Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

l 1 rgnize we possess. Man has not been capable of ~exhausting the power
 Heaven has endowed him with.
 The way tc enlarge your world is
 to put more of the world into youf mind, more of the material world and more of the spiritual entities. The 1 reason hope and love and happiness exist in the world for yor is because you have prepared your mind for them. The songs of birds delight the ear in proportion to the Knowledge the mind has of them. The light of the mind Is not the spelling book. but the | beautifuI thoughts which nave found book Every picture held in memory | that is plea surable lends it's own charm I to consciousness. We have the power to collect hoTeyed thoughts from life. from the flowers, and thus add sweet | ness to sweetness and joy to joy all | the days of our lives. Life was in tended to produce for us a broadening horizon and a boundIess hope and a sus taining vision naught cf earth can destroy.
 This is a sood Anerieanism: Never All the life there is will be found to be vested m activity. When activity ceases the individual is dead. We not only should get a move on:" but we should keep moving. The stimulating thought should be cultivated even to the verge of hilaritv. It doesn't do any harm to become slightly intoxi- cated With delight, or to be thrilled with en;l usiasm j What does harm is the quie.us gloom puts upon us, the inertia resulting from lack of inter est. the paralyzing thought we are is not pleasure. but the fl rst~ symptom of decay. He who retires from busi- ness really retires from lie. A cast down or cast off soul will rust out just has lost his grip upon everything which has power to hold him to activ- ity and hope and happiness
 My good people do you realize that one of our worst habits is self-sup- pression. Our sins of omission hard en the heart more than our sins of commission. We are all guilty and know it if we are awake to our habits, and if we are not awake to them we should be. How many kinciy acts and good deeds the heart prompts us all to perform. and some of then are easy and some repugnant to us because they interfere with plans or are hu- initiating, and we turn a deaf ear often. perhaps, to the whispering of the angels. Our convenience is scme- thing the Spirit does not take cogniz- ance of. and every time convenience
  spiritual sphere of our being: we are self-injLred; we have cast away gold to accent dross. You haven't looked at your conduct in this light! Then get into the light and see yourself from the viewpoint of usefulness instead of from the viewpoint of selfshness
 The swallows have gone to the Long Island beaches and thence flown South in multitude at night such as those rvr%~ %N %I,1s,. h-l marvel at, for the uncounted thousands which assemble on the beaches must fill the sky with birds when they fly at night. All the birds are gathering than ter years ago did not number over a score in Norwich are to be seen assembled in fiocks of hundreds keep ing up ceaseless twitter in the sub forces all over New England to the border Of the British Provinces which they are destined to invade. The past week I have noticed, stray fly and Cardinal displayed his gorgeous plumage among the blue-jays in the pear trees Those who study birds are booking birds of passage.
 You cannot get what you want in this life If you do not know how. You haven't purpose unless in your mind
 
 career Knowing what to dc is what counts for efficiency and makes doing l of value. Most youths seek a profes- 1 sion, buSine ss or trade because | there is in them an aim, a promise of dependal,ility. The ne'er-do wells, as | as they are called, might have been | do- wells had they had awakened in | them ambition to progress. and back | of them helpful advisors. Not so many | people walk alone and unaided as we | ma agine. There isn't a first-cla ss place for everybody, but everybody | nay do first-c,ass work. What we put | nto wo~,l represents us. Honesty and l excellence, or ignorance and shiftless- When your work speaks for you have ] t speak right.
 Don't you feel sad to think Presi- lent Wilson was not diplomatic enough to suit the country's enemies, ,r the kaiser's interceders. He spoke | he truth to Pope Benedict instead of lressing it in deceit like a diplomat. The language of diplomat is language which cannot be accurately interpret d by any one but himself! We are Ill glad that Americas President was lot schcoled in the European school If diplomacy. The art Of making tomething look like truth which isn't, md appear to be binding that isn't, is | he kind of legerdemain responsible for he rev1val of disputes and blood citing strife. Diplomacy and Dishon- sty have been caught walking arm in rm thousand times in the past; and which is the genteel name or a thousands kinds of trjckery is the lest recommendation of diplomat 'be fact that President WilsoTs note acked diplomacy is the best evidence hat 1t was of the right tone and true olor. It is pity ike girl who smiles may e sinister as we'll sunny. The vay the smile lights the face fixes the ( xpression> and impression. The mile as a natural gift may prove a fe-long blessing: but as a cultivated roduct it is ap. to be overdone-to ( C a repellant mask. The smile that I . bright and cherry is the smile the ( oets sing about, nat the smile that , broad and leery. Every smile is ! ot a g1eam of good heartedness. The rue srniIe is go attractive that 1t has l lany counterfeits. but these are not the color Love wears. A smile may