Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-15
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 and notice his loyalty to purpose, they will see something Washington and Lincoln wore more sraciO0siy as humble servants and which he boldly l wears as, master. He seems positive that he lis Captain of his soul and ! master of his fate;" and we might | not be to blame if we entertained a suspicion that as captain of this re- public he thinks he is responsible for our fate, too. If you look Into the Ewerk of Thomas Jefferson, the third president, you will discover that his Tam ness is so closely inter
 woven with the true principle of the | republic that he and it are really in- l separaBle. We hear his veice in l imagination calling for Equal and
 Exact justice to all Men." But, we
 are not going to quarrel with Presi- dent Wilson's 1-am-ness. While 1t
 amazes us it holds for him veal or woe. But what if his sublime faith in it l biunder
 I always like to thinks was bern
 under a lucky star, and I prefer to look up into. the s:Arry heavens ct night and wonder which star is mine to having anyone tell me. since I am not inclined td depend upon the golden symbol of all that is good aud
 helpful. There is something about sweet uncertainty now and then that is
 more afluring than knowledge. We known what we don't know. This is
 the condition under which sweet hope
 was born. I am not sure these "highlights of eternity do not lend strength to our faith. We should not
 worry about the stars in our crown,
 since the star of hope is our guide. The stars keep us looking up and re-
 mind US that Milton saw in the
 evening star "the hamburger Of love" l Dryden saw in the stars "the gems of Heaven that gild nights sable throf1e;;" land Bailey called them the scriptures of the Heavens" Look up and become q, seer.
 I We enjey this April weather in
 March. this seeming haste on the part
 of nature to put in evidence the green
 wings of summer before their time.
 March days that are milder and
 pleasanter than May days with glist-
 ening water and the whistle of the
 high holes, are inviting to those who
 love to walk on country roads,, smell springs odors' and listen to the early
 songs of the birds. Robin .redbreas St,
 the bird the Puritans loved be-
 cause he reminded them of home as
 sociatio1s, is more in evidence than
 usual, but the musical voice of the song sparrow is not as prevalent as common. The rildness seems to take from it more than half it's value. It is when this sparrow's sweet song Is . waited to. listening ears on cold and Lpiercing winds over snow banks that 1t | is charming surprise. The unseen
 vocalist in the bush on bleak day
 lends charm to March days which ;cannot be duplicated <
 + is quite . ways up to the front
 line, but the world cannot get there , too quickly; that is, the religious ], world, for the men of all faiths who
 have been on the real fighting Iine
 agree: Tn all Christendou, in all of the
 rest of the world put together, you vii not find so much unsefashness, SC , much Christian charity, so much loving Kindness, as you will find right in tht , front trenches. To Illustrate this, ar
 American priest tells how he took the
 confession of Presbyterian sergeant just preceding a battle, and when tEt sergeants attention was called to tho ) fact he replied: T know it, Father but confession IS good for the soul ant ! mine feels none the worse, tell you: ' What the Christian world wants to dt
 is 10 get heartily together instead O
 perfunetorily-drop it's prejudice. against forms and acknowledge th, 7 merit of acts. We have an old maxim , There is only one morality" EFha is the need of so many religions? ) Do not forget that the world belong c to the energetic. In the worlds affair :. there are those who push and thos ; wro have to be puIled-Heip and Hir e der have never lived far apart an,
 Ftinder once in while may have per
 
 often caught upon the wrong side Tn | resolute have no use for anything bu 6 purpose, and purpose is back oi all tfl ! world S achievements and successes. rFh , worlds burden includes all :Eho adv . to le carried. Energy has foresigh . and conceptions of something better and the will to move up higher: it i always inviting emulat,oll because i = is good example as representativ t of life. People without energy are d t near dead as possible and still be rec 1 ognlzed as living creatures. Energ . fclds the reins in all of the drives I
 this world.
 The people who think they are s important to the worlds affairs ough $ to have received q hint in the pas n four years that every cog iii the whee q of time is necessary for smooth an
 successful work. What 1 man does
 great, not what he thinks he is cana
 ble of doing. The men who take arm
 from the enemy will always De Of nor t account than the men who make ap
 preciative addresses to patriots C q stand in the rear and cheer. The con S ceit which puffs a fellow up Is as noth 10 ing to the muscle or the brain whic ]. creates a useful thing. Oe cours l. soap bubbles borrow beauty from ti1 n rainbow, but they arc bubbles stil l. We have no prejudice against th
 mortal who thinks well of himself, onl ,a of the pigIny who thinks ne is q giar .e The small fellow in the big place ha ' made too many poor records in # n past two years. The worlds n1easul
 of importance IS always more depens ,s able than our own.
 u Do you know nobody can start ie Sood thing, but someone rises up s. object If it had not been for tn t. spirit, which is probably older tha Ly time, there never would have origir,a tv | cd that maxim, Where God builds 10 church, the devil places a chapel ne:
 to it." The sefhshness of man hs |. made him call thousand and ol It things good which were the wor c. things that could possibly happen m him. Our own interests, which loo tO AiiiIol Ldilb LO o SOulPstA
 to the giant evils which spring fro at them, And how common this selflsl .. less is! IL is so common that tn i has been suggested as a wholesou ol prayer; Deliver me, oh Lord. fro 1t that evil man. myself" The hog vi
 lis never satisfied until all his feet a iy in the trough oftener lives in paia ng than in hovel. We need no ne r- snow to see the. tracks of se.hshne rs for they cannot even be kept out of t meeting house.
 +ol The sparrow hawk is far from beil a common bird in Connecticut; b