The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-15
BE CHEERFUL
Is Message of Rev. ]. B. Reardon to the
People of Barre.

The value OF good nature and cheerful
ness for Barre people under present con
ditions was strongly urged by Rev. j. b.
Reardon in sermon at the Universalist
church yesterday; and the speaker cou-
Piled with his remarks the call for calm,
cool, deliberate judgment" His text was
| from Proverbs ll:l4-'Where no wise
guidance is, the people fall; but in the
multitude of counselors there is safety
Rev. Mr.. Reardon prefaced his remarks
by stating that "a cloud is temporarily
resting over Barre's horizon. Her indus
| trial life Is at standstill. This indl-
rectly, affects every man, woman and
child within her borders. To what ex-
| tent it will affect them depends upon the
duration Of the present industrial situa
ton. The solution of this situation, on
the other hand. will be largely deter
mined by the attitude of mind and con-
duct of every man, woman and child IN
Barre. The present situation calls
for calm, cool, deliberate judgment"
After discussing industrial and civic
conditions in general, the speaker TURNED
to cheerfulness as the proper antidotc
Tor mental depression, first as applied To
the individual and then TO society, saving
in part In cheerfulness is a duty man
owes to himself, it is also duty he owes
10 society and the age in which he lives.
What are commonly called hard times
are caused in nine cases out Of ten by the
people slowly or suddenly getting de-
| spondent slowly or suddenly failing to
note the prosperity that il already theirs
But in reality there is no reason for bard
J times. II one was OF a Respondent make
up. and disposed TO listen 20 the pessi-
mistic remarks, he might easily have had
/ cold shiyers running up and down his
/ spinal column every hour in the day and
every day in the week here in Barre since
| the first OF March, Notwithstanding the
weather has been fine.
! "There viii be just as much granite in
/ the mountains of Barre when this indus
! trial trouble is over as there was when II
I began. The people of Barre, instead Of
/ being pessimistic, ought 70 be exceeding
4 ~ optimistic They ought 70 be cheered
I by the fact that they have an industry
! that is truly as lasting as the hills. 9th
er lines of industry might easily be dis
mantled and frequently have been ~
other places, and moved elsewhere. No
one will attempt 10 dismantle and move
| the mountains of Barre granite. They
are proof against fire and flood and viii
\ be there, when this labor dispute i set
! tied. 10 further bless this community
with their almost inexhaustible riches.
Cheer up, friends.
think Of the humble way our fathers
4 lived. Think of what inestimable bless
I ings YOU have as compared with what
they had. Cheer up, and thank God for
these blessings, and show your thankful
ness by your chocrfulness. Pessimism
acts upon humanity like the sweep Of a
I pestilence. More than half the people
who get the cholera or any other scourge
get It bv fear Every man who Joins in
I the talk about the difficulty, or the i'm.
possibility OF speedy settlement Of this
! labor dispute. viii suffer from what his
own words and want OF trust may bring.
Break the chains 81 your III nature
and discomfort therefore. Destroy the
habit 81 fault finding. Look for good IN
evil. and look until YOU end H. for i j.
there. however deeply hidden. See the
good IL yourself and. above All. see the
Y good n others-all others Throw dis.
NAV 10 the winds take a bright and
Z cheerful view Of lie love yor fellow.
men an your fellowmen, and serve them
as best you can"