The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-09

What's ssNy -
viii q they DO wi thus hese Two Two
& Questions press home for az answer s
I mon all that IS I've, right and nope
sf,lI III ON; government, education ana and
religion Answered they mus be, and and !
VIII be, lot US willingly and IN IN
elligent1y, th en- by he ~ great flxed
laws and forces, that sweep through
tim 8; destructive, or obstructive,
sSsregardIess Of theseonse1uences to hu-
man pleasure plan, purpose Of life
III no more stop or stay them,
AN 4Re can stay the stars in their
courses. orEth he years in their rolling
we ma ~ stndy ". know, and to some de-
sSgree. lend a hand in the guiding OF
these forces; for#sosGod has ennohled
,a 4 Il, ne llis sco-worker-but stop or
s$ staty III en- ny e may not; they are com
& ssi iii fs On sfeady. strong, sure, as from
beginning, and strew the shores \
u Of ii me with success or failure con
struction8pr destruction. life or heath'
sssEiilst as M en- have been wise Or hn"lse
enough to cooperate with, or care 20
\ ignore OF esist them.
I'VE here, in these United States,
~ have been hrough t. face 70 face with
sSs one of the great. and it may be, ter
u EribIe issues of the t.race" problem. Do
not m istake the word, nor confound,
sao nor confuse It's meaning. 1t is The
aces Proble en- = Not the educational,
social political, labor, nor any other
lem, save the race" problem, and
al the rest as they may enter into,
@lS5or5 stand related to it,. The creation.
ordering n potentiality possibilities.
JfSs&Ig Hf
racial life and glory, are things of God
sSs far great ater@and more fixed and power
fuIa an any and all plans of men, for
State. school, social order of living
COD IN His Wisdom created Races.
rot only with different skins, faces.
4 forms, proportions, Of animal make up
but also of just as different minds, in
tI1i tions, spiritual realizations and con
ceptions Of truth, purposes, duties and
s ends in life and living, as they show
Esssi III bodily - differences and he Hath
#@is determined the times before appoint
3$ ed, and the bounds of their habita-
tfon...,s Acts, 17:2G) The failure to
5sssss give these radical and irreconcilable
ifferenc of racehood their due value
3 sa in ad insting them to each other has
pEoducedga and is producing the folly,
s confusion and perilous &threatenings,
sS that stand Sall too dark and terrible
ss just before us, and Will not down for
any formality, incarnation of religion
Or state-craft. any legerdemain known
s5aS to chruch, or state, or school" We
canno gnore the realness and GOD
ordained powers Of races, with the
laws by which these are and ever
5 s5s% must be governed. and get anything
ut failure, ,sf followed by disaster. and
s ifAnot corrected. conflict and death
ssssI we would hush the dread mutter
i1lggss Of woe clear the confusions, wild
S5 and. increa sing, bring the smile OF
peace where now. darkens the frown
sss ssssss of racial war, and hope where now
lowers the clouds of despair, we must
3SiS9$ at all costs and regardless of all hui
ss miliation, go back and clear cut ou1
relat ions between black and white, and
brown and red peoples, as RACES.
We must no longer ignore the fact
5sst 5ssSssst hat races have from the beginning
s}5555 III ia God-giYen ideals. and that only
s$Ss3 as til men of a race worked out its
ss5$ ssss ovn IDEAL could they find the true
eveloping Of manhood, and rise ant
stand IN their God-given and assigned
pfdCGoN1l1 cat aims VI LIS plehiit
8s and purposes. NO RACE CAN FINI
IT'S PERFECTED MANHOOD By
MARRYING AND INTERMEDDLINC
WITH THE GOD-GIvEN IDEAL OF
..Ss ..SjsS ANOTHER RACE. This truth i
woven through and through all TIL
triumphs and disasters of time; TO ie
more it is3to move to failure and disas
ter,5fif not destruction. One race ma!
i8Es and often must, go to school to al
other. Races may train races, as me
" train children; but the scholar rae
must be as careful to respect the laws
rules. aims of the master race, a
must the pupils of their teachers
$#$$ One ideal protected and impressed b
one VIII, must reign, or confusion
failure, chaos viii follow. When tn
s$.2 school days are done, and the schola
zSG steps forth into his own place and sts
ton of life, then he may and mus
.{ bring all his gathered force OF min
ssa5 and handicraft into play, order theI
i8% by his own plans, and project ther
by his own personality. to the pu1