The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-16

- the Red sea, the
palms of Elm,
Sinai, Kadesh-Ba the great and
terrible wilderness, and now they are
passing over Jordan. still having ex-
perience, although near the journeys
end. They were having a new expert
ence in travelling a way they had not
travelled before.
Life Made Up OF Changes.
This Is peculiarly true of the day In
which we live. In some portions OF
the world the people live as they have
lived for two thousand or more years;
but that is not so with us, and 1t Will
not be so wit them very long. Life
is not a monotony. Changes are quite
true of the Christian life as well as
the secular. There is here sugges-
ton to be careful about new condf
tons. Now one is prosperous and
successful In every way, but change
may come in conditions, consequent
ly one cannot boast of the future. On
the other hand, when things are going
wrong there is cheer In the thought
that matters will not always be thus;
the night will give way to day, mourn.
Ing to JOY, failure to success.
New Experiences.
BY such new experiences there Is
certain toughening of the muscles, and
necessarily purpose to adjust ones
self to them and to be ready to yield
to the things that are for the best.
The circumstances being changed.
old experiences cannot be depended
upon. To put fractions horse In the
hands of a child, or an automobile In
the hands of man who has never
driven one, would be foolish-almost
criminal. A change of place Of work,
of residence, and of surroundings
necessitating new experiences, indi-
Gates that caution should be used.
The younger people of this land to-
day are brought up against new re-
liglous teachings. What are they to
do? At such a time there should be
great caution. The new thing may be
better than the old, but the law OF
experience would indicate that II the
old thing was good in the former day,
II will do very well now. 1t is bet
ter to hold to 1t than to fly to some-
thing untried, unless there is investi-
CATION that shows there Is safety in
the change. The great peril Of the
young of today is this presentation OF
new things in religion-all kinds of
fads and theories are presented. and
with great FEASIBILITY. But the
proper thing to do is to have caution
and to look for the guidance of the
Lord.
Courage Needed.
In our new situation In the battle
of life we need special courage, be-
cause the methods that have been used
successfully heretofore may not be
used now. If the soldier knows his
enemy is going to fight as in the for
mer days he knows how TO meet him.
But IL the situation is so changed that
the soldier does not know what his
enemy is going to do, he Is unnerved.
In the Christians course there Is
no need for trepidatlon and loss OF
heart. We read I'm the context, in
speaking Of the ark of the covenant,
"Come not near unto 1t, that We may
know the way that We must CO." There
are two thoughts here. First, the ark
of the Lord, the symbol of the pres
ence of God, Is most sacred object.
The Old Testament history tells us
that a man was struck dead for touch
ing II. The other thought is that we
must always keep ourselves in sight
of the ark, that we may be guided by
IL. When they would see the ark NOV
ing forward, then they were to move
In the same direction.
Today the Christian may understand
that If he walks where God leads he
will certainly come to the right
destination. There was certain way
for the children of Israel to go--it
was the way of God II meant to them
battles. and hardships. and tests. but
II was the way of victory and con.
quest. and II they had been faithful
in following Gods leading from Sinai
through to Canaan. they would have
come quickly into the promised land
and been saved that terrible forty
wears In the wilderness