Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-02
THE MAN WHO TALKS

<H you nave a WaYering mind in this lay of strife you should become aware hat you are sadly needing repairs These are days which are likely to 1arass the wobbler; which discloses hat the wavering mind is base pos session. Things which are right de- serve true support. Conditions which are trying should be loyalty and cou- -aseonsiy met. We all have a little sehe1 in it's, but he should be put down. Half -heA Astedness is symbol of shame. We have all been so marrow hat it seems painful to be compelled to broaden; but broaden we must. The cause of humanity is crying out today; We must find 8 way for truth and honor and justice, or we must make one! The men of sixteen ma lions are conscious of this call and acting together for its accomplish ment. To be resolute is to be one of those who are moulding the world to You are a cog in the machine and poor cogs lend uncer- taihty to success. 4N
 We have all reached a period of; new xperiences-new lessons in life. Tife world war is going to teach us all something we need to know, and many things we cannot forget. We are being shown now how interdependa the nations of the earth are, and having revealed to Us many of our mis- conceptions of the game of life. The brotherhood of man is being forced upon us as an absolute truth despite our disinclinatien to recognize it; and our snobbishness is melting away 5e- fore the necessities of each hour We f7feS,hNyo1si that i've we deemed common are uncom mons and also that it takes something more than money or epauiets to make the man. We are all learning just the opposite from what the German Kaiser would teach US. We are learning that Nick Bilkensteff is a more dependable man than Nick Romanoff.
 "The greatest of false Gods is ex- pediency," comes from the past as a warning to us It is often a rogue : resort and a fools defence. Ex- pedieney is a cloak for tyrants and a Shield for criminal conduct. 1t is the tap root of rottenness, and often serves as a tentacle for hypocrisy Where expediency is popular honor and honesty have lost their stability. As a means to an end it is always uncer tain and often perilous. This is the old dog that discovered it was right to chance an evil act that good might be accomplished. Expediency always lacks proper respect for the law and the gospel, right and justice. Where expediency is resorted to the haioes are never on straight It is crooked ness attempting to parade as a virtue dishonesty masquerading as truth
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 1t was Hugh Miller who wrote: Experience has in 20 years not showr me that there is any necessary con nection between a life Of toll and [ life of wretchedness." There is noth- ing in toil to make a person wretched and nothing in wealth alone to make man happy. These states of the min( are possible under such various con ditions, that neither is to be found al ways where, human judgment is surs they should abide. Disappointment oftener makes some people wretchet than pain does others Wretchedness i closer allied to envy and Jealousy thar to any other real cause. It is not wha we have, but what we don't hav' that makes us wretched. The princi pal occupation of Tretchedness is thi turning of Inole-hills into mountains and. this is the only thing at which i displays any skin. It'takes a fool-i1n agination to make any one utterl. wretched; and it is the child of wha they lack not what they possess.
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 The most noteworthy and effectiv religion is that goodness of hear which prompts men to forgive thei enemies, and this is the religion w11icl eSfa1f7scru al legfance to any sect exhibit in times o war. Many professional Christian are forever in doubt as to the possi bility of reaching such a sublime state aitlio it has doubtless been demon strated as possibility in every wa since the Christian era began. Tn brotherhood of man is so firmly estab fished in the human heart that it read fly expresses itself in times of tria and stress. An English minister toll
 his audience recently that the soldier religion could never be formulated i la creed, but this did not mean it wa not-very real. "On one occasion sai this clergyman, "a Tommy enptied hi pocket of fruit and flags and gave ther to captured German soldier. Whe his captain commended him for hi kindly action. Tommy remarke
 Well you know, the poor devils. ar very much like ourselves; they do it be eause they have got to. There was tn note of brotherhood" It is a matter C history that the common soldier at tn time of the Sepoy rebellion refused | repudiate the God of his fathers whe the penalty for not doing so was to shot from tKe mouth of cannon Loyalty to God was not wanting i non professionals.
 It is already recognized that this war that no General can win Tn French and the English Generals con cede that the man behind the rifle de serves all the credit for the defeat ( the Huns on the Marne and on tn Sonn1e. They were too good marks men with their rifles for the German with an average of half dozen ma chine guns to a military company and to this day the foe does nc
 know: why with their discipline an 1 fine esyipment they were unable 1 take Paris. The man of the sector i mud and watersisi the master of tf
 situation. War lords and shoulds straps take back seat so far as th
 real strife anda the advanceseare cor l cerned, Gen. Smftf+ Dorrien told .tf
 English people recentiy: It is u man iii the ranks who'll has to be thank
 ed for that great epoch in the histoi lsof the war; the German retirement Superior men do superior work. ' s.st' i ss ---l---sa---..s;R @a- -..s;R 9sssg ss.s: We are all being tested aid it is nj
 strange we all de4iaot pass with cred
 the crucial point The men are lool ling for safety positions inr the "; when they are really few. the girls al all figuring upon capturing and wet Eding fieHtenants, and everybody ell
 is searching for a way to escape u I tdeprivations and mixtures which stl tsftuation cornpels the Government
 make by law compulsory. We a
 willing George should do it; but ' are secretly in a, spirit of rebellion