on, and has been for seven years and is yet
Professor in the Theological Department of Howard
University. He is an able minister, a good pastor, and a
practical man of affairs. His long public life in the city
has added to his influence and in every best sense, he is
still a growing man. He is full of sympathy and helpfulness,
and so is continually drawn upon by all classes and
conditions of people. He is regarded highly by public men of
both races for his conservative views, good judgment and
genuine public spirit.

Mr. Brown is a tireless worker, and one who looks always
upon the bright side of things. He has an ear to hear man,
but keeps also an ear attentive to the voice from the
clouds. When he has settled upon a plan no discouragement
can change him. Once convinced of the righteousness of his
course he pushes ahead with no wavering. Many a time in his
works he seemed headed for a stone wall, insurmountable and
impassable, but he went up to the wall with as much courage
and faith, as if there lay before him a beautiful green
sward, inviting to his sandal. Thus through the years of
school life and the years of his active ministry he has gone
forward.

Any superficial or narrow view of the present conditions existing
between the Blacks and Whites of this country will surely be
discouraging. It is a time for an unbiased, comprehensive, and
discriminate study of the situation. This, I think, will point to a
basis of a coming final adjustment.

No people have ever achieved lasting distinction or greatness without
hardships. God's way of development seems to be through trial. The
Negro has not been, and will not be, excepted in this regard. The
tests of life have been well borne by him and he has clearly
demonstrated certain essential elementary characteristics. From
slavery is learned his amiability, vitality and patient endurance, and
from freedom, the spirit of hope, forgiveness, and his ability for the
highest improvement.

At this time, when the race problem is demanding renewed
consideration, we note with interest the extreme as well as
conservative views. The unfriendly discuss the Negro in the light of
his savagery, his bondage and his mistakes. They read history "with
their prejudices and not with their eyes."

Just as white men candidly and otherwise hold their individual
viewpoint of the subject, s