Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-10
THE MAN WHO TALKS

The men who are satisfied with themselves, or who have retired from business have lost their grip upon the affairs of life. They have let go of cverything it was worth while to hold cn to. Their mem mOry soon begins to ger treaeherouS and they forget their Rouns-tne names of things and persons do not come to the mind readily and they are annoyed, and of the mind and by repetition of the words lost reestablish their power of retention, old age, that incurable dis ease which gets us all eventually, gradually robs them of physical and mental power, and they become class ed with the feeble and decrepid. Our mistakes are many, but none are worse than these two which produce inertia and hasten death. If we knew ourselves better and realized tfe price of things worthless. as we'll as of things beneficial. we should cling to the better way and be add ing to the vigoc: and Joy of life instead of pandering to ease and losing their grip. IT.
 A near philosopher says: fIf you would 1engther your life shorten Your worries.' AS q garbed fact this ad- vice could not be better dressed. The truth it expresses is not lost in words. All the power of language is retained ir it. Worry is a ghost which har asses victims to the grave. It sabstf- t1ates for peaeerof mind ~botlf fear and confusion, and so eXciteS the imagi-. nation that one comes to fear what may be, more than what really is There is need of our living in the mist just ahead of ourselves. We were created to live and thrive in the sunshine, and there is nothing invit- Ing or inspiring about the gloom. Not half the things need happen which the human mind anticipates. It. Is part of the office of the human soul to- pre- vent annoying things from happening, and to make things happen, which promote its well-being. We should be conscious Of our power and exercise it so that life will be blessed instead of hlighted. < -
 The man who believes all he says has never yet been guilty of saying sll he hefieves;-- but he is usually guilty of having talked too much. What one believes. is not of such inn ard it is as likely to be untrue as anything else under the sun. What I beieve,,' often represents more em- phasis than sense. Belief may have much to do. with inspiration when it is very far from { the truth. Belief honestly acted upon often lands enc in the mire. There is. nothing needs be more thoroughly analysed than be-
 
 should be founded upon: what we know, noS upvn what some. one else has said, unless it has been weighed py us and fourd to be true. Then and able foundation for the support of fact Most every one believes some thing all his life that was not worth believing. As a. means of salvation be!ieving only supplies the premises for doing, and believing without do- irg is exactly the same as faith with cut works.
 You take no risk in concluding this is a sour world feF the person with a blind to the beauties of life only bes holds it's incopgruons- Or -Hetting as-. Iects. What one puts into life has more to do with what people get out Of life than most people think. or pothing pern1anent7 about the condi- tions of fife. There are narrow hori- zons af1d broad horizons to it; there are restrictive and expansive condi tions into which we are born; but by our own perception and industry we I. ay change the. horizon and rennove the handicap which was our in beritance. Seeing the best there is in life we shoHli grasp it as a worthy example; and recognizing the way of thrift we shoulG not hesitate because Of the work B. the self denial which may be necesssrS fo .progress Life ar best is simply seFNice and. those who are of greatest service win the largest rewards. The resolution to keep sweet, 70 be patient. to be Just and persistent. sets our. feet in the way of progress and success: --=p<--=--------
 Do yo1 know that whiskey improves with age? But those who drink it do rot seem to! Those who discovered this were men who made whiskey to sell not to drink. The average drink CT seems to De opposed to Wfiskey's ever getting old or being wasted, all t:sough the uses they=nake of it ap rears to onlookers to be worse than wasting it. s3Whiskey itself is not at all to. blame for ndf becoming old and better and better as men are continually invoked. to do. 5 It is the craving habit of the drfnker that is accountab ble- for the mischief it does. John Barleycorn has no respect for any one who takes him for. friend for. he knows ,Ee:s is the foe of tra-
 tionality and aorder1iness. He is a Weakener of the muscles and a. con- fuser of the senses~-and- before the judgment courts of man he has been charged with roebine men Of their trains, charge never yet dispreved Age seems to the teetofaler to make W hiskey worse and worse since age cnly increases it's befuddlins and sediEssng sfnsr .roTss With as nisksy na ,ssy
 
 whiskey alone ..- - .---@-~f ~ Mary distrsssee and confused souls are asking where God !. is? And the unsatisfying reply is everywhere pres ert. or in Heaven. These are. not the most comforting answers. Those who realize that God is Love sense that where love is God lis. He is not with Ibose who kill from selfish motives. but with those who love Fieafeoifsness and who battle for righteousness sake lie plays no feverites~ His Sunsf1ifle, His rain, the fruits of His earth are for the sjusta and the unjust, and His love is for all who will accept it. His 'k WIS operate against those who vf0- late divine preeepts every where with the eame force zi1d constancy. He need not manifest himself as a spe- eiaI miracle worker: and now holy would He be if half of mans con captions of Hin. were responded to? We pray to Him for our good not for His: and no human weakness is com faonar- than ff1 exrecf Hiffa fo- ff0 .as