Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-09
THE MAN WHO TALKS

dictionary definition is the dwelling place of the family-it may be applied to the dwelling in which we live or to the town in which that dwelling is sit uated. The human heart finds more impressive and poetic definitions for home: but no definition of it ever inn pressed us more than that of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said: Home is the place our feet can get away from, but our hearts cannot" The heart that can get away from home has not found its home, but is still wandering. The heart that cannot get away from home recognizes home as it's safest refuge and knows the spirit and the smile which make home sweet; and the new home does not always take the place of the old home into which man was born, and from which his eyes and heart never stray; and the heart also harbOrs a thought of the eternal home where through righteousness man hopes to dwell forever. And as we think of it, do we not find that home like Heaven, is within us? If it is not there, can it really have an ex- istence anywhere else?
 Very few persons know how to give advice wisely or we'll It is not natural for sound advice to have a loud voice How much different it sounds coming from the mouths of the gentle than when coming from those who are en- tranced by the sound of their own voices. The manner of doing things reinforeess their effectiveness; and many many people think that the it is of the greatest. How much nicer it is to say things of value for their critical importance or for their inn pressive worth in private, quiet and unassuming way. The spirit of com radeship beats the spirit of superiority ta q frrf. tsl 10 oo1y vxric sel and to promote good influences. The successful adviser must be good doer, for the frail advising the weak to he strong make a grotesque picture. He is good parent who lives up to the instructions he gives his children. Johnson found: Advice was never welcome; and that those who needed it most, liked it least The good eX- ample as constant prompter is most needed, for to be beneficial the wiseSt advice should not be frequently re- peated.
 In our communal life and example there does not seem to be much to strengthen ones moral nature. Per haps you have never thought how un- kind we are to the under dogs and the unfortunate When a man has been falsely imprisoned for years. and is finally proved to have been innocent
 
 ate him, or by Christian example show it's regret. When men are injured while working for corporations from no fault of their own, and crippled for life, there is no effort to remunerate them; but more money is spent in law to prevent them from just compensation than it would take to satisfy them, and to perform a truly Christian act. Our cities fight their victims at law to see how little shall be paid them instead of recognizing their liability and coming forward and conducting an honorable settlement. We have many churches and steepIes, and no end of Christian talk; and then we pay out large sums of money and en- gage in legal contentious which do not have the element of justice in them to do wrong rather than right. There is nothing in this which inspires the injured to have more trust in man or of the able against the weak do not bear q Christian trademark.
 It is well enough ts remember that it is not the cheerful heart that makes wrinkles on ones brow. Old MT Wor- ry is the ploughman that makes people age before their time and compels the photographers to employ retouchers to wipe from their negatives the marks of fretfulness, which are the indications of age that sometimes belle the sub ject The person who finds joy and beauty in living does not have to em- ploy a massager We all like to look fail to wrestle with ourselves and knock out the habits which mar in stead of improve us. John Wesley used to say: 'I dare no more to fret than I dare to curse and swear He thought it was wicked; and are you ic irao oy,f yxri r. CT declares: "A fretful spirit will, of course, flow out in fretful speech; and is the discomfort of others, an arraignment of Gods Providence, and almost form of blasphemy against him. Helen Hunt found that nothing the peace of home. Old Mir. Worry is a bad character and those who re- spect themselves should not entertain him.
 The young person who is becoming g irregular in habit and sloven1y in per son does not dream that he is on the way to become as worthless as the last match in the tray, the match that will not light or shed the least bit of radi- ance; but this is the end of the irreg- ular and disselute life. If this were all it would seem to be enough; but it isn't, for with it goes distorted mind WHICH IcduS LH6 NlCl1in 10 pIdIIle every one else for his misfortunes and ruin but himself. By intemperanee in act and thought he has got himself on the wrong side Of life and welcomed mis- cry as his constant companion. He becomes a sower of the seeds of dis sension and disturbance, ana an offense to those who are allied to him and who would rejoice in his redemption. This is high price for violating the rules of life which assure thrift to the in dividual and strength to the state. Yet there are young people drifting that way today without any conception that the rope of habit which they are weaving about themselves is becoming stronger every day and will eventually make them as worthless as the vel low dog in the street; and twice as foul and miserable.
 There is no more reason why one should feel sad when the goldenrod is at it's height, than when the birds are gathering in flocks in the pastures for their migration south, which is happening about the same time. To those who recognize beauty, every sea = son has it's charm; and they under stand what Heinrich Heine meant when he wrote: God manifests him. self in different degrees through diff ferent things, but all things partake .