Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-10
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Have you turned oyer a new leaf :? This is an old fist of January habit
 several centuries old, and it is one of the oldest of ffctions It is a good intention covered with the moss of time, which because of the disloyalty l of man to his own convictions, has become a joke. How many times have we all resolved to turn over a new leaf and not done it? This is one 1 of the sins of omission the world has been guilty of for ages, and it is the point where we cheat ourselves out I'of good thing, and the world out of 1 the honor and honesty which is due l to all mankind. It is a little thing, but in the omission of little things may be found mans worst offenses. Have you thought that man can- not be any more than the sum total of his thoughts. Every man is just be added to or subtracted from as the years roll round; but he can be never more nor less than his own thoughts which prompt his action and. color his speech make him. Man can think himself into hope or fear; into spirit ual joy and business prosperity, or 1 into materialism and the fate of hu-
 man dunderheadedness He can in 1 vite visions which bless or harrass him, and he can attract to himself that which debases or elevates; but he can never be more than the sum Etotal of his own thoughts.
 | It is strange what we believe and I what we reject. The doubt and dis l trust which marks man in all the ages 1 is the remains of his primitive mo-
 madic and barbarous life. We read 1 fly recall that the Saviour sorrowed because of the unbelief of the people and The Preacher centuries before 1 him declared "the Lord is grieved be- cause His people die for lack of
 knowledge" Ignorance has always
 killed more people than disease. for 1 lack of knowledge is the source of 1 that by wireless telegraphy man may ] be daily in communication with the i heart of Africa, but we disbelieve 1 4God can as readily send messages di- l rect to the human heart.
 Have you ever asked yourself what is the matter with the world? This l is not a hard question to answer, al- | though it includes the worlds most difficult problem. No matter what
 our position or profession we all live l too much for self. The thing spiritual l teachings warn us to avoid we de- 1 cline to take notice ess, We have Di- i
 in us, and putting in it's place the
 spirit of the Christ, and we wont dc it; and we pay the price for our ob- 1 stinacy. The largest price ever paid for this was the worldwar. Two hundred billion dollars, five miHio1 lives and a disrupted world.
 l A great many men of the present time can remember when good will
 was recognized as an asset, and had a value in dollars and cents put upon 1t
 and it was paid for. Days of keenel
 business and sharper competition have brushed goodwill aside as of nc 1 money value, and it is today seldom
 considered as being worth a "sunar-
 que" on change; but good twill as af
 asset in the affairs of the world can not be brushed aside, or even under i estimated, without creating conditions
 which are menacing and perilous Goodwill is substantial because it i;
 the foundation for good law and geet
 order and good results. It's worth can
 not be, ignored.
 Do you realize that man as a re former has most power with himself
 or. that professional reformers neet reforming much more in many re | spects than those to whom they ar, appealing to do better2 When we de sire to see betternent of life tn
 place to beign is right at home. fo l we have the destinies of onl, one right in our own hands, and as good example we may. help, soneon II else. We have no authority whateve . over the other fellow, and onl, , | through his own consciousness of hi
 error can any power reform him. Il unity, Of action there is always force , but the force of good intent does no , always produce good results.
 It is really an asset in life to realiz [ 1.-the value of self-restraint both in ex l pression and action. This we know a i discretion, the salt, as kindly service 3 the sweetness of life Anyone befud |, dled with the Idea he can say what h 7 enleases and do as he pleases has S
 little reason that he really border upon idiocv, for no one of sound req son would invite the opposition an
 wrath and meanness such an assume t | freedom invites. Our freedom and eu il rights, of which we boast, have Iirni tations. since the freedom and right : of the other fellow must not be inter fered with. Where his rights begin where our rights end.
 !, We talk Of the evidences of intel | lect in Nature, and am not sur r there are not evidences of mirth. Ma l ture is the schoolmastar that prod 5 man and makes him go whether s will or no. Time does not let ma
 stay the same for any lengthy period < Natures first decree to man is "Ge move onH' And the infant begins t ; yell to expand his lungs and kic and roll to develop his muscles. Ther y is no haltins after that for Tim
 makes us different whether we wi
 or not. We are in the world for bet
 ter or for worse, and it is up to us a
 1 aqeu%S of free choice fo see if is nc . for worse. Change we must, and . we are not masters of our souls an
 captains of our fate the devil ma
 be.
 Do you realize that there is law C : our being which makes each one of U
 look all that we are. Your face an
 rrsine is like the index of book whic s reveals part Of the contents says tf Q science of physiognomy; and Addiso v wrote in the 17th century: When see a man with a sour -shrivelled fac
 cannot forbearN pitying his wife; an e when meet with an open, fngenuou y countenanee, l think on the happ }. ness of his friends, his family and h
 relations" But man has yet neve 5 invented a perfect science: and it he Il never been forgotten that Lavate n the father of this science. read u
 face of a philosopher and found I
 was a hfghway1nan; but the tell-ta !. face remains a fact, just the same. ,+ How do you suppose we should act [. we knew there was no such thing l y secrecy in the worid-tI1at every ht
 man soul was accompanied by a zoe
 and bad angel, as the ancients use p to believe? If we were conscious d always being in the presence of le friend and. a foe. invisible but ale1