Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-31
THE MAN WHO TALKS,

much In. the iIfe OF either we nave
been unable, to ffnd out In all the
study of birds no man has been able
| to tell how birds got the habit OF
tcrossing the heavens annually In
their migrations. some OF them every
year making round trip Of II zee
| miles; or by what method they and
their way through the unmarked and
boundIess air. The navigator BY
path marks in the oceans and in tho
Skies. with the aid of matiematies.
| approachabIe,- but without book or
chart or Boundaries of any. kind the
swift win fly away to Brazil in sep
tember and IN the following May he
will return to the same chimney. as
the swallow flying the same distance,
will RetnFns~ to the caves of the same
barn In New England The migratory
birds show greater skill than any
human navigate and man Will never
know the how of it
In the East they are conscious of
and recognise the august ceremonies
OF the day: but here in the West
where we pretefd to. be aware OF an
ever present God. most of US are ready
to guffaw at theS idea. Isn't there
something in the order. OF the day
OF each day-cIosefy allied to the
Supreme being, and. isn't day-brealk
and rosy dawn, and rain and shine.
and wind and warmth and growth and
productivity. and the browning glory OF
the day, evening sunset and the blessed
ness of night and rest, and thousands
of stars and rolling planets proclaim
ing divine design and power-is not
this, supreme order OF divine law and
bounty worthy of being recognized as
the august ceremonies of the day. al
fording as they do, light and susten-
ance to the just and the unjust. Since
God thus evidences His presence in all
nature is it difHcult- to see that he
also abides in. us and we In Him.
T-,A faw~ lSA rreso ftxxsr1 tkx
US; and don't you think we. may APP
pear like bone-beads to- them.
intellectual freedom is only the
right to be honest, said a great mod
ern writer, yet how few intellectuals
agree with him. By the man of in
tellect~ every sort of license is In
dulged in. And. honesty to he upon
firm basis requires first that we shall
be honest with ourselves Or. we may
fall into every kind of dishonesty Be
true to self convictions and you are
qualified to be true to others. An
honest man is not the noblest work of
God, but the highest attainment pos
must in itself be nobIe-man has the
power Of self degradation. Man him.
self was pronounced to be good by his
Creator; but he has since marred the
image of holiness in himself by his
errors. intellectual freedom then is
simply the right to be true true to
God, true to self, true to others true
to every duty which involves the we'll
being of the people. There is MOTH
ing abused more than freedom, 46r
to begin with no man is free who is
not first of all master OF himself;
and after that the freedom of truth is
saficie Mt not e3 only e meet his sys5y
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1t is said happiness follows the
man who speaks and. acts with pure
thought and is as constant to the
A man Of this kind, however. is not
picturing the motives of other people
as impure. for it is the pure who are
blindest to irnpurity- The man who
can picture the. motives of the wick
ed so wonderfully never does it from
a pure heart whoever, he may be, As
George Eliot. says: We must not
inquire too seriously into motives
They are liable to. become feeble in
the utteranee: the aroma is mixed
the terminating grain away from the
light" The love of good and the fear
of evil, the love OF gain and the fear
of want. the love of pleasure and. the
the lives of us all. and prompt US
too often to act for self regardless of
the result upon the well-being Of our
selves or others. Motives are too deep
w
boldly expose the motives of others
are simply disclosing the impurities eff
their own minds. Judge not lest We
be judged" is escriptual warning.
If. Some people. tteught. less about
duties. this would be an altogether
different world to. them. There is no
better way for any one to preserve
their rights than by religiously at
tending to their duties. All of us
would be much better off if we thought
more and talked less. and loved more
and hated less, and did more and
criticised less, and walked more and
grumbled less. We are prone to do
the things we ought not to do, and
to neglect the things which would in
crease the privileges and pleasures of
life. There Is no heed of making
human nettles of ourselves over mat
tiers Of small import. This command
donald is worth ci1erishing by you and
I. do the truth We know; and you
shall learn the truth you need to
know More people magnify irnag-
ognize duties. Our duties like our
days come in their order. and If we
meet them with a will we shall have
no time to brood over our own trif-
ling interferanees or handicaps.
1t is always we'll to bear in mind
that the opposite opinion is eternal
1t may not always confront US, but It
may in reply to a netting criticism
come uporl one like saber cut The
power Of whitening words may be
shown by an ignorant and apparently
dull opponent A mean remark Is
readily matched and cultural dress
has never made it polite or satisfying
The caller Of names and the 1utterer of
insinuative remarks usually calls
forth responses more cauStic than he
gives The tongue was doubtless
sharp in retort long before 1t showed
any signs of culture. What people
say in anger IL seldom rational, but is
usually something which better had
been left unsaid, and which may never
be mended. The habit of saying
mean things is both foolish and
wicked. In all the ages it has never
accomplished q single thing worthy of
liberation, even. but 1t has caused the
deepest sorrow and the most poignant
grief. Yielding to temptation to in
du1ge in a war of words shows a
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