Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
Communication.
Written for The Belmont Chronicle.
WHERE is HAPPINESS7


"Some are always peering into the dark
Future with me lancholy gaze, striving to
catch a'glimpse of the sunny cline of Hap.
piness."
Reader, weuld YOU. be happy, Then ban
ish all melancholy from your countenancs.
from your soul. and thank God tha, you have
life and the privilege Of. enjoying it. No
melancholy soul can enjoy life. Why te
looking at the dark side of every objecti-
Why see cloud-ccvered sky, and heEer e
sunny one! Why seek for trouble, but al
ways flee from peace, or pass it by unheeded!
THE wicked flee when no man pursuetb
but the righteous are bold as lion." Seek
righteousness, learn wisdom. "Wisdom's
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her
paths are peace" Learn wisdom and YOU
will find happiness. =. :.
Look at the bright tints in every picture,
rejoice in the sunlight, and in the dark trass
in God for help to pass. safely, through. and
oe thankful that the darkness is no greatet-
Though you cannot see the end Of the way.
you should not murmur because it seems So
long. Can one who murmurs ever find any
peace and happiness! Who among the
tribes in the wilderness failed to reach the
Promised Landl Were. they not the -put,
murers' Mourning and melancholy are twin
sisters. Where one is the other will soon
come. =. T..
Look around you and see who seem most
happy. Are they those who are always.
looking at dark pictures-7-thoss catching tha
thorn, bnt refusing the rose-those looking
for clouds but refusing to see the sunshine
those who are gloomy or those who are
cheerful. Always, look at the bright side.
Remember it might have been worse with
You than it is... Then rejoice for what you
possess, and net grieve or murmur for that
W hich yon possess not.
If anything is worth having, labor 10 oh.
tain it, and rot sit down and pine away in
misery because it will not come withou,
ycur exertion. "Faint heart neve: won
fair lady" God helps those who help them.
selves. "Fortune favors the brave" "The
sluggard will not plough by reason of the
cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and
have nothing" When happiness can be
found. why go the other wayl If you would
be happy you must always be .chserfal--
Content is the philosophers stone' Fault
finders have the greatest faults, so we should
not complain Of others faults till we mend,
our own. five won Id be happy We must
be cheerful, and make the best we can of
everything around US. ga smiling face
makes a cheerful heart" and there is no
use cf. our having gloomy faces. One great
assistant to happiness is: ."AN things what
soeyer you would that others should do to
you, do We even SO unto them," and in carry.
ing out this rule through life, our hearts
will expand with love for all around US, and
each day will bring IN some new source of
Joy to add to our past accumulation, and
fina lly we will find our stream of life fow-
ing like majestic river through the broad.
valley of time, with clear, placid surface
Of constant sunlight and happiness. till, !.
empt;es into the vast ocean Of Eternal bliss
at the right hand Of Him who has been our
Guide and in whom We have trusted.
Put your trust in God, and .aake the be,,
of everything in. your pathway. and youcsn-
not fail o.fnd happiness which will finally
end in Eternal Unalloyed Happiness, in
Heaven. -. ....-.- J. Mex.
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