Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01
THE MAN WHO TALKS

! which seems to say: T wish I never had been born!" And those who can interpret expressions think 1t a pity he ever was born, for he is making a persistent misuse of life. Such a per- son. like the jam in the pot all covered with mold, is a doubtful proposition. | He Is sour and the acidity of his own thoughts seem to him unbearable. Many a sweet-faced soul passes such a person every day while they are bat ting life's enbarrassments and expect to triumph. Perhaps their inheritance was the sugar of life instead of the vinegar. 1t is more than likely that we are all born sweet or sour: and it | Is evidence of superiority to overcome the frowns in us and put on the smiles. A poor face is a sign of weakness and invites distrust. Light, sound and health are all the vibratory blessings i of life, and we should strive to catch | on to the right vibrations. We must were designed to be sons and daughters of God.
 Those who do not talk too much seldom have to eat their own words; and this is one of the best of reasons for keeping still when conversation Is free and general. 1t is a good rule l never to talk unless you know what you are talking about. False pretence Is most common in the utterances of men, and women, too, who are misled | by their thoughts and put into a sad plight by their tongues. Silence may confuse a foe when words would fall utterly. The owl is wise bird be- cause he looks 1.-the parrot because he became aware he could talk too 1 much. Silence may be the defence of the ignorant, but 1t is also said to be | the way to hear the whispers of the gods. It was once said of a great gen. | eral that he could hold his tongue in ten languages. He could never have been in danger of eating his own have a good digestion. The greatest preacher in nature is said to be the ant and 1t says nothing.
 | We have to control our ideas or they may make worse than slaves of us. Ideas of economy consistently enforced have brought about queer results. It Is excessive prudence which produces
 the miser. A mania for saving has | made of many monomaniacs. An Eng fish titled lady felt so poor she did not | take nourishment enough to sustain life, and while the evidence was that | she starved to death, it is a matter
 of record that her estate exceeded two millions. An English miser who would not have his clothes brushed because 1t took off the nap, or his shoes brushed because of the wear and tear, |
 meals day, and but two hard boiled eggs at his best meal; who went with scant fire in winter and slept upon a plank left to Queen Victoria a million and half. What good Is money to people who live in squalor to/hoard it, and who worship it and live in want for the remainder of their days? They just prove the saying: Money is a good servant, but a poor master" A balancing rule in the affairs of life is this: Make all the money you can,
 save all you can. and give all you can!"
 Il If no one thought they were sick until they had some manifest physical impairment the doctors would lose one-third of their patients and some
 of their best patrons. One of the ar tistic practices of physicians is their slkillful humoring of patients who
 think they are sick when the doctors ] know there is nothing the matter with
 them that calls for drugs. A story is
 told of a titled English woman who
 could not get nights sleep without la hypoderInic injection. A wrong
 doctor who took her case while the regular physician was away injected
 a few drops of pure water nightly to quiet her nerves and she slept well. : One night he forgot to call and ad- ] minister the dose, and the next morn
 
 could not excuse his neglect of her , The young doctor ventured to tell her , he had never given her a narcotic, simply pure water and in her rage she boxed his ears. This kind of a patient , Is always more or less dangerous ) Doctors could never keep popular and prosperous by telling patients the 3 truth-they must soothe them with words as well as with soothing syrup
 They earn their fees.
 What do you admire in a good ser mon? The beautiful periods or the stimulating truths. Some people SC 5 adore scholarship and ability that they : miss the point of good sermons. The ? only thing to cherish in any sermon is the truth which makes us see that we
 have been blind, and which prompts
 us to live in the new light better livei
 before our fellow men. The thing tC g love is the truth whether it hits us , or not, and the one to honor is the truth-teller. Beautiful language doe.
 not make a beautiful sermon. Wha the average man regards as eloquenct . is froth not power. The power of Coo lies in Divine precepts. Truth makes
 man free because it is a living force
 Many. so-called fine sermon is made up of mortal conclusions and well ! dressed errors. The sermon tha
 touches the heart is different from tn,
 polished discourse we read and ad - naire in books. The man who really ' makes his heart the sanctuary of thu
 Lord is a man of power. The Saviour > did not call to his work the great anC
 the pure-the true and brave wer' T good enough for Him.
 = No, William, I do not endorse Bill. ItSunday. All endorse is his individ
 ualism and his up-to-date figures O speech. I like the fire that is in him t He doesn't give thought enough to tn . counsel: Judge not lest ye b.
 judgedi" I wish his religion was S, good to, him that he couldn't find an.
 mean language to abuse those who d.
 not view religion as he does. No maj . can fathom the deserts of his neigh f bor, or the judgments of God. Nobod,
 is likely to be found with Lucifer be
 cause Billy Sunday says he is or vii S be there. Billy Sunday knows just a much about the future disposition o :. those he classes as wicked as he know
 about the future of himself. Bill,
 Sundays aims are right, but his judg ments are open to question. Tn 2 sensationalism of the Saviour consist ed of his caimness and self-possessiol d and unfaltering example of faith unde
 all circumstances; and this is wher
 he was so different from other sen