Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-27
THE MAN WHO TALKS

T glimpses of the old friends and true and sympathetic and supporting hearts, A clergyman in the service of the Y. M. c. A. writing from France says: God pity the boy who, when the long looked flor mail bag arrives,
 lonesome and anxious, sees all the other boys reading letters and he gets none. That is one of the keenest bangs of suffering in the war. Prob ably only those who have experienced It realize the pain, and on the other hand, only those who have been through it know the cheering influence of letters from home or the home land" Everybody cannot write in- teresting letters, but if those who can should once a week write breezy letter addressed to The American soldier who has no letter." what good work it would. be; and how it would hearten the disappointed? This would be a home letter if not 8 fam fly letter. and it might tell him how
 proud the country is of it's soldiers,
 and how all feel an interest in their
 welfare and are contributing to their comfort and support.
 1 Scripture reading sin the family is good If interest is sustained, for there by the divine promises are made | familiar and divine precepts become possessed which are life comforts and | treasures: Where it merely becomes | a perfunctory performance it is of no
 lasting value to those who listen 1 Scripture reading may be well or bad l ly done, and may be made wearying and useless by the reader. Among l the sayings ot Beethoven this was
 found: To-day is Sunday. Shall l read you something from the Gospels: Love ye one another.'" This was 1 purposeful reading, and enough. A single divine command is better than
 a chapter from any book in the Bible
 if the object is to impress the nearer
 and to transmit a blessing. Those
 who read the scriptures intelligently,
 regarding it is privilege instead of
 a duty, are making progress. Some
 readers who have read the Bible ] through several times do no know So much about it as the diligent read CT who has not read it once.
 What a figure Christians cut com l blaming of the weather because it doesn't suit them. They do not seem to sense that weather was not. de signed to meet their social or religious
 requirements. They do not know any
 more about the weather than they dc about the location of the garden of Eden or the treasures of Capt. Kidd
 Tine Scriptures tell them that Goo created all things, and pronounced al
 of His creations good, or worthy of His il Almighty wisdom and power. Perhaps it was this which inspired Alexander
 Pope to write: Whatever is. i'
 right" The day God creates must bt always good-the day man creates. i!
 what it is; if his day does not har
 monize with Gods day he should have sense enough to blame himself rathe1
 than his Creator. It doesn't sounl well to hear Christians ccndennins + weather CT anything else God has pro nounced to be rood Today is good il ; relation to man: but what man is il relation to it is another matter.
 Who ever shinks of Uncle Sam a 2 Montgomery Flags presents him
 pointing at ore with that rigid digi , and that fierce Prussian stare with tn declaration T want Tou!" Our Amer ican Uncle Sam is benign old scou with an iron fist for all enemies 0 I mankind; but towards his own a 3 gentle as lamb. He has hithert : only had to say T need you boys! a and the volunteers have always bee A in excess of his needs, and the valo . 1 of the men second to none on an l field. That figure of Uncle Sam, all
 rigidity and buster, must be one C | Montgomery F1agSS efferveScent fool = cries, for John Hendrick Bangs place : him as humorous picture maker, a d the equal of John Phoenix or Artemu y Ward in their special fields.
 There are still few Americans wh
 do not like the spirit back of the aver hot Ty S but let us see what the Kaiser think . about them He says to them in h 2 desire to reach terms of peace: 2 will welcome with all my heart thos # who wish to assist me in my work T !, matter whom they may be: but thos l. who oppose this work wi II crush" There is nothing uncertai = about this: recognize him as yol : master and obey his commands an n you will be welcomed to German at s tocracy and the training and dt q ception which goes with it. Take C " the German yoke and make yourse <. subject to German discipline, and ret Ia ognize there is no freedom but Ger Il man freedom, and you will touch Il y Kaiser's heart. What do you think
 the price? His work is to subdue a
 nations and make of himself a secor
 Alexander. Doubtless he is capable
 weeping because there are no mo n worlds to conquer; and he wou st make you weep for larger freedom.
 How some women do enjoy qossi
 Tlthough it is the most belittling hal It it of which one can be guilty Perha m this pernicious habit gets it's sta . from "the sweet little nothings'' whi,
 mark courtship. There is so little
 it that gossips have come to be r ,f garded as spreaders of falsehooc 3, Tales told over the backyard fen le gather compass as they glide fro IS tongue to tongue. and lose what lit
 truth there was in them at the sta,
 It is a virtue to be deaf, dumb al 1e blind to scandal. I have known peor in who would not listen to gossip abo lv any one, friend or foe. They did n -' care to learn what it would be
 shame to repeat. Perhaps they b '. lieved that a great thought cannot III inspired in the atmosphere goss " creates. It is good to feel clean spir i'll ually, intellectually, physically; a ar the way out is never barred, but is
 great stride in the right direction.
 For several hours recently I { CT upon a stoop from which I could To n- directly into robins nest containi he three young ones, not more than t he feet away. The birds did not enj
 my presence and I certainly could T
 blame them for entertaining distrl r. of the sons of God. They became . is customed to my presence and cal S every time they had collected flo on enough to feed their young ones. Eve ne little bird movement had a meani ". to me, and that gleaming beadlike (
 which was always fixed upon els plainly said: NO trust," The mot K CT always spoke in a soft. tiny note