The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-08-11
miscellaneous Articies.
CHEERFDLN ESS.

CHEEKfUL.N ESS.
Bu ton has written a celeb,ared work on
tho Anatomy of Melancholy. Why caonot
we have . parallel troaliss on Chee./uneas
A cheerful Iemper E tho grea.eN blessing
fn tho world.
II was such q temper, which viows evefy
object on its bighsest side, that David Hume
pFosounced 10 be worth q Thousand pounds
year.
Tho springs Of happiness and misery seside
moe 10 the mind than any where else.
You heaF ono man say, how warm IL is
to dsy"-another how cold It is." The
'emperstare 10 tho sasne---lho meE only e'e
SifIcfcn,
When MAI 10 happy he |, spt 20 think all
others 80. When o man 10 miserable he Is
dhpsscd TO believe tho ssms Of ali Others.
IL 10 very smusiDg 20 hear the same msn
ysy yesterday, show hard the TINES ARE"
.--and TO day, tho times ore easier" Ths
only teason 10, they s,s easier or harder, ~
,eiaves 10 himself. Yesterday he wa, dun.
ned, or was puzzled to buy dinpe,---,o day
no hSs money in his pockst, aod msy laugh
,tt tho world.
When o mems head turns vsund he con
~eives every thing round him 10 DO turning
There is o isundIce Of tho mind, which
EAuse, every idea 10 sssume its usual hue.
II schssffoi temper be worth thousand
year, The cheapest way to be happy, the co
sizes, way to be sich, !. to have such tcmpe'.
How many indulgencies, luxuries, even
Convonienees, could wo dispense With, ii we
wsre only blessed with ths temper. IL 10
meat end drink ond clothing. A msn with il
Il happier when clothed in 'sgs, than the dis
-. .ss s.~k.
and hoe linen, Ii is money in bank TO man
~--ior though no rnsy have little money, he
docs not want much. He makes the most OF
every thing he has. He /, tho t,us econo.
rnis, ior he economies oil ihe means OF hap.
piness.
Therefore, Instead Of scyiog to yosr son
20, money. get moDsy"-tsll him DO cheer.
ful! look st every thing on the brigh, side,
aod rouse yourself from tho eU0Ui which
would devour you"
Too much care turns the yoang man grey.
And too much care turneth the old man TO clay.
Tho truth of the song 10 better than i,s me.
hc.
A cheerful temper communicates itself 10
oil around you. Ii drives away from your
own bosom the Ill passions Of envy, haired,
devouriug ambition, pale faced svarice, and
the "gteen. eyed monster"
Whether II depends on temperament or
habit or exerIion, this Is certain, that cheer.
fuloess seldom sgress with idlsness. A man
must DO employed-hs mind mus, bc oecu.
pied to . eertsin extent by some active pur.
sui,-or no becomes dissatisfied, and hs preys
upon himself.
"Givs me (ssid . man tho other Cay in
81 ofSplssn) give mo rometbing 10 do, that
may hsvs something 70 attend to besides my
sensstious. They are painful end corrodng,
and | wsot something to down the sense Of
them"
Thompson, In his seasons, has advised en-.
ni0ymens for the sctteniog passion Of Love.
EmniOymens employment! Employment
like the Osstor's action, Is . core or q relief
for the most OF tho mslsdies Of the mind.
They srs many Of the gisnts to appearance;
but ling o stone OF ..em, sod the monster
dies.
Cul,ivsts then . cheerful tempss.-I, 10
the ifieod Of the virtuous-the swosn enemy
Of vice.
II tsss with yourself to ob,sin i,.-When
possessed. IL shsds ligh, and peace snd hsp.
e~sn all L.