The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-03
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1922.
Letter From Former Citizen.

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Union City, Tenn.-Dcar Sir: While
in violation of newspaper ethics
feel encouraged in mentioning some
of the friends included in the
"Reminiscences Of my recent visit to
my former home of 80 years ago.
+ 1t certainly rekindled within my
refined thoughts greater inspiration
and love for my fellow man. 1t was
here the glad hands were extended by
the rich as well as by the poor, and
the radiant smiles that were upon
their faces gave evidence of true
friendship sealed by the tight grip
of the hand and to hear that familiar
salutation, Bob, you look well, !"
made my bosom swell within with
gratitude that my unworthy life had
been spared while SO many of my
companions of much greater worth
to moral humanity had been cut
down in the midst of their activity.
A friend of wealth and literary at
tainment, r. P. Whitesell, remem-
bered me as the Sunday school en-
thusiast. The compliment I greatly
appreciate, especially coming from
man of great financial wealth.
Just here want to mention citizen
whose spirited talks as Sunday
CobooI C,,parip +apdopt bovo lictnn-
ed in the past with both admiratio
and confidence in his Christianity
H. T. Robinson. I am no man Wor-
shipper, tho he be pulpit orator, but
Ian admircr of such characters as H.
T. Robinson, Rev j. e. Beck, e. B.
Little, and many others that | could
mention. Their talks in the Sunday
school room were not only elevGting-
ly entertaining but inspiring to my
better nature. When H. T. intro
duced me to the Bible class as his
young old friend, my thoughts were
/, carried back to many years ago and
saddened by tho absence of the entire
class with two eptions-Will
Warterfield and brother Williams.
looked over that beautiful and COM
mCdious temple with it's magnificent
display of architecture, credit to
any city ten times the size, and noted
the absence of the entire George Inge
class and only the Shepherd remain
ed, while the 80 had gone astray
Can I think ne was not watchful nor
failed to pray?
feel like the brightest star in my
crown will be the act of circulating
a petition signed by the new con-
verts at the George Inge revival, for
mulating the above class as follows
Uncle Andy Lawson, DR.. c. W. Miles
Jas. M. Ownby, Judge Swiggart, Jno
CALDWELL ]. P. OWnby, Henry Stan.
field, Henry Mayors, Geo. Hardy
Guess Gibbs, and others that my
memory fails to recall.
Those were happy days filled with
inspiration from God and permeatine
love towards our fellow-men. The
most beautiful picture indelibly
stamped upon my Visions memory
was that to be seen every Sunday
morning over in the southeast corner
of the basement, the very spot where
many years ago l took a public stand
on the side of God and right as die
General Bowie when the crucial hour
came when a final decision should be
made, we are told, while he lay on g
cot sick unto death in the Alamo
requesting to have his cot placed over
the line with the brave, and together
with Crockett, General Travis and
200 others, died with that dangerous
weapon in his hand. l feel honored
| that l have stood on this sacred spot
made so by martyrdom.
When such master minds Of ma
ture development surrended to God
it means that there is something be-
hind 1t and not myth. H. T., like
Moses, suggested many reasons why
he should not shoulder this Fespon-
sibility, tho l left it with him like
Jim Georges efforts and mine had
Iproven fruitless, but, doubtless, after
reconsideration of the matter and
possibly laying it before that Cody
companion who has reared such an
extraordinary family of children and
given them to such excellent young
men for companionship and not un.
known strangers, next Sunday morn
ing following found him standing
in front of those newly enlisted sol
diers of the Cross. He no doubt fell
his incapacity but viewed it from {
literary standpoint.
Where has this class scattered to-
wonder if they went the route O.
the Alamo massacre? Only the in
structor is left, and by the way, HI
he's made a most excellent Sunda!
school Superintendent for a numbe