Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-30
The MAN WHO TALKS

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| day the unit of time when he taught
man to pray Give US this day our
daily bread" What you resolve to do
| today makes the good or evil day; and
Ii is the multiplication of these DAYS
| which gives color, character and effect
| to the entire year New Years resolu-
lions are farce, and have properly
come to be ridiculed, not because of
the good intent, but because of the
| utter failure of the resolver to make
good No one ever seems to feel ba d
over these failures, and this is why
the greater part of them seem to be
tnsincere. / say to you. Do not do 1t.
Every day one should consider life in
its bearings upon him, and his duty to
himself and his neighbors. The key
note of all religious action is "Now."
Scripture says Know myself" not to-
morrow but today; seek and We shall
find not next year but as reward for
immediate action.
As ! advance In years what the
world calls bad men look to me like
Gods men more and more. He made
all things and pronounced them good
and he gave them all the power Of
choice and through mistaken choice
what vile conditions they create for
themselves. ignorance thougl1tless-
ness, excesses and habit make men vile.
Someone has said no other creature
Gcd has made laughs except man-nO
other creature he has made can claim
the title of being a creator. The sons
Of men are all creators as one may
SEQ from the constant progress made in
mechanics, the sciences and the arts
Has not some man reputed to be bad
surprised you by his good and kindly
acts? Have you never noticed how
men of bad repute now and then show
up noble traits. The milk of human
kindness is not all to the rich or the
poor, the good or the bad. but it flows
where God has planted it-and out OF
evil conditions goodness occasionally
through a rift in the clouds at night.
Perhaps this was why we were warned
To judge not, .lest we be judged"
The life of another was never de-
signed to be controlled by any man,
be he father or ruler. BY divine law
every human being must live his own
1fe-no one can live 1t for him. The
most that can be done for any human
soul is to impress it with the cardinal
Principles which tell for true develop
ment and power. Every individual
must not only live his own life but he
must recognize his own shortcomings
and by the aid of the divine spirit not
by the aid OF his father, or good
friend, correct them himself The
manifest mantle God-1ilxe man
cannot be developed in any other way.
Good reading and good counsel doesn't
furt him-they help, if he is receptive
TO them. It is M to him whether he
shall take into his life good or evil
whether he shall walk in the iIll1rni-
mated way of Love and Wisdom. or
" hether he shall piod along in doubt
and darkness. The man whose life
was plotted for him by parent and
has been successfully lived has not
wrought what he should have wrought
Us to yield to the Inspiration of the
spirit.
Il Is a good plan to be both deaf
and blind to Islander. 1t does not make
so much difference what folks say
about us. If what they say to our dis /
credit ia true. 1t is time to mend, not I
10 assaii them for it; and If it is un-
true. there is no rssa son why we should I
ne disturbed since falsehood has nc |
founda ton. The right way to deal |
with Islander is to starve it to death; |
and il one does not notice ii there is /
nothing which sooner disconcerts a /
sianderer than the consciousness that /
tice-that his effort to stir up strife I
has failed. This Is the only true way
to make a counter impression For /
as Alexander Dumas says. THE way
% check SANDER is to ignore it. At I
Tempt to refute 1t, or to run it down /
and twill soon outrCn you
Perhaps it will do you good to come !
INTO full realization of the fact that /
As a man you are an expression of /
nan you be-and mind is an express |
non of you; and thought is an express
zion Of mind: and intellect is an ex-
preston of thought; and knowledge |
s an expression of intellect; and pow |
n is an expression of knowledge; and |
LII these represent the divine order |
which makes man the browning crea- /
ion of the Most High. 1t will do |
,ou good to think of this order, for in /
{ lies the mastery of spirit over mat
er and the ability of man to come in |
o the fullness of his inheritance. Do
lot be content to believe, but be eager
o know. The more you know what
o practice, the more YOU Will be likely
o practice what you know KnoWi-
'dge is lamp which lights the way
# man.
It is important that every young
nan should realize that a trade gives
ecurity in life; and a recognition of
his fact is the reason wise kings see
hat the princes know how to make
living by their hands, instead of be-
ng taught an art or profession, either
f which might not prove to be re-
nunerative. There are q few born
'eniuses, only a few, and they appear
o be born physically and mentally
The ambition to know
nings aud to do things enlarges OPP
ortunity, creates for man a broader
eld of endeavor The unskilled in
fe are more to be pitied than blamed
hey are In q narrow sphere with SuCn
mall rewards that they seem to be
cnstantiy In the tolls of misfortune |
{ is worth while to have q purpose in
fe, and to take ambition for a guide
nto practical and profitable wayss
he young man who learns a trade
as an anchor to the leeward, and he
never without something TO tie to
a days of need, or misfortune
In this world of ours you doubtless
ave noticed that humility is rather
loosely related to honesty; and pride
GEMS to be near of kin to hypocrisy;
nd style is akin to pride, and what ..
ash it creates among the daughters
{ men in the churches and out of
hem. Pretence seems to have the cen
er of the arena, while humility and
onesty do not complain because they
ppear to be assigned back seats.
lyle has often been labelled i'm
1oral, because it is so often conscious
f not being what it pretends to be.
"a Rochefoncald says for a truth
One is never so ridiculous for the
ualities he has as for those he pre-
snds to have" 1t is honorable to
tand for just what we are-it is fool
,hness to wear the beard of q nanny
oat and still call ourselves men. A
fe which has been complete false
retense must produce only a soap
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