The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
BY DIR. JESSE JOHNSON AT THE
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAIN
ING SCHOOL
DR.. D. d, Webster Davis
The Greatest Living Negro Poet
Lectures on the subject NEGRO
ldeals". Prof Boyer's
Address.

Durham, N. c., August 3.-Yhe MIND
OF message that will cause young and
Old people to reflect and bring some
thing worth the while to pass was de-
llVered last Wednesday at the National
Religious Training School, this city
ny the eminent church historian and
authority on apologetics, DR.. Jesse
johnson, Of Aenia, Ohio. This lee
ture will undoubtedly become a potent
leaVen lin the activities Of hundreds Of
people. He prescribed the right kind
or remedy that will prevent many So
clal Ill: that are common to humanity
Ihere was kind of enthusiasm mani
tested by the audience that indicated
that they deeply appreciated the lee
aure by Dr. Johnson on the subisct
Practical Thought for Practical Young
People
rA the outset DR.. Johnson, in part
SAID: / believe lin the efficacy OF
work Labor will not conquer all
things, but it will conquer conuuera-
Die things. 1t is the only thing that
does"
Catch the inspiration of the times"
exclaimed Dr.. Johnson. Another i'm
portant phase of the lecture was that
one should know what ones natural
CndoWments are and not imagine tha
nlgh places are at the will of the in
dlvidual For the success that one
strives for, he said, that one should
have pure life during the period
when ones character is mobile and
flexible. One of the cardinal features
or this lecture was the speakers abil-
lty to make the audience seriously con-
slider the import Of tds message and to
appreciate what moral backbone means
IN the development of character. He
gave hitting Illustrations of the many
misunderstanding In the religious and
other activities of men, which he said
could be avoided by taking time to see
the other side OF the question at issue.
Dr. d. Webster Davis, who is now
con ldered the greatest living Negro
poet; ';he Malk Twain of ebony hue.
one OF the most popular lecturers in
America; one Of the leading Negro au-
thors and author Of the Negro his
tory now being used in schools in ma
ny OF the Southern states; philoso-
pher, able preacher. educator and one
or the most potent factors in the de-
Velopment of the Afro-American peo-
pie, oegan his series of lectures on the
subject, Negro Ideals" Friday after
noon, at this school He IS drawing
large crowds from both races, as he
does in every section of the country.
he is regarded among the material
element. of the race as sane leader
and In many instances he is more poD-
ular than Dr.. Booker #. Washington
saturday morning a representative
audience heard DR.. Davis deliver his
second lecture on NEGRO Ideals" He
discussed domestic Ideals" and c1ear-
~ revealed the sacredness of the home
and said that the home is a divine in
stltution and that the English people
was especially a domestic people. He
said that owing to the Negro's condi-
lions In this country that his domestic
ldeals are practically new to him
Cod is doing better work." said the
popular, but practical speaker, in
showing that the Negro is making en-
couraging progress in his domestic
life.