Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-10
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
 IN MANS LIFE. Attributes of Character Emphasized in Rev. c. H. Ricketts' Shop Talk.

Finished Pillars made the topic for Rev. '. H. Ricketts on Thursday at noon at the shop talk at the McCruin- Howell company plant under the au- spices of the Y. M. c. A., which was the 22d he has given there.
 He said in part;
 In the Bible we read that Solomon erected two pillars in the porch of the temple, one of which was called Jachin and the other Boaz The meaning of the first of these is firm ness and the second strength. Firm ness joined to strength gives power, and this was necessary for the burden these pillars had to bear. Strength is not the only attribute of life, but 1t is of primary importance; 1t is one of it's great fundamental facts. F1rmness and strength are he first things thought of in building a house.
 Strength is Needed.
 The same Is true of whatever else men build. If it is government, the most important thing Is stability. If it is business, 1t must have solid financial backing. It is the weddings that die, for, however highly favored they may be otherwise, if wanting in the iron atoms of manly strength, they v The calm verdict of human judgment makes very little of nationality, color material property, social distinctions age or sphere and character of activi- ty, but 1t crowns strength with ar eternal diadem.
 Where there is strength, there eter- nity puts its stamp" says Carlyle Whether it is Caesar or Paul, Hide brand or Luther, Calvin or St. Der hard, Fulton or Marconi, if they are only Jacnic and Boaz in the great l temple of life then they are the con- querors of death.
 Beauty With Strength. l But there Is something more WI learn of this famous porch of Solo mons temple. It was not only stronl enough to support the required weight but those pillars were made as beauti ful as the art of man could devise, anC this was done without detracting il the least from their firmness ant | strength.
 What a poor old world this woul, be without beauty! Mere strengtl could not lift it out of dull monotony God might have given us a gray worl, of mere strength, but He has seen fl to weave lily work into His sunsets l If the cold marble column or hall cal | delight us with its symmetry and or nament, how much more the grace o personality.
 do not underate the importance O the strength of character It is tn greatest thing, and most far-reachinj in it's results, of anything a human be ] ing can have But much is gained il making strength outwardly attractive
 RefIecting Sunshine.
 Amiability is not made up of smirk or grins or fattering speeches. bu has its origin in a soul that yearns fo human fellowship. There is no excus for a man in good health for not hay ing g. good nature.
 Another way in which strong me may be attractive is to be sunny. Tn human soul is beautiful not because is a battery in which the light can b stored, but because 1t Is a reflector b which it can be given just as it is re ceived. No man has a right to g through life as a mere shadow, but a a spirit afame with a great mora purpose.
 God have mercy on the man wh has nothing but a scowl and EnaI for his fellows; who sees nothing bu VI OAS III SOSA0ly ana O1SorQer Tn QlIn ! self. One of our humorists has sal that "a healthy hornet in good work ing trim can break up 6 camp meet ing. l have known men with thei petty miseries, aches and pains t make whole community misenabl, People ought to remember that other have little fingers that are sometime painful. I have also known person whose Christianity was never question ed who would not be mourned if the were loving God in Bombay rathe than in Connecticut. They are simpl disagreeable because lacking lily worl John Wesley once said; God can ge along with people we cannot" Sue people need to have beauty added { strength