Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Some people appear to think that
truth can be shouted into listeners, but
1t cannot be, Truth to the human soul
lis always more or less Of q revelation.
Truth isn't noisy, but 1t is penetrating
What another declares to be truth Is
always questionable: and It Is not
truth to us until 1t has been made
evident to our mind. It Is divine light
which il1umines the mind Of men, and
It Is the spiritual eye which compre-
bends the truth. Truth comes into
the human mind like sunshine coming
bver the Eastern hills in the morning.
and error fades away as quietly as
mist disappears before the sun. What
man needs to cultivate Is a quick re-
Spouse to goodness so that when the
Divine hand reaches down to save he
may reach his hand up to grasp. We
must do our part in the search after
light and truth-we must look up with
faith and dwell in silence, to know.
What 10 a sense of duty7 Some pro-
fessedly pious people think their sense
Of duty rs a passport to something
higher. Do. you suppose an angel
ever felt q sense Of duty? What re-
ligion should do for those who possess
it Is to awaken desire to pass to
others the good things God has re-
vealed to them. There is no sense Of
du(y dDOuI Oil 4It1Pu1So VI 1ONC. TAS
God loves us so should we love one
another. Man in his relation to his
Heavenly Father should become the
medium for the outflow of Divine
goodness which infiows to his own
heart. The only way the flow of Di-
vine goodness may be augmented is
by extending 1t to our fellowmen.
Luke makes this clear when he says:
'Give and it shall be given unto you
for with the same measure
that We mete withal 1t shall be meas
ured to you again" What is a sense
Of duty, then? 1t is sense Of re-
straint where there should be none
handicap. ~.-- -
Some one has said: Necessity is
the mother Of all the nusts' in life;
and we may as well add the must
nots." Necessity has ever presided
over the exigencies of life, and where
things are urgent there is always more
or less peril. What we must do and
what we must not do form the com
self enobIement. Necessity as the
mother Of the musts and must -nots
has imperial sway. Necessity is the
argument of tyrants," said William
Pet" and the creed OF slaves" 1t is
the first stimulus to industry and the
first prompter to crime. It is neces-
sfty which prompts the nations to fly
to arms, and it will eventually compel
them to sue for peace. Necessity
| teaches the bitter lessons in life that
the gentle offices of the Graces may
be better appreciated Necessity knows
no law, but. constantly nags the chill
dren Of men, ->s" @.-
II is said Of some men: 'tHe can
not keep money! It seems as if
every man could keep money if he
wanted to, provided he had sufficient
| n hoy Anf hn ncf Of hat 1,n
| daily needs. There is a great differ
! ence between What man needs and
| what he thinks he needs; and too
many, persons never draw the line.
Some people think they need a piano
when they have not a first-class bed
or couch in the house; and some fam
| lilies think they need an automobile
more than they do a home, and use
| their savings to crafty this extrava-
CANT desire. The man who always has
| his money spent as soon as it is earned
is more conscious of his wants than of
his lack of ability to crafty them; and
| the man who has, it spent before it is
| earned has made himself a slave to
his uncontrolled desires. The man who
| cannot keep money needs to study pro-
portion and keep his recognized wants
in the right relation to his income.
| The man who acts as though he
| is proud of his faults is simply liv.
| ing in an atmosphere of. defiance
He is a buffer and nothing: else. HI
feels the shame he does not exhibit
| and gloats ; over the Illusion he i.
| beating some one else when he i.
| making a fool of himself. These ar,
the persons we describe as standing
in their. own light; and they are paw.
| ing the way to perpetual despair ant
do not know it. Such a life of decep
| ton can never be less than a life. o.
discords and discomfort To max,
ones life a lie. Pope says, is to max,
ones self a symbol Of the gates O.
hell. This attitude toward our owl
| consciousness comes nearest to tota
| depravity of anything a. fool is cap
able Of manifesting. The man, VIII,
feels an . honest conviction AM
| snlothers it is assassinating virtue an(
| becoming a master of frauds TIL,
man who throttles honesty is engaged
in putting villainy on top.
An eccentric woman is one wht
does not know how to use cosmetics
doesn't follow style, join clubs or dis
| cuss political questions or agitate TO
woman's rights. She is just the plain
unpretentious home-ibuilder, who fear
God, raises sons and daughters, ant
gives sohdity to communal life AM
strength to the state. It is presumet
nature in forming the butter flies t,
fit among the flowers deemed: then
just as necessary as the beavers which
dam streams and perform works O
engineering which We're once objec
lessons to man, SO there Is nothing t,
be said against the beautiful in gu
recognition and praise Of the practi
cal, upon which all beauty is based
Hence the eccentric woman is tn
mans helpmate; and the women
Saville declared, "have more strengtl
in their looks than we have in gu
| laws; and more power in their tear
| than we have in our arguments" TIL
| eccentric woman is the treasure Will
the others are classed among TIL
jewels of life. To the work "a da.
woman the world owes its advance
ment and civilization. -.
Those who advertise for domestic
know that the first applicant wher
a girl is advertised for is usually
4 middle-age woman; and that tn
girl expected seldom makes her ap
pearance. This only shows how slov
the spirit Of youth is to give up pos
session. and leads up to the question
'TIow old a girl has to be to conside
herself a woInanT' The youth Of tn
soul Is said to be everlasting, so 1
Is not 50 strange the line of separa
ton between youth and age is a yer
variable line. 1t was Cicero VIII
| said, ann,ox5o 1.,t