Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-11
THE MAN WHO TALK

There are lots of big questions tn, : people ask which the philosophers al
 mags bi1nsele eoaEs What Is lifes and md got An. n. answer: and asked some scholar Wht
 has wrestied with the question ane
 given no clear conception or satisfac
 tion in his reply. Sometimes thinl
 life is the expression of divine pur- Il pose and that the pretty bird Whicf
 lsings in the branches of the pear tres
 expresses the purpose of it's creation
 l better perhaps than I do His purpose
 II hear someone saying other creatures I have to abide by the laws of their be
 ing, and we are free moral agents ant
 can abide by the laws of our being ol
 to be the worse for us. Life car
 never be fathomed by mortal man sim
 ply because he is not the master of 1t
 but the subject. He has nothing te
 say about life's dawn or decline-hs expresses life on high plane and the angle worm expresses 1t on low plane I-the worm in its life and action ex- presses divine purpose, but some 1 times doubt whether man does on his | plane. What do you think about It | All sorts of things have been said about the average man. and he does not get mad. Chemically analysed he 1 is a veritable gasbag. This Is no islander, for he has been weighed and
 not found wanting. There is gas 1 enough in him to fill gasometer or
 
 ] com bination to fill a balloon which would carry him above the clouds, if he weighs 150 lbs. He must be some thing of light to the world for the fat of him would make 75 can dIes, and his phosphate contents would make S064 boxes of matches. He con- tains the constituents Of 120O hens eggs. The iron in him will make four tenpenny nails and he carries with him 6 teaspoons of salt, bowl of sugar and ten gallons of water. This con-
 tradicts Byron's statement that man
 ''is half dust. half deity. alike unfit
 be equipped to do both. Shakespeare
 was right What a piece of work is
 man!"-the average man!
 This new year with me is going to
 be year of mental and spiritual pro-
 gress, for I am the master of that;
 and it may be year of material
 advancement, but this really Is Of less
 importance. Adding to material things,
 however satisfactory 1t may be, is not
 adding to manhood or adding to the
 good influences which make life more comprehensible, or more enjoyable II
 there Is anything that dWarfs the hu-
 man soul 1t Is an abiding spirit of
 miserliness, and if there Is one curse above another which is ruining to the human race it is ignorance It Is waste of time to yearn for Wealtn-lt
 is seldom an unmixed blessing to have achieved it. Money is like two-
 edged sword, a protection and a bless ing if used right, and a peril and a curse if not properly handled Ihose who have the right kind of heart are never injured by a large bank ac- count.
 What do you think of the Christmas rakeoff? Perhaps you have not thought how commercialism plans to scoop the shekels, or how poorly made good many Christmas goods be. Think of robber wishing you Merry Christmas when he has one hand in your pocket. And we created him and made him a mockery because we wanted to have something that looked as if it cost three dollars when we paid for it only 80 cents. We want the high look for a low price. We bid for deception and commercialism meets our demand. That's business. And while it is an everyday affair 1t makes its most gor- g'sous appearance in the holiest season oi, the year. We talk about the Christ IT as spirit as if we understood it, and we pass around gifts as though specu- Ia ton was more meritorious than charity. Some people appear to think they study to make the ten spot beat the ace, but never succeed. The gen. e1al desire to get the best end of the bargain by hook or by crook makes Q broad foundation for dishonesty.
 What is hspPInsss7 It is certainly the will. .o'wfsp of life. we all seek after and get little of With some it is the outcome of thought and feel- ing with others the result of going and seeing; to all we might say it comes as the result of desire and &C., ton. Some people are happiest when alone, and some in the swirl of social life; great many are made happy by the thought that they possess more material things than others-because they are not confined to the common walks of life. and the sick are happy as we'll as the robust, because they have a consciousness of divine pres ence or an abiding faith and hope. And, yet, after all has been said, we can't be happy unless we think we be! The source of happiness, then. seems to be the mind; and it must be the mind where love and justice and peace abides. It has been said no thoroughly occupied person can be miserable hence honest service to one's self and others is the way to happiness.
 There is no evidence that because his Satanic majesty found politicians supple that he was the inventor of pol tiles It has been said that wherever a church is erected to Almighty God the devil builds a chapel close by. A politician Is supposed to be well defined when he is spoken of as man skilful in citizenship The politician who re- gards politics as a game generally holds two hands in it. He plays the deuce when he doesn't hold the ace. The ward heelers, crumb seekers and hoaters never rise to the dignity of but are simply factors in the game. How wicked the game Is the politician never knows-the factors pay strict attention to everything not | done according to Hoyle. It Is not strange that Satan is suspected of be- 1 ing its inventor. since he has succeed | ed so well in corrupting 1t. If he is | really the father of all liars, too many l of his children are in politics.
 lf we ali realized how much we say has to do with how we fare we should l be less Ioquacious. It. never pays to | talk unless one talks right It has 1 been said that most of lifes friction is l 1ue to a well oiled tongue" It is won | derful how some people just like to | make a noise with their mouth All | such would have been improved by 1 having been trained to use the har- l nontcun. If they made music 1t would | not bring them into such disrepute. | Producers of discord should always | nave a care. It Is a good rule to say | opium habit. Perhaps that is why | here is such a rush to obey the edict |