Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-20
THE MAN WHO TALKS

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 unreasonable criticism; they need te , be made acquainted with the fact thai 1, there is a way for them to be made free, a way for them to receive new Light and to get a new gr1p upoI life. Point out to them the divine command: Be not afraid, neither bt
 thou dismayed. They must be led te sense that through the mind one may create a new atmosphere and new
 world for themselves. It is wicked TOT I any of us to harbor thoughts which are against our own well DelnS
 thoughts which give rise to doubts
 and fears which fret and which in
 capacitate us. There is no such thing as right living without right thinking To feel that you are dull, or incapable,
 or unloved or out of favor, or misun- derstood is to harbor an enemy which
 should be expelled. Be kind, alert, cheerful and ever ready to assist in any good work, and resolutely grasp I the idea that you are an heir to all the grace and power God is ready to
 confer upon any of his children.
 I 1t is said, if you desire a favor done which requires both time and atten- l ton you must go to busy man to | get it. Men and women who work are l not afraid to do a little more for any good cause: but those who foster the l idling habit are slow to do the best l they can for themselves to say noth- | ing of being of service to others. You | never hear those who have most to do talk about being overworked. They are so intent upon their employment l that this efficiency destroying thought never can esconce itself in their minds Those who think they are over-work- ed or misunderstood soon become the victims of the worthless use they are making of their own minds. Work is never less than an inspiration to person whose attention and heart is centered in it. person who does not like to work can never be made to ho1s kIaE Gvz1 iNxy Sx, work because they find so much mis- cry in it. What our habits yield to us make or mar our vision and opinions concerning others.
 It is pleasant to notice there is more tolerant spirit abroad in New England than ever before. People of good purpose are recognizing the folly of being kept apart by religious pre- judices when they all profess to be serving one Master and to have but one aim. In a Boston meeting the other day, woman's meeting by the and Unitarian read papers upon the same subject and they were all en- gagged in the same humanizing work. It is time honesty of purpose com manded unity of purpose, and that Christians stopped Snarling at the diff ference in color of one another's coats. It is a fact that intolerance has been the curse of every age and sta-e;" and it is indisputable that the devil loves nothing better than the intoler- ance of reformerS, and dreads nothing so much as their charity, patience and trend to unity" Intolerance is agi- tating the world as it was never agi- tated before, and when the war is over may tolerance increase among all the nations.
 lt was Mrs. Snipkins who discoy- cred that it was detrimental to have more than two hands. After the hon. eymoon was over and she was trying to see why MT. Snipkins was neither poet nor success she discovered he not only had a right and a left hand, but always a little behind hand. When there was an opportunity offer ing for success in any direction under the sun Old Snipkins was like the odor of an automobile which follows a half mile behind and indicates the auto has passed. While Snipkins was of a common type Mrs. Snipkins was not; and while the world owes his tribe nothing it is indebted to Mrs. Sniplxins for her keen perception. The little behind-hand is always a baker and although attempts have been made to blame the hook-worm for it. no one has yet invented serum to eliminate it's effects. The woman who has a husband who is always little -behind- hand is to be pitied as is also the na- tion who has a government similarly afflicted. The behind -hander lets good opportunities slip and never has sense enough to realize that he has been left or out-manouvered.
 Great things said in great way are made too little of, just as the good things said by Billy Sunday are too soon forgotten. It is strange we do not treasure messages of God through men to us when they are as precious as anything in Holy Writ. Phillips Brooks voiced to all mankind: 70, do not pray for easy livesi Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks CTS equal to your tasksi Then the doing of your work shall be no mir acle. But you shall be a miracle. l Everyday you shall wonder of your | come in you by the grace of God" 1 There is spiritual force in this great 1 utterance, and it will go ringing down | the ages to direct generations unborn l If we do not have a mind to receive l and to prize divine messages how great the loss is to ourselves.
 Henry Van Dyke has told us it is | "Discontent that casts a shadow gray on all the brightness of a common | day" With the foe so clearly outlined 1 1t should not be hard to, in measure, l dlsconcert him. inconvenience of | every character breeds discontent if l
 
 inspires us to rise to more satisfac- | tory conditions-the discontent which | arouses us to the highest aspiration is | a blessing, for it sets hope ablaze and | urges us on to be worthy of the heir | ship which is ours by birth. The dis content which casts gray shadows and | befogs hope and invites despair is the | evidence of our own lack of self-reli- | ance and our infrmity of will. Some | one has said the best remedy for this sort of discontent is to count our mer- cies-to turn our minds and our faces to the good, and to drive away the gloom of thoughtlessness and the in l ertia which dull the brightness of life.
 We must all keep sharp lookout upon the little cares which fret us. | There is no reason why they should | harrass us when we have the power to call halt; but they do because we are not conscious of their lack of value or our own power to limit their action | upon us. 1t is natural to fret, you say; and it is weakness to increase the habit instead 0f radTIaipO