Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS

The way to get the most out Of
life for ourselves Is not to plan to
do as I'VE please, but to resolve to
do as Sweetly as we can what we
Tiust Selfish people make a night
mare of life by trying to have their
own way. and in the event of failure
always wanting to know the reason
why. To be trying to ind out the
reason why is one sure way of look
Ing for trouble and finding it. Some
OF our most depressing disappoint-
mlerlts in after years turn out to have
been among the best things that ever
happened. No one can see that fife's
trials are often blessings IN disguise
when they are in the midst of them.
The blessed revelation comes later.
IT we should get everything we want
someone else would surely have to
go without what they wanted, now
and then, because of our Selfshness.
1t is these things which we ardently
desire but do not get which consti-
stllte cur school of experience. Bless
ings may become too common to be
appreciated.
"Put not off the duty of the day
until the morrow. This reads like
good advice, but many nervous peo-
pie will declare that each day is
packed so full of duties for them that
some of them must go over till the
duty is to do whatever falls to us to
dc the best we can. and to so broaden
our power Of usefulness that others
will find comfort and joy in the
knowledge that we lived. Our first
duty Is to preserve our health and
strength that we may achieve all that
is possible for the comfort and
pleasure of others and ourselves. 1t
may be true there is not a moment
without some duty" and this is why
it Is ever our duty not to allow our
duties to- exceed our strength. Where
duty is allowed to lead to excessive
endeaVor it produces disease and dis
treSs and defeats it's own purpose. 1t
is our duty to have good judgement
to move with calmness and not to
wear ourselves out with fretfulness,
or invalid ourselves by driving for
ward when it were better to sit down
and rest. Duty is not a slave driver,
but conseryer and extender of use
fulness.
Who can estimate the force or
value of these two words: Courage,
soldier" In a novel read recently a
simple, girl character had the habit
when she saw anyone in the circle of
her acquaintance looking weary or
depressed, worn or discouraged. of
looking toward them and saying,
Courage. soldier" OF course, this
command is not effective unless a
loving interest is back of it which
gives it the spirit of life. which is the
power of inspiration. We must ex-
press words of power with a revela-
ton of our belief in them. or they
become powerless They must be
doubt and installs in it's place hope.
Courage, soldier drawled in a COM
Inonplaee way imparts no magnetic
impulse to the listener. But this
good pfrase habit-this power of lift
| ing up others by suggestion, came
from this young girl like song-it
| cheered and gave new energy to all
about her. 1t Is a good card motto to
have in the wallet or where it can be
often seen by those who are not meet
| ing with success. In coming down
the ages these two words have beer
| salvation to thousands of people.
| II is only those who are getting to-
ward the sunset of life who have time
/ or the disposition to mediate seri-
ously upon what life may be on the
other side of the magic curtain which
shuts mortals out. The greater com.
! mandment: Love God with all thy
heart = thy neighbor as thyseh' i:
the only condition which brings
heavenly joy. The earthly distrust
| jea1ousies, and hatreds must be put
| under foot and self1shness thrust
| aside. and then we may come into 6
| condition in which the human hear
| may sense the fact that 'in going
| from this, world to heaven we go from
! the unreal to the real; we go from
| obscurity into light, from shadow t.
| substance. from sameness to variety
from deformity to beauty, from the
artificial to the essential, from con.
fusion to order, from discord to har.
mony, from poverty to wealth, from
| restraint to freedom, from disappoint.
ment, labor. WEAKNESS. disease, pain
fear; from tears and sorrow K
| fruition, to joy, peace and blessed.
ness; from a foreign land we go tt
friends, to kindred. to home. to the
4 Lord"
1t used to be impossible to Civ,
away some of the things you wanted
to get rid of. but since the rummag,
sales have become popular you ma!
get rid of all of them. and the patrons
get more than their moneys worth
| We know a man who bought a hat fo
! ten cents and took the measles hom,
4 with 1t, and it cost the family $50 Il
/ get well Do not think this is all yol
can get at a popular runlmage sale
for believe me. there is more to be go
at many of them for nothing than yol
4 care to carry away-more for thu
money than you ever got before.
do not know where the rummage sal
started, but / suspect it was first con
ceiyed among the heather when Z
missionary box of old beaver hats an,
bright-colored neckties for the make,
arrived. and some wild and WOOL
/ CRATER started sale. Wherever TIL
rummage sale was started, 1t has beef
4 a 90 and liz still a-going. It is onl,
fair to say everyone does not ge
more than their moneys worth; an,
the fun of the thing seems to be wort
all 1t costs.
What do yeu suppose the Lori
looks for in man. He is not loolxinI
to see what he Processes or. to coun
the number Of prayers he has made
/ What does he caro- whether we ar
Il Protestants or Catholics or Hebrew
in faith and conduct. He doesn't hav
to put the newborn souls through an,
formal examination. He doesn't hay
To ask. FHAva UNI Alivad q.iu11f