The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-13

"T.he common expression, Talk Is cheapl' is a half truth rather than Q truth and like most half truths more dangerous than a ne," said Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, Sec- ond Congregational church pastor, in his sermon, what Is Your Key Word7y, yesterday morning.
 pr. Walker said in part:
 Then take the word conscience" :" You can never quite appreciate what this word means or feel the full weight and value of conscience until you have dug a little deeper than the surface meaning. Literally conscience might mean, being con- scious of," no more than that. But every honest person knows that there Is something deeper involved than ordinary consciousness. It can be pointed out that there are two roots here, Icon" meaning with" and "scire" which means know" Therefore we say that conscience Is more than "that which I know" 1t Is that which I know with some one else" That someone else is God. Conscience may not always give perfect direction and guid- arce. Conscience may be pervert- ed and prejudiced but the great fact of the moral life remains, God speaks in the Eouls of men, in your conscience and mine. We are not alone in our knowledge of evil, not alone in our aspirations toward the good. God shares with us, speaks to Us, lays His hand upon us. No one with this higher conception of conscience can live carelessly and indifferently. There Is a voice that rings within his soul. And thine ears shall hear word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in 1t, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left"
 Tn modern times there are key- words for personalities just as there were in ancient days. With most of the people we know they are not quite such significant words but they are important and revealing I once saw Q cartoon which was meant to be amusing. It was ainus- ing but it was also pathetic. The people in the picture were man and his wife. They were well dressed and the home was well fur- rished. Both the man and the wo- man were standing and the infer- ence was that friends had just left after 6 short cali. Friend husband had evidently made Q few notes on the sly. He is reading from paper in his hand. Says he, Here's some- thing that may interest you. I've made a record of the number of times you used the word cute During @ 35 minute conversation you used the word 78 times. You applied 1t to dogs, children, movie actors, houses, hats, dresses, ear- rings, rnustacheS, penguins swim ming pools, match boxes, pickle forks, automobiles, traffic cops picket fences and rag rugs. And in almost every instance you mis- used the word. Cute means sharp clever" And the lady replies, "Hml suppose you think you're pretty cute-don't your"
 The words we use are not worth- less counters. It may be true, 1t is true that what with the tremen- dous outpouring of modern print ing presses, the vast number of adio programs, the numberless meetings, conferences, debates, the modern world is full of words There is too mulch talk in the mod ern world and far too little prac- tice. There are far too many things on order. like the freedom of wor- ship guaranteed by the Russian constitution. There Is Q thirst. q demand in this world for fulfill ment, for reality. Take the word Christian" How glibly we oil use 1t and must include myself ir the condemnation as I say that Tn some parts of the world today for a man to say, T am 0 Chris tan" or for others to say of him He is c Christian" is to unfold q story of herOism. It is as much al life is worth sn some lands today In America, however. we have ( Aay on occasion el saying, "He il q real Christian" We have ta put in the word @real" because well because there are GO many Chris. tlans who aren't reel. Oh, khes mnv not be hGd people. iudged ng rr6IunEx standards. Nat zN6E nNe