Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-24
 THE MAN WHO TALKS


 Abraham Ldncoln told us: .srhe dog mas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.. The occasion Is piled high with difficulty. and we must rise with the occasion. As our and act anav.a This Sentiment. ~ fits the present just as closely as 1t fitted the ease when uttered over a half century ago. The present is piled high enough with dffHcultys and 1t is going to take the wisest statemanship and the greatest military 1acticians and inventive genfiises to meet it. The desperation of Wiclxedness which has developed from the present world-war recognizes no bounds and would leave no country at peace, All the nations or the earth are fnenaced by the mad ness and inendacity of less than a hundred potentates and their advisors, who have cast into the. vortex of war more than 30, ,09O, 900 men and are wasting human lives and wealth as they were never wasted before iff the history of the world. Our chief magis-i trate is fHcIng a condition which has confronted no other president, and as loyal citizens we owe him the same allegiance we owe the nag.
 : | woneierswhere we should land if we followed the advice of all the self elected reform ers who rise to conscien- tiously warn us of peffls the world hitherto has never ever. dreampt of. A
 
 people who are in love from holding hands and lndulSing in oscu1atory ex- pressions of affection: and he ventures to provide a special form for popping the question, but since this Is usually a rather. feveriSh and naturally fnfor- nal proceeding, it is not probable he can raise. it to the cold and trlstam- mering level he appears to desire. Per more than half the self elected reform CTS are simply neddlers' in the affairs of others actuated by fear or per sona1 conceft which has no bearing upon anyone but, themselves. People cannot run their affections by rote any better than they can their politi- cal convictions by a creed. This doc tor has never learned that love, cough and the itch cannot be con tro1led to say nothing of being hid. Had he taken lessons of Dr. Osler up on the best way of attaining fame he would. not have entered this field as reformer.
 No matter how much we are con fused, or how many false conclusions we reach because of our prejudices. we may at last get a clear vision. When it comes to bravery and patriotism why should. we characterize these qualities when manifested against us as savagefy and brigandage? It takes brave men to meet brave men, and the spirit of brave men should com
 
 whether they represent the Central powers or the entente, They speak of the Mary mothers of Britain who have sacrificed two sons for their country. but away across the Rhine there is a Mary mother who. sacrifced nine sons in a day Upon a single Zeppelin It takes brave mothers to bear such losses as these, and what man can ever sense the cost to them in grief and pain There is no wonder of the world so wonderful as the spirit of man, whether he cries: Give me nb- erty or give me death": or in the midst of peril he prays: Thy twill be donei" What but love and faith in God and themselves is rnakMg the nations endure the conditions which in error they have created There. is no lack of valor. or patriotism any where, but it is the lack of righteous ness which involves us all. r
 IT, every aae of the worid the bor- rower, who is no. better than a bes2 gar, has come in for hard knocks be cause he has deserved. them. He is known to every age and every race. How the Israelites dispoiled the Cgyptiafs Fly borrowing of them and forgetting to return the goods. Per- haps this, was the incident which prompted the lenders to require the borrower to furnish collateral or a de- until this day. The commercial bor- roxvax is no better than the backdoor borrower if he is without honor or without means. Who can tell how long ago it was dfscerned that 'fbor- rowed garments never fit well." or that Tent butter adds, no flavor to the lenders bread" The habitual bor- rower is usually all in; and those who listen to his supplications are fre- quent, all out. He is a good prom iser and no good at anything else, not even for turning a grindstone to sharpen the borrowed tools he has duiled- He seems to feed on the caterpillar does upon the edge of a skunk cabbage leaf. He appears to be related to Sleth. Misery and Mis- fortune. and every other undesirable quality. It may be charitable to think of him as a victim. but it seems more natural to just write him down as a pest.
 Do you rise to the consciousness that the present -world-war- is not an event, but the event of the ages; and that underlying it all in the hearts of the soldiers there is a universal hope which in effect is the continuous pray CT of the sok kcalled common men of this age who in reality by their de- votion to principles and their mani fest Nalour represent the finest man hood and the greatest heroisYn the ages have ever witnessed It makes no diff ference what uniform or badge the men in the trenches wear, they are all hop ing that as a result of the strife there may be larger. liberties and greater comfort for the common people. AL. ways near to death these men yearn the more devoutly for God and learn to love one another sons of God. should. Dives cannot walk by the armless, 1egless, or blind patriot. stiff neciled and unsymppathetics but is moved that men should make such sacrifices