The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-10-25
REAsoN1NGs OF A ROOKIE.
No. 8.
"The New Daugn."


1.-THE old order changcth, yielding
place to the new, and God fulfills
himself in many ways, lest one good
custom should corrupt tho world"
This has been the eternal law OF
the human race since tho beginning
of creation and promises to be so un-
til man shall cease to irhabit this
planet. 1t is not always easy to see
why great catastrophies must in the
ever changing course of events visit
us as earth dwellcrs and yet the fol-
lowing centuries never fell to reveal
the betterment that comes from Sc
we're trials and tests. Such periods
of the worlds history as the flood,
the fall of the Roman empire, the
darkness of the middle ages when
civilization was almost crushed and
ignorance and superstition became
predominant must have seemed crit
ical indeed to the people who lived
at that time. During the periods of
trial in the history Of our own coun-
try when a few colonies were so
bravely battling for their independ-
ence, and later when the Union SEEM
ed so pitifully parted to those of the
North and the Lost Cause" became
such tragic reality to those of the
South-for the people who lived
then to become respondent must
have been very easy indeed. But
thru it all we are now Gble to see the
purpose and will of careful and
watchful God
1t is an old law of nature and one
which cannot be ovaded that for life
to produce life the producer must
undergo death or near approach to
it. The time of year is now at hand
when this is seen demonstrated so
wildly. The leaves fall from the
from beautiful green to lifeless
brown, plant life drops its fruit as
if the end were real, nature prepares
herself for sleep Or death. If this
were the first autumn we had ever
witnessed wc would not doubt con-
clude that the end of tho plant life
is to become reality. The seeds
and fruits that drop SO silently must
before they can egain show life die
or lose their identity. And we shall
near no more of nature until spring
shall come with its gladdening sun
shine and rains. Then we know that
the earth will be more beautiful than
ever for every year must be still
brighter and more beautiful.
The greatest friend of humanity
came to this world and died at the
hands of those He wcs trying most
to help, and it was necessary that
this be dones Men who followed his
teachings and tried to spread his
doctrines died at the hands of their
prosecutors. Possibly their death
did as much in this direction as their
lives of faithful service. Joan of
Arc, now worsbipped, almost, by the
French and revercd by civilized ma
tions, met cruel death from her
own people or kindred people. Nathan
Hale will always be remembered so
long as history is remembered.
We are now undergoing, and have
boon doing so for perhaps a year,
what has been one of the darkest
periods we have experienced as ma
ton since the critical time of the
Revolutionary War. We cannot al
ways see why it is necessary that
men shall die and blood be poured
out, hearts broken and hopes blast
ed, blu thru it all we shall some day
sec higher purpose manifested. The
world and civilization 10 now pass
ing thru the valley of the shadow of
DEATH" and soon promises to emerge
from what has been the blacklist
night since it's creation. But the
darker the night tho brighter the
dawn. Humanity must of necessity
suffer il civilization is to become
greater and stronger. Soon the
clouds will clear and we shall be-
hold dawn such as has never been
dreamed by the most optimistic
prophets. We arc about to witness
time that the dreamcrs, poets and
philosophers have described to us
since the beginning of thought and
learning.
The human race is nearly ready to
enter an age which ouch men as
Isaiah, the Hebrew prophet, tried to
describe. This will be an age of
which Caesar, Alexander the Great,
Columbus, or George Washington
might well have cnvied us. Do you
believe that time will come? Gen
ernl Pershing docs. President Will
SON does. William H. Taft does.
Nature points to time of awakening
to q far brighter life. 1t must as