Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 conditions, or any conditions which may be necessary to carry on the war. There is but one report from the front the wounded soldier never complains, whatever his plight. If the men who are disfigured for life. crippled and handica pped utter no word of com- plaint, what cravens we must be to be gronching oyer the self-denial and cost while we are, because of these brave men of all nations, living in se- curity and comfort The defense of the world from such foes, and the se- curity to mankind of human rights is worth all the blood and suffering and treasure that it has cost or is likely to cost Those who have thought the devil was dead must be aware they have another think coming.
 Here is Japanese proverb which our lukewarm and alien citizens should bear in mind: You cannot mock the convictions of forty million people while that conviction thrills all about you like the air" We have under the protection of the Stars and Stripes one | hundred million free citizens, who stand for the sovereignty of the indi- Yidual, and it worse than folly for any one to attempt to be a discordant. | note. The issue in this world now is l dSdlnSl Error! No patriot should have an ear | for the whispering propagaAdist who would prompt us to excuse the brutal l ity and design of the Kaiser and his l Potsdam gang, or to compromise great 1 principles for the sake of peace. Firm 1 ness and persistence-lo to hu- manity and to God are necessary to win this war.
 l How woman looms up in this war! She is in every kind of service, and one of the real forces for victory Without her work the allies would lack sup plies and lack heart. Two million women doing mems work in England
 and three million more engaged in aux
 Hilary work; and probably twice as
 many in this country and Canada. Can you imagine twenty million women contributing energy in support of the l allied cause There are probably a
 half million in hospitals overseas, and
 as many more contributing to the com 1 forts of the soldiers in the field. Faith ful unto death is as true of them as of 1 the men in the trenches. A full list of i the wounded and their dead would ap- pail usi Their heroism atteStS they are mothers of true men. The wounded men woman has nursed sing her praises.
 It was Lamartine who said: There is
 a woman at the beginning of all great things" Woman needs no badges of merit, for man has placed her next to God as the mother of men and for
 making life worth living.
 Flowers are never less than won- der to me; and some seem to be a miracle. First we get a type and then I Lave varieties. The dictionary terms a change of form or color transmuta- tion, but keen students know that the thrips, the bees, the moths, the flies
 and the wind are the hybridizing 2
 agents of nature and automa tically
 produce results of which they know nothing. One dahlia pod of seeds vii
 produce not only flowers like a I \ en1
 plant but some unlike it, and of hali
 dozen different colors; and the colors
 often produce discord: and there Is
 a war of colors until one color has
 overcome another. And alen the ac-
 ton of the wind or insects upor
 standard varieties prompts them "tC
 rogue" as the horticulturists call it
 and they are TO longer true to colol
 and are cop,mercially condemned tt
 death. Be awake to the forces of Ma
 ture and your garden will preach ser mons to you such as no man cal compose or written word equal.
 We often ask ourselves if the avia tors will ever fly with the assurance and skill of birds, as if birds wer,
 the most wonderful fliers known II
 flight man is not likely to equal tht birds for height or IenSNh of flight
 although he has already eQualled then in speed. The frigate bird can re ; main in the air for days and float ana : rest and sleep as duck does upon tn, surface of a lake: but the bird is clumsy thing on the wing compared
 with the butterflies or c:ner flies mht are hunting for honey or prey. shall never forget what a bunglinl job a robin '1Nlde of an attempt t ; catch a big moth on the wing and hoy easily he was outmanouvered ri : robin was persistent, but the mott
 was more skilt1l or artful in fiigh i than he. for he could drop and dodg in way the robin knew not of; bu the dragon flies and the bee-fiies an, flower flies car balance in the ail back or go forward like a motorboat 5 and have the birds completely beater l 1t is worth while to be of value t } the world, and to be an example o l goodness to ones neighbors It wa
 Mrs Blaine who wrote in one of he f published letters: T would rathe quicken my faith by five minutes tai 1 with Anna Patten than by listenin : 1 to five sermons on the immortality C ] the soul' There doubtless have bee 3 more words absolutely wasted in ser V mons upon the immortality of the SOL
 than upon any other subject ever dis
 cussed by intellectuals; and it is n
 clearer to the human mind today tha
 it was five thousand years ago. F'ait = illuminated by love has power i a strengthen faith, but words are empt r and useless things when applied [
 the unseen, and the unprovable. Ann e Patten's heart and example wei q doubtless both right; and her powt . of assurance was dynamic-she bt
 lieved and lived in accord with ht
 belief.
 Nl It was John Oliver Hobbes who gay IT the world this soul developing an j. heart assuring advice: Read poet1
 and The New Testament, and have n flower Garden" Cultivate the imag n nation, look for inspiration in the Wol ', of Truth. and for aspiration in u y midst of Gods wonderful laws as rt
 vealed by his manifold expressions l. life in the garden. The life of ma er began in a garden and thousands l. human souls have since learned vii
 1 Bovee, that ''to cultivate a garden
 to walk with God' Are you awal T. that lovely flowers have been calle 1T smiles of Gods goodness" Hove t truest language" Gods thoughts
 beauty taking form to gladden. moI ly tai gaze" or that Wordsworth d, = ciared that "to me the meaHest flow, ,o that blows can give thoughts that ( " often lie too deep for tears" IT
 way of selfshness is not the way 'e light-the way of divine love and la le is.
 r. It was on Registration day that
 saw the first young thistle bird on Il Al yipC ite and wi.