Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
THE MAN WHO TALKS


that man who does not know how to
earn money does not know how to save
or invest and double it. There is no
such thing as living by Sod and by
guess, for the decree went forth when
man was created that he must earn his
living by the sweat of his brow and
by man sweat has been made one of
the cheapest things on earth. Precious.
things are chespened by stupidity.
If you can walk on the open road, or
in the wild woods, and not be i'm
pressed by the power and glory of God,
there is something the matter with
you. Some people look at a thing,
while others look at it and into it. The
newspaper reporter who wrote: 81
think I shall never see a poem lovely
as tree!" could see and feel. To
some people magnolia tree with a
million blossoms upon it, or the
Deutzia bush, called "a bank of snow"
white blossoms, is only a tree. or
bush, for they miss entirely the spirit
of beauty and bounty and sweetness
and love therein expressed. If some
people had been in the place of Moses
they might not have seen the burning
bush or even heard the voice of God.
Man must be spiritually attuned to his
spiritual surroundings, or he is dead to
them.
Do you know that system is magic?
There is nothing more surprising to
the average person than. orderliness
and nothing that tells more for success
in all of the walks of life This is why
order has been declared to be heavens
first law. and the foundation of all
good things. The reason most people
GU II ic. hnn co
their mxid has not been attuned to
the harmony of action. 1t is as easy
to do things well when once you have
a grip on system, as it is to do them
slovenly when you haven't Those who
do things well and with despatch in
this world have method. Order is the
great law of nature, and disorder the
lack Of perception and power in man.
Il is a part Of wisdom to cultivate
the memory, to do what we can to per-
feet it. The memory may be a bless
ing, or book of Judgment, and what
it is depends largely upon ourselves.
It is not natural to remember unin-
teresting things, and it is madness to
remember things which keep afiame
the fires of prejudice and hate. Don't
forget Henley's great averment: I'VE
are Captains of our asouls, and Mas
tiers OIL our Il ATE. we k0O" TO-DAY we
may have an aural and visual mem
ory. that they both work well together
although many people only have the
memory of what they hear and are
| forgetful of what they See Your life
may be made bitter or sweet by what
| you remember, and it. is up to every
one, of us to remember that which viii
| ennoble not that which will belittle us
! Memory will have thorns enough with
out their special cultivation.
Have you ever asked yourself
| .eWhat is man; that the Lord should
| be mindful of him2" Perhaps you are
not aware that asking oneself ques.
| tons is not bad habit, 1t takes e
| good deal of egotism to- recognize
ourselves among His needs. He equip
ped us with 'idisceTHment and mem
ory and has showed us that mercifuf
ness makes. man equal to the gods,
and after cons OF time He behold.
man cultivatfng selfishness and mean
ness, and letting his soul be. gluttet
with the. weeds of abomination. Onl,
man can exclaim: What a piece o
work is mani" for you and l know
that from the Divine viewpoint h
must be pretty near total failure.
is only man as whole not man as al
individual, that seems to be great.
I It is clear enough that conscriptiol
belongs to autocracy not to liberia
government. 1t comes so near to be
ing an abuse of power that the En-
glish premier has promised the En-
glish people there shall be no more o
it. The bolsheviki, and all othe
brands of revolutionists represent tn
reaction of this power. This grea
war for a; true principle has demon
allied the whole world, and during tn
whole period of reconstruction Their
is likely to be wild manifestations o
protest. and force. It is not far fror
the lesson that government can max
the people toe the mark whether the
wish to or not. to the lesson that tn
lpeopie have the power to make capita
respond whether it will ;or. not. By
well balanced law the trend of au
tocrscy is toward democracy. and tn
trend of democracy is toward autoc
! racy! ~. -.. 80,
Il The wren has returned for the cot
season, arriving on June End at 1eas
two weeks late. so late in fact, w
!; had given him up as missing Man
observers of. birds say the wren ha
no song, and others that he is to
, noisy to be enjoyable AS there ar
among men. it is safe to admit the
all have their faults +. The wren trill
land he. scolds and he sputters, an
he. fights anything which annoys hi1
from a crow to a fox terrier He is
bunch Of spunk: but few birds seem
, have more merry moments. Sometime
, MIR. Wren has two mates, and attend
to the bringing up Of two broods !
the same neighborhood-the lit
. Mormon-but most birds seem to hay
E a few bad habits, so We have to lea,
Ell them to; their habits and. enioy the
r song. I enjoy his noise from June j
August, and sometimes till mid Sci
tember.e He; seems to be an all-rour
sport. :.
s 1t seems to me we shall get OF
g share of Heaven if We succeed
making our share of the world see
heavenly. No man can hog it here
hereafter, because the law of deye
opment makes him less of a man al
e the more of a beast the more he il
It dulges in selfishness. The man wi
makes sselfishness-. his god aWakes
the end to find he had no God. Eff
: cheney and service furnish the Ike
IL which open to man, the door of gra
and opulence. Some kinds of goo
y ness came very near to, being wort
4 lessness, for goodness must be a pos
Il tive force to be even recognized
4 righteousness. It has been declar
r that "a good man is kinder to his en-
= my than bad men to their friend.
10 and when one can measure up to II
g standard. others will call him goo
= and he.will have no need to menti
it.
- We have no reason to be proud
= this world whatever our attainmel
- since it has not been allotted us
'e complete anything. The life we spe
/ here compared to the. life we mt
spend in Gods universe is as one
thousand, and is like an infan
l. goo gooing days compared with VIII