Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-17
THE MAN WHO TALKS.

If you have resolved to get out of life all the, fun there is in it for. you, be sure the goal of your fun is not misery. Pleasure does not furnish lasting happiness-the so-called pleas- ures of life are ephemeral. The de- light of the senses does not breed hap piness. What we see may please us. and what we sense may comfort us, but it is that which is cherished in the heart which assures permanent happi- ness. I sometimes wonder if abiding happiness would not become as mo- notonous as continuous music. I am not aware of any good thing that may not by excess be made obnoxious. Man seems to be so constituted that more than just enough produces contrary effect. Even excessive piety produces the fanatic. It is well enough to be sure you are right be fore you go ahead; but many man who was sure he was right has gone wrong. It takes temperate action and good judgment to get out of life the fun there is in it for us.
 Reaching a conclusion is often haz- ardous business, because our conclu sions are too often founded upon our suspicious which have back of them jealousies or prejudices which are like " to fade away. The expert at putt ting this and that together often raises a fabric which tumbles over and crushes him. Men are not much wiser than children in many things: and it was a child who concluded that the: reason the teacher did not want her pupils to kill the birds was because she wanted them saved that she might have them by and by to wear upon her hat, which showed the school ma'am was preaching better than she was practicing, which is only natural since v10FA net I4Izn f<@1 f.r. +, be borne in mind that man concludes, but God alone only knows. Forecast ing possibilities is very much like fore casting the weather, a hit or miss per formance with nine in ten chances against one of being correct, When you conclude do not think you have reached a finality.
 Very few people can conceive how thoughts can be forces. They do not know that while men defending great issues die the issues do not and gen. erat1on after generation wars for their triumph. We will take the thought of fear Fear is an effect of a cause thought. When the mind through the inauguration pictures conditions which menace our comfort fear is the force which takes possession of our soul. imaginary danger harnesses our lives Just as though it was real danger, and produces pain and discomfort. The images the mind through fear trumps up affect the nervous system; and then the sufferers become sick or: insane. This is the natural course of cause and effect, and the prevention lies in the will. God provided us with balance and 1t is up to us to use it. It does not do to think of ourselves as being lated, or sick, 4 or misunderstood. These are thoughts which set us back. we need to cherish the thoughts which 10 if1d the 'heart-thoughts of health. self f-re- nance, confidence, love and hope.
 We all remember that in 1913 ice made on June 18th and also on Sept. 10th, making only 12 weeks from ice to ice; and yet in many respects the sum mer Of 1914 has been no better: in its temperature. Wehowever recognize the satlsfylng average which seems never to fall. The years which have a frost every month and they are about as common as wet years and dry years, alWays have the satisfying average; put that must have failed in the year 1Sl6, when snow fell in New England rom z to 10 inches deep in June and Ice as thick as window glass made on 4th Of July: and in August a black Irost wiped out every green thing. Yet in January of that very year it was so warm the fires were let out here In Connecticut and wood was used for cooking only as it is generally used in July. Let us. hope that we are not drifting back to one of those old fashioned summers f~
 Most people do not believe in the virtues Of the average man but all who read the papers are surprised at the number of virtues the obituary writers can bring to light in honor of. the least of the late 1amented ones. fn fI,z<. lfx-> man and to praise the dead, it is not surpr1s1ng we do not realize often what paraSons of virtue abide -near,us. Even when man writes his autobfograpiny ne seems to glory in the things which oo him least credit and which a friend writing his life would surely omit. fepy'S and other celebrated diarists nave satisfied the reading world that men and women place. on record about themselves what no one else would oare mention Perhaps this is because man knows himself so well he doesn't dare to be dishonest. At all events the obituary writer has been trained to speak well of the dead and to
 magnify the little virtues which he may olscoVers in the drift of their lives 4 man s photograph doesn't always flat ter him. but the pen-picture of the deceased seldom lacks fine features. Sympathy has been defined as a de- Vlne passion or the human heart-next 10 love; but it seems to be akin to seihshness- Sympathy has always proven to be a poor guide for man | unless kept under restraint Coleridge says All sympathy not consistent with 1 acknowledged virtue is but disguised 1 selfishness. True sympathy is an ex- | pression of feeling based upon love and l followed by words of wisdom and 1 kindly deeds. but there is a sympathy so vapid that when expressed in words
 It has spent itself; and there is also
 a sympathy which prompts one to sustain vice and to promote wichedness or every sort. In fact we may be cor rectly judged by the trend of our sympathles; hence it. is we'll to beware or our sympathies, to hold them in
 check until we analyze~ their worth
 The sympathy which does and dares
 for good needs no leash; but all zothei sympathy requires careful attention
 and the hesitancy which always at
 tends good judgment
 It was Bishop Hare who affirmed
 the ultimate tendency of civilization I was barbarism,' and the nations seen to be busy today proving the fact l Never were lives so ruthiessly sacri fced-never so little respect paid f,
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