Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-24
THE MAN WHO TALKS

l It seems to me as if the world to- day is witnessing as never before the hypnotic power of 8 false idea. Na- l tions who know the truth and profess 1 it are violating every Divine precept
 in selfish desire of governmental su- premacy when the only supremacy of lasting value is that which is found | ed upon Divine example: We witness
 the mentally great and the devoutly
 distinguished all united with the mass i es in their approval of conquest. van- | dalism, murder and pillage for no nobler purpose than to become rec ognized rulers of the earth. We wit ness churches as organizations ap- plauding and praying-people asking God to promote unholy ambitions and unholy causes. It was Mackenzie whe said: Mankind in the gross Is s | gaping monster that loves to be de- ceived and seldom has been disap- pointed" God may help them who help themselves, but not those who help themselves to their -neighbors prop 1 erty.
 | What do We do to our minds when we let doubt and fear in? Figurative- 1 ly speaking doubt weal1ens our hold and fear harasses us with tantanzng images Doubt and fear are always disturbers of the soul. Doubt prompts us to investigate-fear may drive us | to any extremity. Fear has been calt- ed the mother of foresight, but it is oftener the forerunner Of disaster Doubt has been called an enaissary of Satan, because it upsets reason and Invites despair Your mind is the cen- 1 tral exchange to your world and the operators should be kept alive to duty and responsive to call In well or dered mind doubt and fear are en- titled to small service. Confidence IS the cable that holds honor firm and men and masses from disorder. Trust divineiy inspired and huManly prized l is the precious gem which Wllf Keep
 the mind right and men and govern ments peaceful and happy. Man has been equipped to produce the mill leniurn. There are moro varieties of Chris | tians than there are of humn1ng pirds, but they are not all likely to have shining raiment. Those who live Tn fear and trembling instead of love and hope are no credit to themselves. AL fairs of life can only look uncertain to people uncertain in their conception of Gods love and power. They do not become half conscious of the light or glory He sheds abroad every day-the blessings he bestoWs upon earth every moment The shabbiest kind or a Christian Is the one who distrusts the author of life and wears a melancholy mask. How could Jesus be man or sorrows when he was conscious Of the full glory of Gods power and the jus tice of His laws and the final destiny of all mankind? Christians ought to have glad hearts and peace of mind because the Prince of Peace is their friend and makes no false promises. If you are inclined to think your lot in life Is a hard one. get right out and go to hunting lots as a city sport hunts squirrels in Octobebr. You may not tree many. but you will tree enough to discover that your lot has finer fur than you thought it had. These people who make 8 for1orn hope Of their lives do not know what they are doing to themselves by constantly sowing seeds of misery. If there was ever a human lot so bad it could not have been made
 worse we have never been able to dis cover 1t. Many a person who thinks his lot is almost too hard to bear has found that a cheerful looking and pleasant spoken neighbor was in twice as hard luck and never thought of mem. | tiening it. There is no cure for vain imaginings like a revelation of the l truth with reference to others. Hope often as good stored there as gold in your pocket. What you need is a new vibration-get out and shake yourself and discover you are all wool and . yard wide and capable of keeping your heart warm. -e..4s-@ EcA-2 No man was ever heard to complain because a. sermon was too short or a minstrel show too long. Man is oppos- | ed to having life made too serious-he 1 never loses his infantile fancy / for amusement, He likes to have every thing clothed attractively-he wants a little sugar in all his naedicaments. Billy Sunday can clothe a Bible story ! in the vernacular and 10000 people turn out to hear it. It doesn't seem
 to be dead when he expresses it in baseball lingo; but the strength of the story is not lost in verbiage. To get I results of any kind human taste must | be humored and the demand of the human mind be catered to, Trade rec l ognizes that it must make Brazilian l shoes for Brazilians and Brazilian l clothes, not American, if it expects a I booming trade. The baseball brain likes a baseball sermon best. Men who want gospel truths hot from the bat | are disappointed if they do not 50 get l them. Religious truths that are served l like cake in society are not adapted to | the fancy of the multitude.
 1 Do not let your faith be shaken be- cause of the horrors of war in Europe ! and conclude the Lord is tInfaintffui of l the situation because he does not in q 1 miraculous way put a stop to it. Man ! becomes the victim of the evil condi- lions he creates. He has a, knowledge 1 of the law as revealed by the Saviour and knows the precepts of truth ore the way of honesty, confidence and justice, 1 but he persists in strife, jealousy and 1 revenge and calls down upon his own l head the disaster, suffering and death | which are the wages of sin. No pre-
 tence has ever been made that God win
 save a man from himselff if he win
 I not be saved. As creature of free | will, as free moral agent, man has
 been set to work out his own salvation I or his own dananation. Divine law
 has been pointing the way to permau-
 ent peace for thousands of years, but
 mortal love of self and abuse of power
 has turned human life into life of l terror. Man is suffering from his own
 delusions.
 How we dream the time may come
 when we, too, shall live on Easy street.
 ! that fine thoroughfare of the iraagina-
 tion where comfort and pleasure are
 thought to permanently abide: but
 those who live on Easy street do not
 I find it freer from trials end trfbulations
 ! than other streets. Easy street is mem
 aced with peril as much as Hard Iucsr
 avenue. If want or rags do not ha,ant
 it. peddlers and agents and swindfers
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