Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

/ TIE MAN-Afi0 TALKS
i do NOT know. whether you enter
tain Dryden's concept that man is 9
ruined god" or Darwins that he ii
IAN improved monkey Man as .
credit to his Maker; but as a. develop
ing soul he is giving evidence of. hit
divine oriEan by mis- spiritual asrira-
ion and inspiration: A q an S Tn.I
makes bargains, and he might have
said that makes maps of the earth and
tof the heavens. and Is capable OF en-
Pertaining q conception OF his Maker
fspeaks OF man as limited in his ma
what a man is may be determined by
his relation to honesty, and honor. In
A man can be anything from q viper
to a. saint; but his sainthness is not
usually recognized unfit he has been
dead a few hundred years. An I'M
pulse will produce a. hero. but itstakes
discipline and duality to produce a
man. !.
Have you ever thought of yourself
as your own weather? You do not
realize that you have had. dull and
gloomy days when the earth was
/ bathed in esinshines and that you
have had plenty OF sunshine IN your
| heart when the: weather was wet and
| boisterous. The clouds in our minds
are az much Of a dainper to us as the
clouds in the sky. How we are within
has all to do with our views. OF life.
our opinions of it and how it seems to
us. A crouch has no eye for sunshine
of flowers, no ear for the Tove=prattle
of a little child. the song Of the sky
lark or the Voice of the winds and
the waters. > He makes himself SO
miserable that the bright and merry
world does not attract him, and he
looks upon happiness as foolishness-
he wants to. dfet And every one else
wants him to. because he has made
himself uncomfortable and !, an offense
to all mankind. It pays, as Mrs.
Cagie says, to read poetry and. the
New Testament, and to have garden.
DON'T you think it would be just as
sensible for every town TO teach it's
Things would look better in all our
towns and cities If we believed in the
Pavement broom the street sweeper
and the = paint. potst and believed in
keeping empty lots clear of scrap
if we believed in cultivated yards in
stead of weed patches; and the green
sWard and f1ower-bed instead of ash
heaps, and bare ground: and in our
churches and schools and stores,
shouldn't we be boosters? If we be-
iieved in our citizens and our boys and
girls, and in making our home town
too nice to leave, and good enough for
any one to locate in, do you think we
ness to. locate here7 a town with a
good creed would have all other good
things coming to it. .-
Do you think. il is a, misfortune to
tumble to your own faults. Do not
right away, for such a fall is never
accidental, and people rarely fall for
a purpose. 1t is not a picnic but 4
pick-up-it win teach you to take
yourself by your own bootstraps and
pull yourself out of your old blindness,
and perhaps strip you Of your mean
disposition You will have to change
your viewpoint-look in and not look
out. With a good inward view of self
you will not ftel like striking yourself
upon YOUR breast and saying: Look
at me."s You'lfs5 get a real look at
your own crookedness. Many folks
who think they are upright are as
crooked as the letter S. They do not
know it because they do not suspect
themselves. all their suspicious being
directed toward the other fellow. It
is better thing to suspect yourself
then you will tumble to your own
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Il vvould be wise for all clergyman to
watch out for that little. imp of Satan,
If" who ereeps into their public ut
terancts and weakens them. I no
ticed in an Easter sermon. IF we are
and so. Any man who believes In God
and immortality should not thus ex-
press himself, for it is the. evidence of
a stalwart. indwelling doubt. In the
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be found none of these distrustful
conjunctions; and have never: de-
tected one in the declarations of Gods
power or the Savionr's promises when
Billy Sunday speaks. "If." is a ras-
cally little betrayer of Weakness
tag of doubt which queers righteous
speech. The Bible says we are ever
living beings. fit either for the pit be-
low or the haven above. IT." be-
longs wholly TO the unbelievers; and
when it gets into a SERMON it roses
none OF its positive characteristics
as trademark; and no. profes sing
Christian can Venture upon its use
without being queered. IT WOULD be
the part of wisdom for preachers to
leave ''If' wholly to the agnostics..
One thing we should all learn is to
meet all opposition with a calm spirit.
Nothing is gained by being upset or
irritating phases Of life is not easy,
for if it were it would never produce
for us the consciousness of achieve.
nent. 1t takes will power, patience
and prayer to be men and women
every hour in the day. It takes hope
and faith and trust to keep the spirit
calm 1t is possible for any one. Of
as to have the same power over self
Christ had over the violence of ma
ture, ard we may say, to our spirit
peace, be STILL" and. the inward tur--
bulence will cease. But we must first
recognize that. the power lies within
US to gracioasly meet and successfully
overcome every assailing power from
without. God lives with. His children.
and if we dwell In righteousness we
cannot stray away from Him or from
home. 1t is up to us to be loyal to
the spirit and to recognize. that the
spirit knows the fitness Of time IL I'VE
do not. We are beings of power in
accord with our trustfulness and 10y
atty to the All-powerful.
Holding ones tongue IS "a pretty
good habit; and just now the secret
service men of the government are
showing that it is profitable. There is
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