Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17
THE MAN WHO TALKS

enthronement. If he has not manifest ed himself Tery much thus far in south ern Connecti.1lt, he has been quite wig orous along the northern belt of Massa- chusetts and within the entire area of the Berkshires, In these sections the people have experienced the usual scenes of his coronation. What display of autocracy the Ice King proposes to make in our little corner jof the world remains to be seen, but some of the results Of his administration we can foretell with toierable accuracy. Should the winter be very cold. next summers ice bills will be very high, because the ice is so thick. If the temperature is high, the bills will be higher, because the ice is so thin. Whether high CT low, wet or dry, thick or thin, it 's always the poor consumer who gets caught between the ''devil and the deep sea
 There are many angles from which winter may be viewed. The poet may revel in the glittering spangles" of an ice storm, probably seeing more beauty in it than The American Telephone and Telegraph Company does. Poetry also expatiates on fields 'covered with immac- uIate robes of white" and it is all per fectIy true whether you care personally to revel in t or not. If winter is view ed from he angle of science it is it's utility that will loom up big. It is quite evident that nature is not ashamed to take ample time for recuperation. If "a person rho had always lived within the tropics should come to New Eng land at the beginning of winter, and knew nothing about it, he would be in cIined to think that this old world was about to collapse: that at least it was going into a decline, but science shows us that winter is essential 10 the worlds continued fife. Nature must have a pe- riod of rest; t must be kept warm by its mantle of snow.
 Is there any analogy between external nature and the life Of man? Does the frost ever get into man as 1t does into the cround2 When human faculties get chilled is it the finger of doom pointing to ''wrack ;snl ~~f1lin," or is the higher nature of -aap also demanding ample time for 'ccuperaton? When mans activities begin to slump a bit from the himh water r7ark of production because winter has c-tered as a great conservator i of strength. criticism beeirs to sc0ld and calamity 10 howl, because both are usually deuseIy ignorant. Why should there be any tet uD when there is the de- maud for 90 much? is their shallow cry, 1 Nature takes her rest whether there is demand for more than she produces or 1 not. She admonishes us by saying: T gave you e.gne that winter was com i ing. why did YOU not prepare for it2" If 1 it were not for winter we should have | trl q few years a barren soil. Let+Tuman powers never get chilled and we are sure to nave. sooner or later. nervous prostration and insanity.
 want 'o arDIy this same analogy to l another important realm of conscious life: the winter season in the nations ] economic md political fife Along these { lines ou~ cauntrv has been many times i touched with hard fr7sts. Could wt trace inc IDS and downs of our indus l trial and commercial life on paper i' would have a wave appearance w i cannot always be on the crest wave ot gmonev ~r.-tEe 1 wave thar is so nucl above tAe. waters level is followed by
 q depression that is so much below tht waters Ieval. It is just as natural anC
 inst as important for nation to havt ilear yesrs az fat years. Science tell us that the froet acts as 2 mighty germ Iicide in he field of nature, and Got knows that there are not only dead1! . germs but germs nrattv well develOpet
 in our money rrabbiag and Drofteerin'
 that need 70 be killed. Politically w ' have had and needed some winter les sons and tbey have been followed b, seasons of creat sprirVire activity. Tn : winter never hurts 9 nation that know : how 10 use it.
 Does the winter season ever strik ; OUT churches? We have only to cas
 our eyes ever church life to be ap1risa 2 of the fact. If we fail to see it thel just ask come outsider, and he will te us with great emphasis that churches ar mostly back numbers. It is really pa ~ thetic to see how. concerted outsiders ar
 in regard 10 the future of the churci ! They l-now without 9 doubt what church cs ought 70 do and what church men hers ought to be. There are some | the church 2s ell as out of it who clai1 I that, the cnur-h ought to he in the rC
 z-ivalistie spirit all the time. Isn't thi contrary 10 the nature of those who cor stf+uta the church? We know quite we
 what would happen to a rod of iron
 wa tried to Enep it red hot all the tim 1 VIII the -2rnfeldz be growing corn f. 2 the next five months? It may be thG e the frost gets into our churches bJ s remember That in 1920 more people joI n cd the church than in any previous ye5 l. of all history.
 If then the lee King rules over u
 natural world for a certain period, ar
 that something analogous to it at tin' h creeps into tFe responsible life of ma 1. the question arises: How far can tn
 winter in human life be modified q mans will power? Are We wholly hel 8 less when the mental and moral natur
 get nipped by the frost? Is this wint
 to be our servant or our master? If V
 use winter properly We shall be fit f = larger service but if We let winter II It us improperly we shall be fit only f
 the undertaken. A man is not to
 scolded if na gets chilled on a very co y day, but he is a fool if he stays chilli is very long Safeguards have been pr IS vided against freezing in both natu
 and the conscious life of man. But Y
 must find out what they are and app -e them. Let US look at some of the impe .k ative things to be done in the winter Sc a son:
 The first thing to be done is to g
 into the sun. The Creator knew tn !, man alone would not be able to co . with the Ice King, hence He hung 0 the sun in fhe heavens to irnpart enout e- light and neat for thu. purposes of I
 on the earth But man must put for
 enough energy 10 get intO the Sun1igl te In. the very celdest weather if we get 0 vs of the wind and into the sunlight we r. once feel it's warmth. Making a sun DE
 Tor out of the open porch for winter u
 Is wise move. When cold spiritua. ld we must come to the "Tun of Righteoy " ness who comes with healing in he wings" The second thing to be done to come to the fire. A wise provist
 was made 7Tken coal was put into
 ground and wood on top Of it. n