Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-21

The YELLOW STREAK.

yellow has boFHs q sinister FepHta-
ton since the days when the early
painters used that e9teF exclusively
20 depicting the gsrB9sBts Of Judas
anything yellow, from dogs 10 Journal
ism, covers a. certain impression OF
tFesehsFy and Of Evil, The yellow
streak IN character stands ESF traits
Of which we are not proud, which
come 20 the surface often when we
Least expect them, and which we
would oblitefate IL we could,
IL men will sometimes surprise
themselves by the noble way ~ which
they rise to occasions, they likewise
often stand in dispsy at the weak
ness and neaBpess of which. under
capable. Under a strain the weak LINK
in a chain that looked strong will
snap. In moral testings too, human
beings may betray at some particular
point unsuspected iphFmity. Looking
back over past life who Of us 10 not
both surprised and ashamed that. on
one occasion or another, or, perhaps,
on many occasions, he fuhtGled so
mean a part?
for long and then, most unaceount-
ably, display tendencies that shock
his friends and are a puzzle even TO
himself. 1t is painful to discover that
the image has feet of clay, that what
we thought was a character Of solid
integrity is marred by flaws more or
less fragrant.
On the front Of a handsome stone
building there began to appear some
dirty yellow streaks that could not
be washed or chiseled away, but
which only grew blacker with time
ously defaced. geologist was called
in to investigate. He found that In
several of these blocks Of sandstone
that had looked SO white ana fms
| when put in place there lay hidden
just beneath the surface, q small mass
Of iron pyrites- After the frosts and
rains of a year or two this "fooPs
gold" had begun to rust and run dowr
in rilis of inky water with the effect
that the beauty OF the facade wa:
ruined forever.
In how many of the sons Of men i:
there some vein Of grossness and i'm
| purity that the storms of life may
bring to the surface! A faint of blooC
| is liable to manifest itself on shor
notice. An Inherited mortal twist may
play US a bad turn in crisis Tit
evolutionist tells us that we have no
yet wholly emerged from the animal
DIR. Lyman Abbott gives a plausible
view of human nature when he says
| Every man is two men-a centaur-
part animal, part man." We ar
| linked to the higher toward whicl
we are tending. and to the lower from
| which, by the grace OF God. we ar
emerging. There is . bit OF the foI
and She tiger and the serpent in mos
| OF Us yet. Like Paul we have not We
attained, neither are We already mad
perfect,
A little iaknospsetion will reveal Z,
anyone the point at which he is mos
liable to fall down, One may know
that prediSposltion 10 evil that re
sides perhaps In his very blood an
hrain, II all sins are in US potentialf
Il Is at least in a particular direction
that eur especial temptation lies
that doth 50 easily heSet us" he speak
90 that particular yellow strea
agaiast which you and must be O
eur gaard, To be torewarned il I
be fereArned,
For ere anxious 20 win tife'S Aigh
eat success there II 40 preserlptio
like moral preparedness The "R
J Rr@Aared~ motto OF the Boy Scouts !
} servleeaAaa tor VA ALI A good sen
erat wsNs hals hts victories by antiel
nAtlng the moves az the enemy, Til
; yellow streak won't set half a eAane
| ct ae II We See Il hrse, Ponder n
warning az the old hymns
NV soul ss On tAy guard
Ten Thousand foes arise
! Most of as eaaSt 3eln combat M
} with ten tkeNsa nd toes, but with enl
tive er three mighty StrenK enea. An
these can 20 given a aruhAlnR IL "
see 20 Il that they take rs never ar
II ~SsR SAAsaN,