Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-01
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Those who do not know what spirit uality is should begin to cultivate self-denial It is not the fruit of getting all we can for ourselves in this world, but the manifest love which prompts us to do all we can | for others who need guidance or as- sistance. This doesn't mean giving1 people a lot of good advice we do not for them when they need bite or a lift. It means saying the right thing and doing the right thing at the right time-and mostly doing! There is every description have their delights, some of which are internal: but they | are of short duration. A knowledge of spiritual truth and responding to | its inspiration-a service of good deeds done from love of the Lord and | man-produces the happiness which | abides and which fits man for the | companionship of angels in the realm of eternal light.
 A prominent divine of years ago | proclaimed What you will know enjoy, and where you will dwell | through the coming eternity, will be | determined in some degree by what | you learn and love and do today" |
 
 were conscious of this all of the time. | It is day by day we mould our future | not Sunday by Sunday or year by | year. Too many people frame up a 1 passport for use when they meet St. | Peter something like this: I'm | President so and so of such a bank" 1 I'm the Cloud-digger who compelled | the clouds to wet down the parched | earth! I'm Deacon Toplofty, multi 1 millionaire, and philanthropist." They l r7% ~.k.kr- n1ko -Se-l duty to keep lame ducks out of para 1 disc. Old sBombastes cannot get by | whatever his self importance since it | is simplicity and humility which J counts there. "As ye have done unto | the least of these so have ye done l unto me-" is the keynote It must be l needed.
 You do not know how any person can short-circuit themselves. I will tell you. It is easiest done with a bad habit of thought-it is readily done by strong habit of action, like the liquor or tobacco habits. The man who is anxious to know himself can take an easy lesson by being temperate in eating or drinking-or in thought or speech control. Very few men are masters of themselves for the simple reason that they have surrendered to some cowardly inn pressions. or been untrue to positive
 
 think you. stand true to what they think is right regardless of results One can stand true without being blatant, or firm without being furi- ous. Fear dominates our lives too much-love dominates them too lit- tie. You and I know that we are at heart too often slumpers, and who ever slumps is short-circuited. The worth of calmness and silence seems to be to well known to the william and Tlr iof f<af7- 4 fe xyi.~f We do not enter upon the true way of living even when 1t is pointed out to us.
 How long the rage for 'eDon'ts" has has lasted. The list of 'don'ts" that have been issued in every imaginable direction would fill a book as big as the Bible. Do is of ten times the consequence of don't. We are put ting too much negative and too little positive in. the minds oSfthe people. Il am designed for success I. am the child of the king. am blessed with health, strength and ambition. I am equipped to achieve. am resolved most of myself! A mind charged with these T ann,s, possesses dynamic force and the power to succeed; but the mind which is filled with these thoughts: I am handicapped. I am unlucky; am d child of inisfortune;
 
 The fire of inspiration has been put out and everything seems to be a cold proposition. Perk up there, now! Get grip on your bootstraps and pull up!" You need not be energy less if you do not wish to be-.
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 Some of the trench play between 1 the entente and allied forces in France disclose the under-current of thought running through the minds of | the Not l0nO fhorQ roY mn. from a German trench a printed sign which read: "The French are fools" which was irritating. Shortly an- other sign came up which read: blood stirred again. There was a rather longer pause and a third sign appeared saying: I've are fooIs" and 1 the agitation in savage breasts was soothed, for this confession carried with it the thought of brethren who had no reason to be foes except by compulsion or commando; they could fraternize at once; they had sym pathy for one another; and yet at command they go for each other with out mercy like bulldogs in the pit. How dependable is the civilization l when fewer tyrants than we have fingers can set 100000 men to fight ing and disconcert the affairs of the whole civilized world.
 do not see how devout person can grumble about the weather. If it were man-made there might be some defense for finding fault with it, but since it is decreed by God 1t | must fit the needs @)f earth if it seems to mans expectation to be l misfit. If God is perfect why should not everyone of his days be perfect from divine view point? Why not fit ourselves to his days instead of expecting Him to fit His days to us? We divide the days into fair and foul, but if they exactly meet the earth's requirements isn't every day a fine day-a perfect day. It is bad habit to be grumbling about Gods work just as we would grumble about the poor work of tramp or any in- efficient. If the day doesn't suit us there is no rational reason why it should. Every day means the great est good for the greatest number. lt was Mrs. Spriggins who said: T would rather fool with Q bee than be with fool.'' It is fair to assume that she did not enjoy anything ab- normal or monotonous. but she could | find pleasure with something normal | and lively. A bee is one of the fine- est parcels of compressed energy the