Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-08
THE MAN WHO TALKS

asset. Money cannot by It. and it is |
beyond the Grasp of salfishness. Pa
thence must he cultivated in the path |
OF our suffcrlngs and perplexities. |
The price Of it is endeavor. and, per-
haps, pain. There is no sclf-govern-
ment without it: and but little sense.
Patience contributes to cur well-be-
ing, and is ever aiding our achieve
ments. Impotence comes pretty near
being insanity, and it may make us
victims of weakness. 1t is in the
class with adversely. and helps one on
the way. Patience an! mastery are
closely allied. The overcomers of
difficulties are usually patient peo-
pie. Haste makes waste and i'm
patience is inefficiency. Those who
have not patience are poor, indeed.
am thinking, we all are thinking
of the soldiers who marched away in
glee to France and will never make
a visible return. They have some from
our vision, hut not from our hearts;
and it is difficult to keep tn. glory of
their purpose shining so that their
absence shall not depress our spirits.
They have heard the greeting: well
done, good and faithful servant" Yet
how natural it is for us to grieve at
our loss though conscious of their
gain. Why can we not keep our vi
sion clear of the beauty and joy of
the way of the glorified. and the free
dom from every i'll of those who have
been born 70 THE more abundant
life?" Is it because Doubt sits whers.
Belief should Or because man insists
upon putting Self before God? Why
are we incapable of holding in mini
the picture of our glorifn1 ones in
shining garments and remembering
that they are the guests of God?
The world has had it,, memories
tremendously increased in The past
four years. and what a burden of
memories is pressing upon the minds
of the people just now; and what 4
store of membranes the soldiers are
biinSing back with them from over
the sea? We readily recognize that
among these memories alc those
which bless and those which scourge.
and the world must have a care as to
it's remembcances. What a store
house of joy and hatred anE sorrows
and inspirations remembrance is2 And
how we can turn a sad memory in
to a joke, as a returned soldier from
France did when he said: y have an
eye in the ground over there looking
| for me, but it will be some time be-
| fore l shall join up with IT." In
our remenl bra noes we can all find
| melancholy and :ove. and we mus
| have care rot to overlook love am
let melancholy swell w u.::il it dis
| mays us. Remembrance bring re-
| morse as well as establish paradise
we can make our own haaHt or he'll
Do not get an idea that earning your
bread by the sweat of your brow is a
| divine punishment. This is only the
crooked way in which our forbears
| looked at industry. There is no bread
so sweet on earth as the bread that is
earned. 1t is the bread of idIeness
which isn't half enjoyed and leaves q
! bad taste in the mouth. Every
mouthful of earned bread is a part OF
| the mans history who earns it. Such
bread represents effort, and every gooC
quality which makes up mans
| character. The workingman is not al
| underdog unless he let's himself bt
one. He represents the dependable
class for every issue and every stun
met in life. His Drawn and muscle
! and valor win the worlds victories il
times of peace or war. His is the en-
viable appetite and his the sweetes
| bread eaten on earth.
We can have all the care we ar,
willing to harbor, and few things cal
do us more harm. No one can liy'
without care, and nothing can be mad
more of a burden. Care and sleep ar
not good bedfellows, care and fret ar
a ra2tious team, and too much car
is no less than a plague. Our care
are daily incidents of life: and Henri,
Ward Beec;ler declared some peopl
let their blessings get mouIdy am
then call them curses Yet who woult
be careless if they did not wish to in
vito peril Care will kill q eat btl
" before we die. Here lies our Scyll
aud Charybdis in life, to challenge OF,
ability and Judgment, and 10 test Oh
skill. 1t was never designed to DC an
ticipated, or to be harhored duriIr
sleeping hours. Sufficient unto tn
day is the strength thereof" we i1av
been told, and perhaps the same ad
, monitor may apply to care.
Our attention is from time to tim
called to the value of the point of view
We charge to time many of our oW
disfigurements and most of ouF de
crepitude, when they are home made
Someone has said it is not time bu
the devil which has created the evl
marks on the face of the dissipated
, anC there is no doubt THAI worry is
huS- wrinkle maker, and mis- been q
through the ages. When St Siuo
said: The golden age is before, no
behind US" what encouraSa h
lent to hope, what a glowing front h
set before mankind. Man is consider
, able of a. bungler at living and Vorshi
because he is not careful to get hi
viewpoints right. A heart with a son
in it, and a stomach when has know
no excuses, has never placed any tell
tale lines of misery upon any person
= face. Good cheer makes the face {
! the aged glow. The outlook, the vision
of life are what elate or distress Us
make us laugh or weep, or look ou
age-and more!
1t is not ofton that we hear the voic
of despair, hut it is necessary "
t ize how pathetic life may some
n times become. Over the seas
e France, bled white by the war.
British officer was surprised by Il
q absence of anything like thrift; ar
in answer TO inquiry the voice {
despair said in explanation: Mott
Il ing that was wanted in che war
rlade in towr-except the young me
e and they are all gone This pastor
= village had been shorn Of its you
and beauty; and the war viii only r,
I turn TO it list of its h,roes, twit
c or three times as many ~lipples. al
- a remainder of young manhood wi
the bloom gone. What pathetic pi
ture! And of how many village
t France and other countries can this
= said? The youth and beauty HI
( been wiped out of thousands of pa
toral communities and the vaca
chairs and sad voices OF parents, al
=. mourning garments and void ev
II present represent the cos of wars.
. 1t was Mary McLane who sal
c God to her seemed to be just aroul
the corner. Amt there mary thin
g in life when seem to lie near, tn
: never come within our vision? O.
It hopes are bright and cheely and '