Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
Sunday Morning Talk
DECORATED FOR cHEERFULNEss

Gallant deeds by unknown heroes are an everyday occurrence among the dunes of Flanders. If the whole story could be written of a single day on the great western front, it would re-. veal effort, courage, endurance, stoi- cfsm in pain, and general manliness of spirit and bearing calculated to make one proud of his race. The good old fashioned virtues we value in peace times are shown theEe-only made doubly admirable in their setting of trench mud and crashing shells
 Among recent gazettings for bravery there was mention of one, acting Capt. Leake, and for this reason: He show ed splendid example of coolness, dis regard of danger, and cheerfulness, and, although wounded, lae remained at
 1uence that all ranks showed such a splendid spirit under the most intense hostile barrage, which lasted for 14 hours"
 wounded officer who can remain so cheerful during a IA hours rain of shot and shell that all his men are nerved by his example to stand the punishment deserves the best his country can do for him. One soldier Of that stamp is equal to a company.
 The value of a cheerful spirit in almost any human situation is beyond compute. What most of Us need is not charity, but courage. We need conf
 
 battles. There are people in whose presence courage is contagious. They make us believe that the thing in hand can be done. Said Stevenson, himself an apostle Of sunshine, "A happy man or woman is better to find than G5 note. He or she is a radi- atfng focus of goodwill, and his or her entrance into q, room is as though an other candle had been 1ighted.'
 Few finer tributes have ever been oV Mark Twain to his wife: She was all ways cheerful, and was always able l to communicate her cheerfulness to others. During the nine years that we i spent in poverty and debt she was all | ways able to reason me out of my l despairs and find a bright side to the | clouds, and make me see it. In all l that time. I never knew her to utter 1 tered circumstances, nor did I ever know her children to do the like. For | she had taught them and they drew their fortitude from her"
 An excellent part of the Scout Law | is this: "A Scout is cheerful. He smiles whenever he can." Although ! smiling Is mighty hard, sometimes, it 1 comes pretty near being a duty in a world that has more frowns and signs than 1t can use. Go to it. Scoutsl Keep smiling. even when it hurts. Help us all to cheer up, to keep faith in our selves, and in our times Yours is
 
 Humanity is divided into two class es: Those who encourage and those who discourage. The later are like the froSts that have just de- stroyed 10000 gardens and taken heart out of many gardeners. But the human frost" is the worst of all. Eff teen minutes with him and your bur den is heavier than before, your trou- bles more grievous. He Is a high traitor to humanity.
 Deliver us from the mere jollier who can grin and crack jokes in church. yard. Send around your real encour- ager, the man who is sympathic and thoughtful and resolute enough to help IS push the blackest clouds away from the sun. That is the sort of individ- Ia1 we are looking for Upon him we would pin the Victoria Cross, the iron ross, the military cross and enough . D. S. O. medals beside to cover big cost. This man is human benefactor , and his work will endure. He has be- come partner with the Pilot of the , lalilean Lake who, in the hour of , peril to despairing men, sent through i he blackness the message that every lge has craved: 'Be of good cheer!"i i,
 THE PARSON. 'S