Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

hends all of goodness. all of power and
 all Of system-it expresses mans idea
 of concentration, of kindliness and of
 force. Our thoughts of God affect the
 heart, and all our action takes color
 from the heart as the flowers in the
 garden take color from the light. It
 was Madam Necker who taught that
 the heart of 8 good man is the sane tuary of God in this world" The
 scriptures tells us the fool saith in
 his heart There is no God.'" Ifnor- anee does not recognize the glory of the sun which in its beauty and bene-
 icence symbolizes our Heavenly Fa- ther. Those who have eyes to see find evidences of God everywhere break through it.
 There is an old saying that when fatterers meet -he devil goes to din- ner." This looks like a pretty good and simply praise one another without sincerity. who pay little compliments to please, or swap white lies to win favors, have the devil beaten at the start. Dishonesty and dishonor are 1 never far apart, and the devil recog- nizes them as his twin servants ca pablo ofSdoing business alone. There Is fiattery in words, in looks and in silence, hence the carrulous are not the most artistic at it. Addison remarked that the most skilful fattery is to let a person talk on and be a listener" and Bulwer tells us the fool aatters himself; the wise man hatters the fool" It is the honest soul who gets l the honey out of life, although it isn't recognized in society. The lad da l life Is thin at the beginning and bitter l in the end.
 1 A Massachusetts clergyman has come l to the conclusion If an American citi- zen wishes to say something recog- nized as not quite orthodox he had better dig hole. whisper his secret in l the hole, and close it securely after l him. This minister has never yet l grasped enough of the truth to be | made free. He has not reached the point where orthodoxy is my doxy l and heterodoxy is your doxy." for if l he had he would not have given voice 1 to sentiment showing such painful l restraint. I am inclined to pity him,
 aren't you? I say anything the heart prompts me to say, without measuring l it by an established rule. Perhaps | other folks measure it. and if it doesn
 measure up to their ideas just repudi- ate it and that is their privilege. We
 were not born to see things or say ] things alike Mental shackles and par 1 tisan or religious plasters may be good | for some. but not for all Columbus motto Is good enough for me. Whether I
 plotting new ideas, our self command
 should be Sail on! Sail on!"
 When shall we come to realize thai l joy to the living is the finest memo 1 rial we can create for the dead. Ar 1 English clergyman recently left a writ l ten request that flowers should not be l sent to spend themselves on his dead 1 body, but in giving joy and comfort tc 1 living people. As the result of this re- | quest the fresh air fund was increased l by $500 and 320 more children were
 sent to the country for two weeks from
 London, to roam the fields and take l lessons from the living flowers whicf waved In sunlight and shadow What
 think you, of memorial flower money 1 turned into such 8, useful channel as l this2 The wish of thls dead servant oi Christ is fragrant with his love o1 ] goodness, and 1t ought to serve as ar 1 inspiration to others to remember oul 1 duty to the living-our own living