Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-27
THE MAN WHO TALKS

T
 There is nothing we are likely to be
 more mistaken about than ourselves. Mortal man was never designed as a self measurer. Some men think they are great when no one else has dis
 covered it; and some think they are common when all who know them think them to be uncommon. Some l how we are what the other person 1 sees in us oftener than what we think we see in ourselves I remember sec ing loudly, and the one full of glee and wreathed in smiles exclaimed apolo- 1 getically: "Oh, you know mel I was
 never known to finish anything in my | lifei No, Sneveri" And she was dn- ishing off smiles right there at the rate | of 25 a minute. She looked to me as l if she might talk a man to death in a 1 very little while, and finish him. She was wholly mistaken about her ca pacity if not about her habits. The ! fellow who says "Tl1 be there in the shake of a lambs tail' never is, for nothing can keep up to the shake of a | it. When we tell people what we are they smile-when they tell us what we are we think it is time to frown. It is soon enough te call on the Lord for help after we have put our own shoulder to the wheel and nearly put it out of joint trying to get the wheel out of the mud ourselves. We have bad habit of overlooking. beast of burden and when he has done all that muscles can do, applying the goad and torturing him into doing a little more; and then turning to God and begging Him to help us when we haven't done more than half we could or should. No person ever. won a crown by ex- pecting more from the Lord than he is entitled to; and lots of Nthoughtless people are trying to win crown in this way. A child of God must be about his Fathers business as we'll as his own, and prove his heirship by his deeds. There is too much of this keep a seat for me = in n-a-high-place, Oh, Lord, and-Pll- come round -and- take-it- to be much eagerness to come in on the first hour and do the full quota of work, but willingness to drop in on the eleventh hour and take full days pay.
 After all, it seems to require the horrors of war to thoroughly test the endurance, patience and sweetness of man keeps hopeful and sweet-in the face of death he keeps calm and smiles. Then the auxiliary work of mercy which requires an army of in telligent, inventive and skilful workers n ndmberlng hundreds or thousands, al- ways short of help, always short of materials, never lacking serious cases which need care and cannot be put off; yet never short of patience, attention, tenderness, the last cheering word or the comforting kiss some dying hero calls for. The stories which may be told of the soldiers and the surgeons and nurses in the hospitals are worth more than can be said of the glory of the battlefelds to human souls. In the valley of the Shadow of Death, wsere His rod and staff comforts sufferers. not only are taught the beauty and uses of kindliness and self sacrifice but hn M fG~f1C r should die. The lessons of the hospi- tai cannot be overshadowed by any lessons of the field.
 Who do you think is the most sue cessful person: It seems to me the person who has gleaned most hapi,i- ness from life is most successful. of course,7 efficiency marks success ev- erywhere and those we regard as be- ing successful are in business, in the social whirl and in politics, and when it comes to emotions are in bell. The hustlers are the ones reputed to by doing and not being done; getting and not being gotten. Those who Lut most into life surely get most out of it, but what they get depends upon sweetness-your own comes back tc you. Success may be the fruit of con centration and perseverance, rather than of talent or opportunity, but
  ing one to seem. if not to really at tain success. What men count as success sometimes eleTates them and then throws them down; and their last estate is worse than their. first. Real success is not dazzling but comfort ing.
 All down the ages those who thre:,:- en have been reproached with the maxim "A barking dog never bites." YU in fn far iS aced by his own feeling of disappoint- ment, is conscious of his own weak ness. The part of valor Is to ac1, not to brag: The fool who used to ey- or I shall kill them all." is no more ridiculous than the man or potentate who proclaims to excite fear what he will do. Those who are baked in their plans. or who are disappointed in their expectations, have by their vocal violence given rise to the say ing that Those who are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them" They are not to be feared because whoever has re- solved to do his worst has never ever come these determined to do their best. Those who indulge in threats more thoroughly equipped against them. r~-.
 We never think there are more WOHuSIluI SlOI10S Oe1HS liNeQ out Dy our neighbors than the greatest nov elist ever put upon paper All the ele- ments of life are active in every pop ulous place; and with every birth a story begins and with every death a tale has been ended. Even the star actor on the stage never quite equ ,ls the eccentric life he is portraying. in the natural every day movements of the people is to be found the greatest T acting to be seen in life We do not become alive to the tragedy and com edy of life until some one stages 1t, although 1t is really an every: day af- fair. No doubt. it is well half the world doesn't know how the other half lives, or that we are not too we'll versed in the story our ar-neighbors are weaving from the affairs of life Perhaps it is better we should knew too little rather than be conscious of too muchi And yet, if men under stood the game of life a little better our laws and our government would be better. There is altogether tao much conniving in the dark whi.-h should be brought to light.