep, way
down beyond the light, the little corr. a.
IabOring INCREASINGLY to the limit OI 10
being and capacity, builds saLe I5on la,
bOrs for storm-driven ships ana Eu'1
lands for the habitations Of men, =
result as beautiful to the taste as ,;s, G,v
full to the happiness as it Is astoliSn'"7
tC the minds of men. c.Ts