Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-17
SALISBURY PASTOR BREACHES
 AT PARK CHURCH SERVICE

At the second of the union summer services at Park Congregational church, the sermon ssInday morning was by Rev. John Calvin Goddard, D.D.. of Corinthians, Al: For who maketh thea to differ, as a text for his thoughtful sermon upon Individuality.
 Rev. Dr. Goddard said in part:
 As citizen of the United States you are one of 110,00O.Oo0; as citizen of Connecticut you are one of 1850 GOO as citizen of Norwich, one of 50 0.0G0;i but as being yourself you are the only one of the kind, unique, sui generis, the die is cast and the die is br Jken.
 Heine said of Napoleon ,He was grand. gloomy and peculiar Napoleon was no more peculiar than you are. When the younger Pitt finished his first speech. one of the commons said, He is chip of the old block" to which | another replied. 'tHe is the old block
 himself" Both were wrons, there never were two of kind.
 Such fac. calls for investi galion. and {. th5 apostle ;n1seif invites it. "lT ,r who maketh thee to differ?'' Following his invitation, let Us consider onr indi> id- i uality. Wha. i. it? Why is il? What follows?
 It disslnses 'tself in orr gait, onr | our person When Mark Twain wrote
 his work P IdGinhead Wilson, it was 1e- [ earded as literary freak. Today ev- | cry court :n the land accerls finger
 mark proof, fir he whool on ,ir numb i is different from every other whool in l the race.
 r We are distinct from all others in our
 mental characteristics. To one he gave l five talents. to another two. to another l.. | matical mind, so that to him the first two books of Euclid seemed to be self
 evident propositions To Macaulay was l given a memory that retained every thing like a safety vault, To Mozart
 was given on ear that could distin-
 gufsh the S2d of note.
 The same is true of spiritual traits; 1 Abraham was endowed in the faith Joshua in the courage; David with popu- | lartty; and ever with varying propor-
 tions, for as said an old divine, We grace sufficient for John would scarce
 keep Peter from knocking a man down. ? Why is. it? What the reason of our
 individuality? A comprehensive answer
 would be. .Thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they aie and were
 created" But as God has invited us tc
 know His ways, observe that He loves variety. One star differeth from an other star in glory.
 I We are wont to say, Variety is tht
 spice of life,' and there is correspond
 ing distaste in monotony Shakespeare: noblest passage, in my judgment, i'
 'rThe quality of mercy is not strained" but if you had to hear<it recited ever; day for a year. or listen to Beethoven
 Sonata Pathetique. you would becom insufferably tired of both.
 Not only is variety established for 1t
 pleasure, but more ever for its power , The naked eye can see 5000 stars, If al
 the senses are combined in one. Yol might perhaps see five times as many
 But add hand to the eye and a len i, is made. whereby you can see fifty tEou sand stars or photographic film. an : now you behold thousand million. 7 I is the combination of state. differin . from state that makes us most glad 0 ! our federal union. It fs the combinatio of soul with soul. and age with age 2 that makes the glory of the Kingdom Q . God.
 ' What follows from our individuality 5 You have a character of your own, an ' a place of your own. No one can talk : 1t from you. As Dr. Bushnell expresse it, Every mans life is place 7f God. :, As Macdonald expressed it. "I woul z rather be just what God would nave m
 than the glorious creature ca
 imagine'
 Your greatest force comes from usin
 your individual powers and not depend
 ing on another's. Elbert Hubbard mad q 2 great hit in writing Carrying Mes . sage to Garcia. The superintendent ( the New York Central Railway alon n distrtbut 35n.e0n copits among hi e men. In it was shown how succes e turned mans acting on his own in r tiativs and doing task In nts cw T way.
 i- Being by the grace of God what an 1T personal identity is an unextinguishabl e fact. A man may think in advanc How strange it will seem to be undt 'f the Pyramidsi" or ITO sit in the gabel
 material chair!s But when he does cam r. under the pyramids, or is in the go' e- ernors chair. after the first blush, 1 q, feels. How much am at home wit Id myself in this place after all,' E, g. And that believe will be the ensuir le reflection. in spite of stupendous chans n. of circumstances after death. You wi 70 carry your God-given Identity with yo r and when you wake up in your flower IS couch on that. vast shore washed | " the farthest sea-" it may be with u S' reflection, T am still I, and am at hon
 with myself.
 The grandest feature of our indivi v uality is that we have thereby an ind a- vidual place in the heart of our LOT
 He did not combine the family at Rat