Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-04
McRUM, HOWELL EMPLOYEES
HEAR OF THE WAY INVISIBLE
Another Shop Talk Given by Rev. C.
II. Ricketts, at Local Foundry.

The series of shop meetings at the
McCrum- Howell plant under the au-
spices of the Young Mems Christian
association was continued on Wednes-
day at noon, the eighth In the series
being given, with Rev. G. H. Ricketts,
pastor of Sreeneyille Congregational
church, as the speaker The Way In.
visible was his topic, suggested by the
closing of the old year and the opening
of the new, closing a certain path we
all have trodden and opening up to US
all the way invisible He said in
part:
When We look back. and see some Of
the good things we gripped in 1911
and made them part of ourselves, we
are filed with g just pride. But when
We realize the wasted forces it makes
us ashamed of ourselves. An honest
look at the closed path makes us feel
that Il ere ere some things we ought to
cut out of the new years schedule.
Let me ask one or two pointed dues-
tons: Fave any of you been negligent
Of and Indifferent to your church du-
ties? II so, / honestly think you have
made q mistake There is no invest
nient like the church for large, safe
and regular dividends. But. re member.
you must put something into it If you
expect to- get anything out of it. To
get profit out of his business a man
IN st Put into 1t time, strength. brains,
eney and conservation. The more he
puts into it, the more he gets out of It.
other things being equal. The same is
true of tho church: you can make lit
tie out OF 1t or much, just as you like
have never seen a man, Catholic or
Protestant, who put great moral
purpose into his church activities who
was ever dissatisfied with the returns.
Men. give the church a fair show
Again, have YOU been quite fair to
your poeketbaok? 1t is easy to se1
that this work is hard and you feel
the value of dollar. Now those hard
earnings are entitled to some consid-
Grafton. Do you let them carelessly
slip through your fingers without oiv-
ing you a fair equivalent? In the
course of nature the last pay day is
! coming; old age surely and disease
| POSSIBLY will paralyze your capacity
as a workman. What then? Are YOU
fixing yourself for that emergency
During the last year did you let your
! money so Tor those things that YOU
! now have nothing to show for? II
! there are any needless leakages in
your pocketboek. stop them up, anC
| do it now!
! 1t is chiefly to 1912 that I want tc
call yonr attenticn-the way invisible
| because We cannot see what it con-
| talns. Like the Jews in their marcel
| II the Red sea, there are two things
/ we are going to have this year: the
| pillar of fire to point out the way, ant
| The pillar of cloud to keep us from
! seem" and being seen. 1t is hard IL
| make men see that the latter is JUS
| as important as the former. No doub
we would be happy if we clearly saw
| some things in store for US, but We
would be just as unhappy if we saw
! ether things. The pillar of fire tina
helps US see and know some things il
veil balanced by the pillar of clouC
that keeps s from seeing and know.
ing other things.
Men, I would encourage you to en-
| ter the way invisible with faith il
| your own ability and integrity. Yol
| have right to believe in yourselves
| If you cannot, there is somethiny
Wong, and the sooner it is righted tn
better. Start the new year right an
then you will not be likely TO end i
u wrong. Start out with the fixe,
purpose to give everybody a 'squar
| eeal,' the company, the next fellow
and yourselves. Aim to make che nam
O! Mo- rum Howell a Great one in tn
| InuuStrlaI world, Tor that is the bes
way of making yourselves indispensa
bic to the company. TRY to make thi
labor sacred by putting yourselves int
it, and remember that all decent wcr
S sacred, whether it is sand shovelin
or statecraft, If there is marines
Hsck Of it. Do the present duty .
well as the pillar of fire reveals It, an
be thankful that there is in huma
life tile pillar of cloud also that screen
the eve from the morrow with it
trials and tears, it's cares. sorrows an
To look into n painfi
GrG shadow tomorrow would unfit U
for service today Sufficient unto tn
cay is the evil thereof"