The Omaha guide., 1936-01-25

cheerful smile,
IT you can thus behave,
Then, surely you are bravel
paclty by which the interest of the
church was promoted. He carried
the gospel with him wherever he
went among his friends and ac-
qualntances. | never met him on
the street but that he essayed to
persuade me to become an Advent
lst even as he was. He always
put into my hands circulars and
literature calculated to uphold the
validity of the Bible teachings ac-
cording to his creed and cult. AL
though he had the enthusiasm of
a religious z%ealot, he always main
tanned the approach of the scholar
and the never failing courtesy of
the true gentleman that he was.
After his career through college
and the Medical school he was
easily entitled to rank with Wash
ington's elite at a time when this
elite put on the greatest preten-
lions. But like Moses, he deliber-
ately refused such social entiee-
ments and preferred contact and
association with the humble, un-
sophisticated folk of his w
household of faith than to eniov
the social frivolities of Washing
ton for n season. The recruits
OF the Seventh Day Adventists
were, for the most part. steady.
sober, hard-workng people without
any particular social pretentions.
DIR. Howard felt perfectly at home
with these people, using his SUI
perior culture only to show them
the better way
The Seventh Day Adventist
church, now one of the most flour
lshing in Washington, was built
up largely through DR.. Towards
efforts and personal influence.
Several of the most highly educat-
ed persons in the community have
ben persuaded to follow in his
way of religious thinking. l have
IN mind a member of this church
who is a Harvard Phd., and a
member of the faculty of Howard
University.
DR.. Howard was Industrious.
economical and thrifty as becomes
a devotee of an ardent religious
cult. Quakers and Mormons are
among the most thrifty of the
American people.
DR.. Towards propagation of
the gospel was not limited to this
country but was carried on across
the seas. On his own initiative and
at his own expense, he went to
Abyssinia and laid the foundation
for the missionary work of his de-
nomination in that far off coun-
try. He established smooth work
ing relations with the government
authorities upon which basis the
Adyentists missions have flourish
ed. Recently we have ben Mortified
at the r~uthlesness of Italian
aviators bombing the Seventh Day
Adventist hospital and w~ounding
the Swedish physician in charge.
All of this was the ~outgrowth of
DR.. Towards endeavor. He found
ed a school for girls in Abyssinia
which he named in honor of his
wife and mother
This, in brief, is the story of
James II. Howard. Since the estab-
lishment of Howard University
slxty-nine years ago this institu-
ton has turned out more than six
thousand graduates and as many
more sometime students who have
shared the partial benefits of its
courses. 1t has been my privilege
and pleaure to know or to know of
the work and worth of practical
ly all of those who have done or
contributed anything worthwhile.
l can honestly say and candidly
that l know of no alumnus of
Howard University who by rea-
son of intelligence, character, de-
votion and a consecrated sense of
duty, deserves to rank higher in
the estimation of his Alma Mater
than this unpretentious man of
God, Howard of Howard.
Kelly Miller