Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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tin- whole world within u . i ruled l»y Law. There i no denying the Reign of Liu within ns. I onsoience and consciousness follow certain rules of law. .Said St Paul: I see another law in tin tneniliers. waning against the law of my mind, bringing me into captivity t the law of sin, which is in tin members. We cannot escajte the laws without us Nature’s laws are ;i' inexorable as Ente and Destiny. Unman law alone, we |uestion and defy, lienee, the sorrow of mail. Tin- rule, as slated l.y I lerliert §|»encer. is mi simple and easy of recognition. Every man. says Herbert SjxMicer. ’ is free to ! • that which he wills, provided he infringes not the tapial freedom of any cither man. The lilierty of each is limited only by the like liberties of all. The rule is simple. If each individual keeps t his own orbit; if each nation keeps in its own | ath. there can lie no friction, no clash, no strife. 'I’lte action « f the individual, and the nation may lie limited and circumscribed by law, but there will still Ik- freedom of motion sufficient to insure the individual. collective progress and development of the human race. 1 cannot doubt that, out of the noise and din of the present conflict, the harsh, discordant sounds of tattle and strife, will come a purer harmony, a symphony divine, in which all the children of men may rejoice. Education is discipline. As educated men and women you have passed through the great discipline, bringing your minds and Uxlies into subjection to the laws within ami without, (jo forth, then, and teach your fellows, first, oliedicncc to the law. As teachers you can perform no higher duty to the State As medical men, teach them to ol ey the laws of health, as essential to a useful and a liappy life. As ministers, teach them that the spiritual world is ruled by law. that “love is the iullilling of the law As lawyers, the jieopk will look to you. the state will lean ujhiii you. Let your service command respect for the law. I give you in |xirting a |icrsonal word. It is now more than twenty-five years since 1 sat with the graduating class in a little New England college, with the same thoughts throbbing through my brain, and the same emotions tilling my heart, whence I went forth to face a world which 1 fell was none too svni] uthclic.

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different states I ?i. Obviously, these millions cannot live together u| on the same planet, hos-tile, and jealous of each other, nation against nation, race against race, every man's hand uplifted against his brother. The reign of peace will never come among men until the reign of law is established Out of onr social chaos must conte a social cosmos. or the race of man is doomed. I liclicvc in the endless progress of the human race. Our civilization will yet reach a finer state. The kingdom of heaven will yet conte tijxm earth. I Ixrlicvc with Tennyson, that some diviner force will guide us through the days I shall not see. “W hen the schemes and nil the systems, Kingdoms and Republics fall, Something kindlier, higher, holier—all for each and each for all?' “Ml the futl-lirain. half-brain races, led by fust ice. I.ove. and Tn-rh; 1! the millions one at length, with nil the visions f n»y youth?' I art It at last a wtrless world .1 single race, a single tongue, I have seen her far nwav for is not Karth as vet so youngv’ “Rolled mi universal liarvest up to either | ilc she smiles. I'niversal ocean softly washing all her war less Isles. The greatest servant of the human race in all the ages has Im cu the law. Ml the great inventions that have added to the convenience, comfort, and happiness of civilized man. from the wheel to rive autocar, have l»ccn the result id’ the discovery and application of Nature's laws to the needs of the human race. Man has taken the lightning from the ■•kie- to turn Ins machinery. and to carry his messages to the utmost j»nrts of the earth. He has made fire and water, the two most destructive elements in Nature, serve his purpose through the application of steam to the vvliecls of industry, and by rail and hollow liont to carry the commerce of the world. Ml the lal omtories of the world, every workshop, is trying to find new Laws, or sonu application of old laws to serve the purpose of man. Tire Duke of rgyll. famous Scots scholar, was not far wrong when In? said: Tin- Iv'eign of I.aw is this., then, the reign under which we live? Yes. in a sense it is. There is no denying it The whole world around us, and

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As long ns memory lasts, I shall not fail to recall a word of advice given to me by my friend and twnef actor. President Seeley, one of tlte most saintly and Christ-like men 1 ever knew. He said, Dear Lewis. wherever you settle down, in the North, or the South. rememlier that the g« »;| for yo.v race, as for any race, i tlx gosjx-l of salvation, not condemnation; remember that the greatest teacher of mankind said that He came into the world not to condemn the world, lint that the world through Him might I nr saved; and while you cannot ignore the wrongs of your race, as terrible a- they may l yet I hojie tint you will always cheer yourself, and cheer them with the lively hope of their redemption. I have no other creed, no other faith. I hr 0 tried to cheer in the darkest hour, and believe that the redempt on is near at hand. In that spirit may you go forth th«s day. with sanity, ant! poise with true humility, spread the gosjicl of good cheer, in that faith which ennobles a life’s work. And you will by your lalmrs hasten the day when (There) the common sense »f nv« i shall hold a fretful realm in awe. And the kindly earth shall stuml»er. lapt in universal law.”