Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
THE MAN WHO TALKS


every day is good day, because it is
Goi-made. We have a way of talking
about the weather as if it was a mat
ter of chance instead of a regular
manifestation under Divine law. Those
who learn the science of the weather
recognize its cycles, its alterations.
its seeming yagaries. They do not un-
derstand it all, and never will; but it
runs like a well planned and endurable
machine, and it never fails to produce
results. Too often mems failures are
charged UP against the weather, as has
been shown by the dry tillage which
countries of limited rainfall Those
who believe in daily prayer should
bear in mind that the weather is a dali
ly blessing, regardless of how it upsets
our plans
We have divided men into the good
and the bad, the rich and the poor, the
desira BILE and undesirable, the orthodox
and the heterodox, the chosen of God
and the heather, the washed and the
unwashed; and still we are not quite
satisfied. over half a century ago
George Merediths Juggling Jerry"
sang: I've studied men from my topsy
turvey close; and, 1 reckon, rather
true; some are fine fellows-some.ri right
scurvy, most-a dash between the
two" But in a world of contrasts the
dash between the two" is not as in
consequential as we would make it, for
tues and vices as well as merits and
dement's. Things congIomerate seem to
bear the imprint of accident rather
than design-a mixup without pur-
pose. Some think man is what God
has made him and some are of the
opinion that man is what he has made
himself; but what matters it since he
is a creature governed by irrevocalble
law and his relation to the law deter
mines the type of man he isl
1t is the every day pIodder who is
regarded as the under dog and he too
often has as poor an estimate of him
self as others have of him. He does
not realize that the base for honor and
dignity is in striving to do things well.
When it comes to the drudgeries of
life, those who recognize that drudgery
is as necessary to call forth the treas
ures of the mind, the abilities of the
hand, as narrowing and planting is to
make the earth yield its harvest are
wise, while those who are worried and
worn for want of cheering thoughts
are otherwise. There is strength in the
inspiring thought that there are sweet
surprises awaiting humble souls who
are fighting against great odds in the
battles of a seemingly Commonplace
life. The heroes do not all get into
print-cannot all wear Carnegie med
ais, or have Carnegie pensions; but
they all surely get their reward. The
heroism man lauds loudest is not that
which brings greatest satisfaction to
the human soul.
You cannot make a boy believe it is
unmanly to smoke, because he sees the
best respected men smoking. What
good does it do a father to tell his
son that smoking is a bad habit if the
boy must meet the minister, so full
of knowledge, godliness and grace,
with a cigar in his mouth. If il is
wicked, he wants to know why his
Bible class teacher tells the boys to
be good and then yields to evil him
self. If it is unmanly why do the
doctor, the judge and the mayor have
a pleasant smoke together? 1t is not
so very strange that the smart boy
with a father of no little vices thinks
that hrs father is a falsifier when he
tells him that smoking is a filthy and
soul enslaving habit for it wears the
brand of responsibility every day; and
tobacco smoke whirls on the ambient
air wherever good men gather, or
great men assemble. or brave men
meet. Is the boy blind or is Daddy
trying to deceive him?
Now they tell US that the skilled
dentist can read in our teeth our true
character, which calls attention to the
duplicate records of himself that a
man carries with him unawares. The
reads our character by
tracing out the bumps upon our head;
and he tells what we are-whether we
belong in the developed or the de-
generating class Then others find your
record in the way you walk, the arch
of your eyebrows or the hang and pat
tern of your ears; and they all find
true of you as wonderful
as Bertillon's discovery of every per-
sons identity in the hide marks of the
finger tips. If man understood him
self better he would be careful about
he
and hanging out upon himse {: by the
* 5cIVaIce of and the violation of the
law of his being.
The person who is self entertaining
has achieved much for himself and
blessed others-for he lOes moi become /
a bore to his family or friends through
dleness. 1t has been observed that
the man who knows how to make uSS |
Of his leisure time-who has the abiI-
ty to be merry when a leisure, is the |
best workman when he is engaged at |
The desk. counter or bench. 1t is clear /
enough to the mind that he should BE- |
for he has a cheerful heart-he has aims /
he knows the value of generalship |
because he practices it every day
Lord Selborne was right recently when |
he said: THE most useless thing |
know is the man who says he has |
jailed because someone else has not |
helped him" SeIf-reIiance is an asset i
which pays dividends if it doesn't APP |
pear in the lists of the stock JObberS. /
The man who is blind to his own in
erestS must have something more !
han spectacles fitted to his eyes to /
make him see all right. 1t is not his I
eyesight that is impaired, but his fore
sight. Perhaps you do not know that /
| fly has better hindsisht than FORE
sight but he has 1t takes ten blows to I
swat a fly from behind to two to do |
Tim insfront. Some men have superior
lindsight without the guard movement
If the fly, which turns on its own CEN
er often to keep a sharp view of its
When a man gets blind /
o his own interests it would be a
blessed thing if he could send for an
,culist and have the defect immedi-
ltely remedied: but it takes him long
ime to discover that he is blind. and
hen he must heal himself. A guard
gainst laziness as well ais penalties
or it is to he found in the laws for
physical government.
Perhaps the best reason why talk is
ess of the demand; and yet. man has
manipulated this market so that the
kind of talk not infrequently
commands the highest price. 1t is not
necessary to cite instances for any OBJ
erving man can do that; and some
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