Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-20
THE MAN WHO TALKS

 cause he is dependent upon them. They not only supply fruit and fuel and building material. but they regu- 1 late the flow of water in the earth, re- taining with their roots moisture in the earth against the day of dreuth, and are forever enricling the foam which sustains them The American gave constant care to the preservation of the forests-the gardens of God. | Wherever upon earth man has ruth iessly destroyed the trees, he himself has been destroyed.
 | The greatest menace to man in this world is man; and there is no creature from which he more constantly needs protection. If man was not a desi~n- ing william and far more selfish than we
 really know the devil to be. there
 would be less constant endeavor to deprive him of his irst dues, to ham
 per him in his freedom, or to even enslave him, if possible. All the com netticu, friction and wars in life are directly due to mans inhutnanity to
 man. If man is the most wonderful
 creature God has made he Is also the most abusive of his kind He seems more inclined to rob than to trust him.
 There are a lot of semi -invaiids in
 this world who are the authors Of their
 own distress and subject to the con stant disgust or pity of their friends and aequaintances. What weak con celt is back of the idea that the ord : IS chastening men by aftiction when. if they would brace up they would [ soon be well There is such a thinr as an invalid habit ar1 it is bad
 haft. One way to keep ones self out
 of health is to hel conc+antlv talkirc obout ones ailments and to ho enter taining the fenr there IS so--o oetrirr sa- a ~'ors ohout their healah dietrrhanca, T"n' Y tho, rer'e fo~~et it. eat like
 a human beir~ irstard of a ro~lSer f 'Nev would S'een well nights and ret f back to normal.
 T # some men spent kalF the time ex- I Hended in talkin~ of hard luck. CT of , not themselves being appreciated in making themselves arnear et fo- whatever they propose to un1ertalze T they would fins their place ir the sun 9nd Ho"r'eh like others the world S seems to favor. Th9u~ht Is q force T .nf T'orn non are thirk'ng themselves f into hard lines than a-a tr;okinc n thernsei-es out of them. The r,i-d vyae a Hesigned fnr a helper mt a hirderar ' for a nrotnction not as A menace to the e host interests ir life. "As a. oa- e -N'1'-Ntf. sn is he" is an irdnr'ibit e trnth written unon the na res Time y Lend -our mind tn confueing or weak. = enine thoughts md vor,r career will bt
 shaned h" yorr thougtts.
 It has been said that to ha withou+ Ivision is to linn throueh. fife. Mar
 n7ust. have fores'aht as well ar fore.
 thoueht and must seak to mako hi. 'l en'nvr7ents more and hts burden. g iehter. Hone is the twin sister O e Vision. and Industry makes practica k what has long been regarded as i'm. Y. sg'narv. and wins the r'astery ove1 l. the great forces of Nature. Some d how renirs see~rs to erasp the .un,
 thinl1able and reduce it to the servic,
 of man. Our greatest forces of tada, " wern classed as visorarv less than : m century ago. Man counts large as al a adapter of forces wh oh have beel
 deered too mighty for control: an, IT he figures great as creator of in le struments to overcome distance an, y- Llessen labor.
 of In this world. if it is not the toiie n who handles the money. 1t is tn re toiler who does things. It was tn l. toller, and he alone. who made DOS ,7- sible the seven Wonders of the World NV and it is upon the toiler that the last ++s ing glory of this republic depends so It is the toiler who has harnesse '!' the streams. the winds and the light sn ming and made them the servants ( S. man; that has dug from the bowej ut of the earth the precious metals au is stones; and that has wrought all ( he the wonderful machinery which ha r- made this century it's crowning won # der in the history of the nations E He is backed by the thinker, and VI greater in this century than in al ,h' others because he is free: and i ln should be kept free.
 =. There is no divine power to pull | "a out of the ruts we have gotten ou1 'iu selves into until we have come to realize our needs and put upon it q he the strength of will we have. q ca
 and I will come out of this with God ce help" is good, dependable sloga of whatever may have befallen us. V ,ee may he the victonls of mistakes H. misfortune. but there Is way out - we look for it. Our own Dowe ne mind you. is always tenfold great es' than we think it is; and we should a 7H ways be careful not to undermine It " lack of energy. Resolution is on .ea n'potent-decide you will be some TVS body and you cannot be a nobod
 Spiritual strength comes only to tho who make most of mortal strength
 In life we hear much about repen
 anee, but how few seem to sense wh ng repentance is? Repentance whi nS shows TO sign of a change of hea
 or action is likened to pumping out
 leaky boat without attempting to st eek the leak. We must see the truth al to accept it, and live it, if we ever expe
 to hear our Heavenly Father sa
 "Wen done, good and faithful SC -4 vant!" True repentance Is follow " Av-fh @f 70 C15 iii0 thought of the one who has liv '' wrong must ever after repentance
 upon living right. which includes ( ing right. The man of conyictio cts must do different from the man of old convictions. or he will be classed "
 the hypocrites with whom he belon
 In these days of proFteering VI ose would think there was ever a til tial when it was not considered that at- l tradesnan could be a gentleman; - that English gentlemen would not
 with them at table, and they were T
 allowed into the presence of the Ri, They come pretty near being the r IS bobs in these days. It is from { ana traders that the savinr: "Competit
 Is the life of trade" has come do,
 to us: but in these golden days , ane know it Is the death of small b1 g a ness, and the pinching of the public inc the end. It has been said of the
 men that not one in a. million ey
 grew one grain of corn. or produ,
 grain enough of any kind to feed !iei wren. They need disciplining.
 can n,,o,a ,vorId hoS ta. ;I,, on
 nast five years as never before.
 there is no evidence. that it has lea ned ed it's lesson. The present disnerds and as disconcerting as anw which h;