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Progress and Achievements of the Colored People / Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success cover

Progress and Achievements of the Colored People / Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success

Chapter 159: Do Not Violate the Laws of Nature
By Kelly Miller
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The text surveys the social, educational, economic, and moral advancement of Colored Americans since emancipation, combining narrative chapters on leadership, labor, business, religion, health, and physical training with a detailed compendium of institutions. It presents statistics and government-sourced reports, profiles of schools and agencies (more than three hundred institutions described) and numerous photographs and portraits (over sixty illustrations), and offers practical advice on self-improvement, professional development, and community organization. Chapters address education, vocational and professional training, entrepreneurship, public employment, and civic life, aiming to document achievements and to guide further progress.

Do Not Violate the Laws of Nature

To violate any law is reprehensible, and in most cases is punishable.

A man steals, and he is put in jail as a punishment for not letting another man’s property alone. It is his and you have no right to it, wherefore you are punished.

But when you violate a law of nature, you are inflicting an injury upon yourself such as no wise man will do.

All men were created for a special purpose, and every man who has reached the age of reason knows what that purpose is. It is a law of that man’s nature which he must obey or take the consequences.

It is a law established by God, the Creator, and can not be violated with the same impunity as the laws of man.

For instance: The legislature enacts a law forbidding you to steal. You steal, nevertheless, and you are punished as has been said, being sent to prison. But if you violate a law of God—or a law of nature, which is the same thing, you do not see any prison in sight and you imagine you are going to get off free from punishment. But wait a moment.

A man commits suicide or does other flagrant acts upon himself.

The suicide commits a murder, but if he murdered another he might have an opportunity to repent—to make his peace with God. But by putting an end to himself he cuts off his chance of repentance and appears before his Creator with the blood stains indelibly fixed upon his hands. He is a marked Cain, and he fixes his own punishment to begin immediately.

Any flagrant violation of the laws of nature are an insult to the majesty of the Creator who made all things perfect, and fixes sure punishment upon him who defaces His handiwork.