Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-15
THE MAN WHO TALKS

cause he Is looking for the easiest
way out. In assailing evil he Is not
| inclined to tackle his worst habit with
a will, but assails 1t as though he
| expected the Lord to do the lifting
while he does the praying. This half
hearted effort at self-reform with th6
major part depending upon miracu-
lous Intervention and rescue always
external force. but proceeds from In
/ ternal convictions and a will to COM
bat evil and win with divine aid. Man
must be In harmony with the Spirit OF
| Truth before the power of Truth can
be manifested. Preparedness is just
as necessary for spiritual achievement
i as for any other. It is necessary to
have some consciousness OF our errors
as well as of spiritual desires before
we become changed in character. The
power Of prayer is tested in devout-
ness and sincerity of purpose.
cast my eye upon magazine
cover and it said thereon: If I think
| am sick that makes me sick" This
harmonizes exactly with that other
saying from before the Christian era:
CAS- a man thinketh so Is he." How
small a proportion Of the human race
has been able to become conscious of
| this truth. Every physician knows
| that il the patient cannot keep his
mind hopeful he is sadly handicapped.
| The hypochondriac is a victim of mind
depression caused by fear resulting
4 from unhealthy thought. Not one of
US can think we are sick and feel well.
Sickness is not the thing to focus the
mind upon-health is the natural and
supreme condition Of body and soul.
Gloomy thoughts and fear do not pro-
mote it. Health is mans inheritance,
but if he eats Unfortunately, thinks I'M
wisely and wastes his strength he can
easily impair it. The price of health
! is obedience to the laws OF our being
| being true to our convictions and the
order which we recognize as the sup
port of health and strength
When we review our lives it is sur
prising how many have confided the
| fact that they have been disappointed
in us without even furnishing a bill
| Of particulars. We do not feel sorry
over it either, for we know in many
respects if they had not been disap
pointed in US we should have been
| disappointed in ourselves. We were
not born to fit any schedule anyone
could prepare for us, and If we have
lived according to our own convictions
| instead of the plan of someone whose
| scheme might have brought to US more
material gain and more applause 1
am not sure we are not more honor
able than If we had buried ourselves
| in the scheme of another. Success is
not always what it seems to be. What
| is material gain if one has to be false
to himself TO win it? The place every
man fits in life is the place for him.
IL is not SO difficult for a person
| to test the quality of his religion. Re-
| ligion rests upon goodness concerted
| in conviction when it is of the first
quality; and when it doesn't seem to
| do more than to weakly sustain hope
of salvation it wears the garb of false
pretense. 1t is an excellent habit and
| a trina test of religion fn discover each
night how it has demonstrated itself
| during the day. When we make re-
ligion our business God makes it our
| blessing, we have been taught. AS
men sum up results in this life some
| of them might think they recognized
the result of religion in the dollars they
had made during the day; while others
might see the demonstration of it in
the dollars they had given away. Some
might find the blessing to have been
| Illuminating thoughts and others the
performance of helpful service. Re-
| ligion that is real bears fruit daily
| not once in while. 1t will fit every
day life as perfectly as a No. hat
will fit a No. 6. head. If your religion
doesn't fit the daily affairs of your life
| it is up to you to know the reason
why. There is too much misfit re-
| ligion.
A sensational preacher took for his
SUBJECT many years ago: why do the
| wicked live?' What he said upon the
| subject did not come down to this
generation, but the comments of a
| newspaper paragrapher did: IF they
were all dead this would be a cold
| world for the ministers" The wicked
have made things lively ever since
Lucifer was cast over the battlements
| of heaven. Those who cater to the
vices of men get rich quickest; and
the wicked will spend ten times as
much on their evil habits without a
murmur as is spent on all the church.
es and schools of this country. 1t isn't
the sanity qualities of men that is
| calling for an expense of $45, 000, 900 a
day, the price required to keep the
! ferocity and carnage of the present
worid-war up. why do the wicked
| liver" To reap what they have sown;
and the harvest which brings with it
no divine blessing. They couldn't live,
Of course. without divine consent.
1t is true saying Nancy, that there
are just as many good fish in the sea as
were ever caught, but they fight shy
4 of old bait. There can be no bungling
with the good fish that still remain in
the pool of experience. The gold fish
| and the bill fish are taken by shrewd
ANGLERS; and yet, they are more plen-
tiful than ever. They seldom fall to
the devices Of lone anglers, but are
| captured in the dragnets of society. In
certain classes of society Cupid no
longer finds an inviting mark. 1t is
| only common people who love one an
other: and plan to rise by industry
| and economy and persistence There
| Is more joy to be found in looking up
| to love than up to wealth, but it will
not be easy for You to see this. You
should remember a golden calf led
| the Children of Israel to turn their
faces away from God, and the golden
calf continues to be a mighty attrac-
ton. A calf of gold still attracts more
attention than man of wisdom. Don't
despair, angle in a common pool and
You may catch a winning lottery ticket.
In these days a great many men are
dying just as Nathan Hale, the patri-
OF, died regretting that they have not
more lives to sacrifice for their coun-
| try. They do not whimper, tut meet
death as though 1t was the golden op-
portunity they had been looking for
Not long ago the Russians rounded uu
a wounded suspect in their camp
When the bandages were removed he
proved to be Prussian SPY in dis
guise. He was Immediately condemned
to death. While he was waiting to be
executed Russian officer saluted him
las he was commissioned Rrussiar
ohcer-tendered him a cigarette from