Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
THE MAN WHO TALKS

It would not be considered polite l to ask people what they talk about? Our ears reveal to us, however. that 1 tongues wag scandalously most of the l time, and that tittle-tatt1e has been | the go ever since the flood, which 1 proved to be the only efficient silencer. | We have got to confess that the l world loves to gossip; and gossip has been defined as exchanging things that are not so, or swapping lies; and the world has thrown at the gessipers the fact that a tale bearer is just as bad as tale maker; and that talking about persons instead of things is an abiding sign of narrowmindedness, without making deep impression on those who have never learned that re- beating all one hears is a perilous occupatiori. The person who makes it rule not to believe half he hears and not to repeat tenth of it is stand ing off the Father of Liars in good fashion. We should beware of the Serpent
 Did you ever think that if God had not made variety the spice of life, man would never have been able to have framed that sentence. The eie- phant and the ant, the eagle and the hunming bird, yes, the mountain and
  truth from the beginning of time; and the things God has made will de- clare this truth for all Eternity. Man was slow in grasping the thought, and has never yet been able to get good hold upon it. There is going 1 to be spice in heavenly life; and if | this was generally realized we should not be singing Every Day will be 1 Sunday By and By" Continuous rep etition makes the very best things monotonous. All the variety in na- | ture became so dull to man that he iTf- vented a looking glass so he could see himself, and this invention gave rise to variety in dress, doubtless, and led to prinking and posing which now 1 count for so much in life under the name of style. God knew it was not good for man to become content with | any one thing. Richter was right when he wrote variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something"
 Germany is not only short of prov ender and war material but also short 1 of small dwellings The Dwelling l House Committee of the Reichstag re- ported that GOO small houses are needed in Germany; and the Seich- stag has voted 500, 100000 marks. or one hundred and twenty five million l dollars for the building of family barracks This legislative act really indicates that there are one hundred and fifty thousand families in that country needing shelter, and also re-
 veals to some extent phase Of suS- fering in Germany of which the world has not heard before. In this world
 war no nation is escaDing the dis
 tress There are according to this
 revelatic1 more homeless people in Germany than would constitute the
 rO-- u,l ion af three states like Con
 nncticut with Rhode Island thrown in.
 Tho iUnkarS Of that country have led 1t from the heights of industry and comfort te the depths of suffering and despair.
 ], One tt1ina which will prevent the , Kaiser from winning Napoleonic , fame is the fact that Napoleon knew ,, Vengeance has no foresight" and the
 Kaiser and his Potsdam gang do not , They stand for pitiless campaigns, and in their lack of mercy for their kino [ have exceeded the brutes in ferecity 5 Germany denies pity even to defence v less non com batants and defenceless
 prisoner; and she expects to obtaiI f mercy at the hands of the Creator How their Song of Hate" fitted theil character, for is it not true Malice 7 can always find a mark to shoot a | and a pretence to fire'' The Kaiser's l conception of his own importance ana } his service to the Lord is enough ts , make the world laugh were it not fol . the terrible results of it upon all the
 nations of the earth. Ruling bs
 might is not the divine way, but { devilish conception from which the world has and will suffer Until meE f acknowledge the power of love there
 can be no permanent peace on earth al Confucius was wise old guy, fo five hundred and fifty years befor, , the Savior was born he had learnei II that if one would divine the future hi ? must study the past, which was hi | way of notifying the world that ''his h tory repeats itself" and that humal
 nature is not only the same all tn Il world round, but throughout the ages n So long as mems ambitions are fo
 selfish ends this cannot be otherwise ! Mans passion for distinction iron g wealth or service breeds all sorts 0 a intrigues and is the foundation of al : strife. AS Pope says: The rulin Il passion, be it what it will, the rulin
 passion conquers reason stili.' Pas
 
 of the mind,P and the world condition
 today, could not be worse if half tn e world was by drink deprived of reasor e If man was espousing Gods world in
 stead of his own he would put Loy
 first as a power instead of himsel ,n and discern that righteousness an
 peace are really the only thing s' worth striving for.
 It is pleasing to read that th
 lassies of the Salvation Army get 6 n near the firing line in Northern Franc to as army regulations will permit; an -h have the coffee hot for the boys whe
 returning from their front line stunt
 and they serve at times of an evenir ,n one thousands cups of coffee te tf I soldiers; and the New England D II and doughnut is always ready f, S- watering mouths. Two of these gi
 patriots fried 1,400 doughnuts the fir
 day on duty; and 1000 on anoth as day; and every housewife realiz CT what this means in the way of wor ne The Salvation Army was one of u ne first organizations at the front
 minister to the wants of the men, ar
 has distinguished itself for swift an ,,. bulance service. saving lives and mee
 ing and satisfying the home cravin As of the men defending their countY re It is valiant and needed servi in which they are performing, and tn
 are doing the work so well they a
 commanding the confidence and su m port of all the Entente ma tions.
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 he ~ a eso'''.ms ~ @ Wno sso: M a' Do it was Holmes who compared the bra
 Of man to a seventy year clock wou
 by the Angel of Life who gives t