Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-07
THE MAN WHO TALKS

rom pig tall. since human He is constant want it must be marked by constant endeaver. Through all the ages one lesson has been taught namely, that the busiest man is the happiest man. Riches set a man up and idleness knocks him down. The best thing in wealth is the good which can be done with it. not the selfishness which may be gratified by it. There is no greater delusion than the dream that leisure is the soul of joy for it is the playground of the devil Work made the world. work sustains it, and only work can purify and glorify it.
 We are told the League of Nations comes out of the world of dreams into the clear, cold light of day. Let us hope it will not perish because of mans frigidity towards it. There is no doubt the reasons for it are inn perative; but if they are made imper- atiye by a lack of honor among men, how are men to honor them? We are told it must be made flexible enough for a developing world, giving living nations a chance to expand, ana not shielding the nations that are dying from the consequences of their decay. The great plea for peace on earth o ago. Do you think the militarists are capable of healing the ulcers their policy has developed?
 am pleased with the beautiful way in which everybody can talk democ- racy, which is a true way to pure religious life; but it is as poorly prae- ticed as our religion. 1t sounds good, but the coming across to it is not calm
 r. 4olr nirItJn dor and trust; yes, and courage and fi- delity and persistence. The plane of fraternal equality must be established to make democracy a reality instead of a dream. A true democracy is the closest relation to q heavenly state; but the democracy men have tried to establish has for it's motto: EVery man for himself and the devil take the hindmost.V The world war has dis closed to us the vileness of the auto crat, the worlds super -aristocrat and man can get along without either
 You see with what pride many men set forth their opinions; and yet. the ages reveal to us that all opinion Is 9s per cent. hot air; and that the hls- tory of human error. For thirty cen turies it has been a matter of record that opinion is what fools are stuffed with" Two of the greatest scholars of the last century said: Private opinion is weak" and popular opln- ion is the greatest lie in the world Common opinions and common sense are usually at variance. It IS lhe eommonest and easiest thing for mef to err. and this is probably the req son why forgiveness is divine. Ou1 opinions are all colored. by our sell fishness, prejudice and desires!
 It was Burke who exclaimed: What shadows we are. and what shadows we pursue." In world of mystery man makes his way as best he can The why and wherefore. the whithe1 and whence. are the challenges Life presents to man. If we are not good at guessing conundrums we cannot evade living them. If love had not been put in life the whole business
 would have been cold and stark. What i a paradox it is to say the end of life as we know it is but the beginning o1 the life we do not know Wouldn't il l be better if we recognized in our souls 1 the immortality of which we cannot be robbed. I am immortal! sounds good l to me The truest end of life is tt l acquaint ones self with the life that never ends. We must be something
 to cast a shadow. We are the will ot God!
 The primary scnool of birds is 1T l the nest; and it is wonderful how much they learn before they are ca
 pablo of feeding themselves. It is here
 that they take their aerial and physi-
 Cal exercises. and acquire the habit G preening their plumage. It is won derful how quickly these little birds 1 recognize their mothers voice ant
 obey it. They learn to hunt fooC last, but they are generally led III 1 in their taste for food to meet theil
 requirements. When signalled to bt quiet because of a strange noise the! will cuddle down in the nest and seen i to be asleep. In the first stages th' 1 food is regurgitated for the youns
 but before fedged the young robin 1 takes his angle dog straight No rob l in is prettier than the youngster jus ready to- leave the nest. The sons
 birds musical education covers tht 1 first year or two of it's life.
 We have all heard and doubtless
 repeated that old couplet: Rain
 rain, go away and come again an other day,' A commonplace rhym i from the days of superstition whicl contains nothing to command rever ence or respect: but of a recent darl l and lowering day when a child's par ty was in progress I heard it repeat ed the one thousandth time, perhaps and as l never before heard it. I 1 was clearly and gravely said witt 1 apparent faith, with heart enough il | it to make me stand up and take no i tice, for it might have been taken fo
 a recitation or prayer. I neve
 would have believed that it could hay
 been so well or devoutly said; and a I looked there was rosy faced boy
 of perhaps eight years. with hi arms spread out and his face agIoN l with mirth, wholly unaware that h had put into this old apostrophe nor l feeling and power than one person il 1 ten thousand could do. The hear 1 We are told to "Laush and gro,
 fat;" and yet, many a man ha laughed and grown poor There is Il such thing as underwriting the smil if there is something back of it tn l world needs; but there is nothing i
 the laugh of itself except as it repre- sents cheerful state of mind. It
 neither food nor drink. Worry an fret cannot get in where the smile i for there is not room for them; hencs
 other things being equal the smile always contributing to success. It always against one to look like tn agent of Despair. There is a laug that is hearty and honest. and a laug that is hollow and insincere; and tn
 smile that is a blessing, and the smil
 that is blight. The effect of laug
 or smile depends upon the characte of it.
 i # there is anything which calls or
 more false pretence than music I q
 not know what it is. My do-ra-me