The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-13
FORCE IN INDIVIDUAL CHAR
ACTER A PREREQUISITE TO
HIGHER CIVILIZATION

In cyclone 1t has lald waste districts,
gliding among the drops of water it
has cut canyons through mountains.
1t has Gained the seas and storms.
1t has climbed the heavens and
searched out the mysteries of the
stars. 1t has harnessed the lightning,
and bids the rocks dissolve. 1t has
summoned the secret atoms to give
up their names and laws. 1t has sub
dued the face of the world, and COM
PEELED the waters and fire to become
servants. In short. God through force
executes all that is included in his
tory. showing his tremendous energy
in almost everything that stirs the ST.
lence and changes the condition of the
world. Everything is transformed by
him, even to the stars. Its existence
is recognized in concrete things of ma
ture. Under its influence the world
has been marching to the goal of true
development through the ages.
Force has put an end to the old anu
introduced the new: it has established
and destroyed empires. Through one
individual 1t has effected revolutions;
through another 1t has brought about
reformation. Each of these individ
uals is a concrete form of force.
Individual character has copied from
the rocks a record of prehistoric
times. From facts and confused spec
ulation, systems of philosophy have
been devised by individuals of unique
character. These exceptional charac-
ters have ben distributed through the
centuries. Through one at a time 1t
seems that God has operated in his
dealings with the world For a while
the world pivoted on the first man
Adam, then on courageous Noah, next
on godly Moses, again on the charac-
ters of David and Nehemiah. Rameses
II. decided the course of Egypt and ma
tions beyond its border for series of
centuries. Saigon and Nebuchadnezzar
were exceptional characters and set
tied the fate of empires in the east for
successive generations. Alexander of
Macedon changed the whole face of
the world and stamped 1t indelibly
with his character. Caesar, Alfred,
Charlemagne, Peter the Great, Crom-
well, Napoleon, Washington. Toussaint
L'Overture, were men of exceptional
eres in the worlds movements during
that period. Today their influences
are felt, and they live though they are
dead
A UTOPIA WITHOUT CASTE.
The advancement of one race or age
is legacy for succeeding generations.
Looking through the telescope of the
future, we can see another generation
entering the battle of life. A new en-
pire rises in the distance-the climax
of terrestrial government an exhibition
of the blessings of Christianity to the
world. In this empire the caste sys-
tenn will be driven from its lofty
throne. its institution of moral evils
shall be demolished and political cor
ruption restrained by the scepter of
righteousness. This shall be brought
about through the instrumentality of
Individual character.
Through Caesar came the Roman
empire. through Washington the re-
public. With more characters like
Livingstone, Lull, Prince Henry and
Moffat, Africa, China India and Japan
will burst forth with the buds of prom
Use like the forests of an arctic spring
time. From the Cape of Good Hope
to Egypt is one long missionary high
way: From Scotland, by the Mediter-
ranean and Red seas to the Himalayas
and the Pacific ocean, is another The
islands of the sea are being dragged re-
luctantly into the mighty march of
Christianity This ideal institution
was established by individual charac-
ter, for individuality as a force among
the world forces. is not confined to
any race or cline.
Ethiopia had its Tirkahah, Egypt it's
Rameses, Babylon its Nebuchadnezzar,
China its Confucius, India its Buddha,
Greece its Socrates. Rome its Caesar
and Cicero, England its Cromwell,
France its Napoleon, and America its
Washington, Lincoln and Douglas.
Upon the arena of the future must ap-
pear in like manner actors of every
race II the black man, the pioneer of
civilization, would place his name
upon the annals of the worlds history,
he must play his part well; he must
spend, as other men, years of toilsome
labor in preparation for this stupen-
dous task, for you can readily see that
the happy and welcome participant in
the march of the sublimer age will be
the man or woman of exceptional char
acter regardless of color. Poets are
born, but few of these characters are.
The greater number are developed by
external force brought to bear on the
soul. Should you ask for an example?
point with pride to the lives of
Booker T. Washington and Samuel
Morris. We should each strive to be a
force in directing the youth of the
land to greatness and future useful
ness.
OUR YOUTH DESERVE SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION