Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-04
THE MAN WHO TALKS

been somewhere in the region of Arme- mia. From this section Abraham and his family journeyed southwesteriy; Paul carried Christianity into Europe, going northwesterly. The voyages of Colum- bus carrying Spanish civilization were in the western direction English aris- . tocracy moved westward when the James, i town. colony was settled. The Pilgrim | fathers, a few years later. moved in the ; same direction when they brought the 1 spirit and principles of democracy to the | in tll's country have been into the newer :! territory of the west California was almost foreign state before the great i transcontinental railways which were built after the Civil war. unified the states of the union, The center of popu- latfon of the country has been going westward until it is now near the geo graphical center.
 It is quite evident that 8 halt has been called iu. the westward trend of civiliza- tion. Apart from the great historic nigrations from east to west there is not a country in Europe, and few in Asia, that has not sent great numbers of inn migrants to these western shores. But the Crest Of the wave has undoubtedly been reached, and there is now trend in the opposite and other directions. The reason is perfectly obvious: The western goal has been reached on the shores of the Pacific. and the onward stream of this human river is defected from it's original course. Mexico and the Cana dian provinces have received the over flow When the shore of California was reached most of the habitable sections of the globe were pre-empted, and it Is nat ural that there should be reflex action. l The world war has created dearth of l men in Eurone while benevolent and 1 missionary needs are calling men and | women back to the east.
 1 There was a man in my native town l known as Sam the Wise. His real name, l however. was that Of a family that had i been prominent in the history of the | town for several generations Whenever l his name was mentioned everybody l iar~he4. b'-t '-s-a-ft- H41da ''~o Sa~o l a well meaning fellow but he'll never set l the river on fire!'' I faintly remember 1 some of Sarn's savings. This is one of them: When you begin a thing. 1t aint l a bad idee t begin at the beginnin''' Of l course people laughed at this imitation | of wisdom. After the lapse of a good l many years, in which I have observed
 how much of the worlds work is done I think of Sam's wisdom. and feel that it was not an imitation at all but the real thing. Much work is begun right in the
 middle, the worker. going both ways and
 ending nowhere Worse still there are
 some who have the faculty of beg inning
 at the tail end and finish ng where they
 ought to have started. Tn view of the
 clumsy work that done. isn't it well to
 begin at the beginning?
 It has always seemed very strange tc me that Epictetus. a slave. an invalid and a cripple, cou!deEhink so clearly and write so elegantly But stranger still 1 that in sDte of or nossiblv in mastery of, his servitude and invalidism he wal , able to acquire such a vast range of use
 ful informe tion and reduce it to phi'o
 so0hical order. It Is one Of the mos re- I markabie instances n all history of nint l ris ng above matter. For Daftry sun 1 of silver his pagan parents sold thefl [ weak little crinnie into Roman slavery . l without one twinoe Of conscience. HI
 master. Epaphrodtus, stood high wit the monster Nero and was cruel l:k,
 most Roman slave owners of the day l Just to be inhumanIy cruel hs maste would twist his withnred !ne a,1d on on, n occasion, with no show of pain, Epictetu -i said:. Twist it 8 little harder and vo, c! will break it." and the master did Tn | leg was never set, for he was a slave | Being useless he was freed, and som
 Hieher Power guided n'm into tn : realms of moral grandeur. As a thinke ' he will always stand with Seneca an n Marcus Aurelius the greatest of tn Il stoics.
 Fer since man was created he ha
 ] been able to express his thought an F. emotion through speech and song. Tn l. main distinction between them is tha : song is the more ornate. In speech les !, i attention Is oiven to mere sound if :. rather what Is said than the sound re '' quired in producing It In song greate II attention is given to the harmony pre- dI duced than to the thought conveyed. " g will st two hours at a musical concei
 and listen to 8 3rirna donna trill an ,rl s'ng T. a strange tongue. but we woul ,. not listen to an oration in an unfamiIia wi language one-half of that time As th sense of form. beauty and harmony
 innate, music has been ul.ivated in a IL ages of the world, but in the last thre l- centuries has. reached its loftiest elevs n tion. Everything S to be sad in fave h of teaching music Tn the schools. Mart] W Luther once. said: "The you.h ought i .v be brought up and accustomed to tn :. l art, for 1t maketh fine and expert De, ' pIe.'
 In theory we accept-tn th'g counti
 the right of free speech if it does III
 Interfere with the rights of others bl
 in practice it Is generally denied. L
 anyone express himself on any moott he question either by voice or pen, al h. very soon the, roasting process begin
 Suppose that A sends letter to son
 newspaper expressing his views for i ,,n against premillenn al.snl-as we all a
 init he has a perfect right to do-th, ut in the next Issue of that paper B jun l. into print quivering with passion al . saying. that if A would only take t is Bible just as it reads he wouldn't ma ks such fool statemeats--or things to t E. same import. Virtually B claims that
 is not entitled to hoid views contrary es his. When we remember that there a ep two sides to every question of theolog yp politics, prohibition, the tariff and
 l other human theories. we ou~ht to I
 spect the other fellows view. Our e, :. l Ieges ought to make more of the eth. II of controversy.
 ss There was tdme when it was gu uS the thing for the home missiona
 speaker to dwell upon the immensity
 our physical area. He has more recent re shiftee Dis emphasis upon the moral a in spiritual values Of the country But 1t ss. thrilling as well as educative now a
 then to hark back to the material b
 ness of the United States. The retrosp, ;. will increase our sense of responsibff lss for. the tremendous heritage which ys ours and arouses the feeling of wonG of what our national strength will be wh
 this material b!gness is developed to
 highest degree. Do you realize that - could put Germany into Texas and hs margin remaining of 63.460 squs iu ,i miles? Then put Ireland into that m; MS gin and haya epOiYeh Taff fn snyar = a,