CHAPTER I.
SPIRITUAL EMANCIPATION OF NATIONS.
THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION--WORLD SHOCKS TO STIR THE WORLD HEART--FALSE DOCTRINES OF THE HUN--THE IRON HAND CONCEALED--THE WOBLD BEGINS TO AWAKEN--GERMAN DESIGNS REVEALED--RUMBLINGS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM--TRAGEDY THAT HASTENED THE DAY--TOLSTOY'S PROPHECY--VINDICATION OF NEGRO FAITH IN PROMISES OF THE LORD--DAWN OF FREEDOM FOR ALL RACES.
The march of civilization is attended by strange influences.

Providence which directs the advancement of mankind, moves in such mysterious ways that none can sense its design or reason out its import.

Frequently the forces of evil are turned to account in defeating their own objects.
Great tragedies, cruel wars, cataclysms of woe, have acted as enlightening and refining agents.

Out of the famines of the past came experiences which inculcated the thrift and fore-handedness of today.
Out of man's sufferings have come knowledge and fortitude.

Out of pain and tribulation, the attribute of sympathy--the first spiritual manifestation instrumental in elevating the human above the beast.
Things worth while are never obtained without payment of some kind.
Individual shocks stir the individual heart and conscience.