Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30
THE MAN WHO TALKS

has cost more than a half a hundred thousand lives and called for an ex- pepdit4re of thirty five billions, not fai self but for the dominion of tho right in all parts of the werld. It is not strange that inperialists do not understand this; but it reaches the hearts of the people everywhere, 1t is the sacrifice for others which means more for the glory or this repuhlie than all it's billions and all it's power. Our purpose is to make men freer and nobler and more useful, and our flag
 is the flag of the free by our profes- sion and by our practices.
 We must have care not to become too chesty oyer the achieyement of
 olr arms in Trance, or of our navy in
 British waters. We did cur part well,
 but we owed our sister nations all we
 did to sliecor the furnishing and to
 destroy autocraey. We came into the
 fight late, but our forces were eff ciept and the weight of our endsaver is self-evidants We aa not need to praise our own part for our allies are all good sports, and it sounds better 10 let them praise us: and it weighs
 more elsewhere. When the Canadian and the Anzac forces drove the Ger
 mans back five miles GrGat Britain gave them great praise, but her own Tomnnies received no special mention although they drove the enemy back nine aiies that same day. Without l England Germany could not have been thoroughly blocl1aded, and the valor of l Belsium and France was a tremen- dous factor in destroying autocrats and thrones.
 The military spirit did not lead Ger many astray in 2 year, for she had a Yery old saying. aceording to Ger nan Major, which reads thus: France l may possess an army, but Germany is an army that possesses T country ," 1 This means the army is all, and the nation IS only incidental 10 it. The use of the army is to extend the boun= | daries of the country to by conquest add to it's wealth. by rohbing one g 1 neighbors. This old view cf an army for invasion instead of protection was slowly but effectively drilled into the people with that other piece of egoisA that Germany was recognized as ths university of the world" and this is l what gave birth to the popular cons ceit that Germany was fit 10 rule the world. Their hammer God in whom they had such implicit confidence was the Norwegian Thor, after whom Thursday is named, and who terrified
 all the world with his thunder, oi
 hammer throwing. They did not de pend upon the Lord Of hosts
 Have you noticed that the French 1T their addresses recognize the hosts who have fallen in conflict as living
 entities. The French officers do no
 speak of the dead, but to their glori: fed and living comrades: and theJ
 are careful not to slight them. Wha
 made Geu. Pershing immensely popu, lar in France was his address in tht
 French form at the cornmemorativt
 services at tho tohb of America'i
 friend: Lafayette! We are herer' Hi way of saying; America is fulfllip: Z her obligations-W are paying a deb
 we owe!' I like this form becaus there is heart and spirit in it. If VI know that death does not end all, i we believe our beloved are still liyinf beings, why should we speak a
 though we doubted it. pr ridicule thos , who feel that the invisible hosts stil
 have an interest in us and ill the: country which is Gods country?
 :, do not think there is any particu , lar necessity for looking back to tn prophet Isaiah to find . pen picture o the Kaiser. fLueifer.'' CT "the Son 6 l the Morning." have reason to feel of [ tended at being placed ia the sam
 class with him He hasn't been pu
 into his grave yet. to say nothing Q . being cast out of it. We've got Ian guGge enough to fit that "Son of
 Gun" when the men who have tn ee4Eage are marshallad to apply il : Ancient mystery language poeticall set up, is a misfit. He is q 18th cen 3 tury product and we have 2oth cen g tury language which will fit tha heather better, A man who is be l 4o A1 Fa, oil !, Scripture to fit him. He wouldn't lac ! courage if he was like Lucifr. or hay
 raraded in 90 different suits of clothe! Do yeu know the man who said ! sThe more I see Of men the more 7. think of dogs" was a man Of nor = than ordinary sense. ppgs have tn e loyal friend role worked into 8 zoe Q example for human beings to follow q They are dependable in peace an ' var and make good records as ser II ] rants or defenders. They perforl services for man no other ereat 1T T can in unexplored countries; AS beas' [. ef burden they serve the peasantry : many lands; and as trneers of rog uf e and gnards of property there are nor f better. The criminal world doesn S tlke dogs: and there are Christian I who seem 10 think God made 8 mis Y take when He created them. TT s stories of their faithfulness and use r, fulness are more abundant than the n enemies. Solomon pointed Us to t! n ant as an example of industry, but a cannot excel the dog as an eXanp . of faithfulness and loyalty.
 . The country boy in carry life is a' S monished "to rlow 8 straight furrow
 and perhaps this is the reason
 many of them attain high places
 fthe affairs of the country. IT ,e straight furrow Is the thing in { g of the walks of life. He who go Q crooked goes wrong. No boy ev found a soft snap. or starched coila > and cuffs in q straight furrow. V t They find dirt and work anI swc
 and plenty Of difficu l. of overcoming. in which the rewa
 is in quality rather than cash. .d is one of the greatest schools ~, earth. There is more learned in pie' y ing straight furrow than can be a g. quired in a city school It esta
 fishes the care and push and p CT tienee which makes all other ed a- cations successful, The straight fu le row makes the beginning ard the en
 ing right.
 7e wonder if there is any excuse f h leneliness7 Some think the only g Y cpse for ii is 7aeuity--a lack of c a- pacity for self-entertainmeut AT J. G. Blaine declares loneliness IS nothing if you are right minded he you have perfect self control, ye la lie is adjusted to the viii of c
 and moving to the eternal harmonic ". guess loneliness is best defn ~ as remembering our miseries bet ot than we do our blessings. One thi IS to lapsh about is worth q hundred