The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
AS Age Advances Darkness Of
Night Grows More UnWelcOme.
TWILIGHT HAS LOST ALL ITS CHARM.
As Symbol Of Evil the Night ls Given
az a Contrast TO that Which ls
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confess that do not like the night
except when 1 am asleep. OF course
mean the dark night-nor do so into
raptures over what we cali the twi-
llght-that doubtful light twlxt sun
shine and darkness, and that literally
means flight cut in two" II seems to
me that these tWilights grow shorter
as wegrow older. When the day Is done
the darkness does seem to fall from
the wings Of night and we hasten to
light the lamps, for darkness is never
welcome. 1t Is an intruder and a sym
Dol Of every evil thing. We suppose
that night was created as a contrast to
make US enjoy the day, just as evil
was created as q contrast to that which
is good. The scriptures say no good
thing concerning -arkness or night and
when describing heaven say, There
shall be no night there" They tell us
Of outer darkness and thick darkness
and the blackness Of darkness and
darkness that may be felt Darkness
was one Of the ten plaques that was
sent upon Pharaoh. Job cursed the
day Of his birth and says, Let the
day be darkness. Let the darkness
and the shadow Of death stain it." Da.
Vid saith, Sorrow endureth for the
night, but JOY cometh in the morning."
and tells of the pestilence that walketh
in darkness, The apostles use It as a
symbol Of every calamity. Darkness
covered the land when the Savior was
cruclfed. The devil is called the prince
Of darkness. Ancient mythology de-
scribes Erebus as the dark cavern
through which the spirits of the damn
ed and wicked dead shall pass on their
way to hell. And Homer writes of a
country called Clmmerla afar beyond
the sea where the sun never shines
and the people live in darkness. Mil
ton describes the darkness Of Hades as
so dense that it was visible. Speaking
Of evil spirits that haunt mankind, he
says they move In darkness, but fear
truth and chastity. mo evil thing that
walks by night in fog or f,re-no hag
or ghost, or goblin damned has hurt
full power over a chaste and virtuous
woman" Montgomery says, Night is
the time to weep. And Shakespeare
says, "In the dark night, imagining
some fear, little bush appears to be
q bear" Young says, AN atheist half
believes In God by night" and Tenny-
son says Of himself, 81 am but an in
FAINT crying in the night-an infant
crying for the light" But this Is
enough, and these nominations were
provoked last night about midnight
the hour when the deep sleep falleth
upon a man, but not upon a woman.
My wife's voice awakened and startled
me. She said, What Is it? WLo is it?
What do you want?" Then she called
me and struck match and lighted
the candle that was near. what did
you hear?" SAID l. Somebody is at
the door" she said, excitedly. (Which
door," said l. This one right here
maybe somebody sick upstairs" she
said. Unlocking the door quickly, the
light shone into the room, but nobody
was visible. examined the room care
fully and then went into the hall and
dining room and parlor and thence up
stairs on tiptoe, but all was silent.
When | returned she said, well l did
certainly hear somebody at that door,
and 1t walked me, but maybe I was
dreaming. remember now, l did
have troubled dream, but please look
under the bed before you put out the
Hight" Such is conjugal life and f.
LEFTY. For some time laid awake lis
tening for noise and Eliminating on
human helplessness during the dark
ness Of the night.
remember when had an unwilling
fear of ghosts that I would not &C
knowledge. l got it from the awful
stories that our negroes told to us
children, for there was a fascination
about them that drew me to their cab
ms by night, and | listened to theil
made-up tales Of ghosts and witches
and Jack OLanterns and raw head anC
bloody bones until was afraid to lool
around behind me- and had to bt
guarded to the big house door wheI
left. But this childish fear passed
away, and long since I have realized
that there are no spirits to haunt us
and that "only man is vile"
Ny wife is not timid woman, bu