Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-16
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: PEARLS TO BE- TREASURED.
From q string of gems that enriched one of
the most admirable Thanksgiving sermons we
ever read-deiivered by Rev. DIR. ADAMS, of
Madison Square Church, New York-we gather
the following, ls.1-.s3#
--9ltnc1 LOOK on THE BRIGHT Side,
MANY are theis isceues of domestic festivity in
our land to-day; but he who has a feast only on
the last Thursday in November has sad life
There is a daily festivity, which depends not ON
the Safality Of the fare with which the table is
sbread, whether it be dinner of herbs stall
ed OK but always on those genial qualities of
theheart, which incline us, as we say, to look
enIthe bright side, and to make the best OF ey-
erything Strange that this disposition is not
Universal But we come in contact with a most
Hin9uiar fact, which at first is not SO easy OF
analysis, that people intent on playing the
miserable, as if there were virtue in it. The
real solution is that it is an exhibition OF selfish
aess; for no one is habitualiy cheerful who does
not think more of Others than of himself =
Mnltitudes appear to be studious of something
which makes them unhappy; for unhappiness
exoites attention. and attention Is supposed to
inspire interest, and interest comparison 1eu
have seen o person of very robust and corpuient
habit SO robust as ought to excite perpetual
EFatitude for joyous health sometimes putting
easIthe airs of an invalid, for no reason in the
world but to draw out towards him some ex-
preston of affectionate concern, and so crafty
hisp selflconceit! That very mood which in
ehiItiren 10 called being naughty, for which
thex are whipt and sent to bed, in young peo-
pie is dignified with the name Of 'low Spirits,
f6r Which they are to be petted and pitied:
whilstl in elderly people it is known as ''ner-
yosEsness, = for which it is expected they should
be humored to the full tension of mortal pa
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The parent who does not practice it loosens
Obi to
virtue Once make the impression that good
ness. is austere, and it has lost its charms for
those who reach conclusions, not through rea-
seuihg but the feelings Perhaps you can re-
call sons with whom You have been thrown in
to contact when you were young, who, IN your
present Judgment, were good. very good, hut
every way repulEiye. You never associated
them with sunshine. You felt that goodness
had q strange tendency to make one unhappy
Some Of the best men the world has seen have
lived to regret just this thing-the want of ha-
bitial cheerfulness in the presence of their chill
dren.,e 1t may be taken a postulate of the
social system that home should always he the
efnest cheerful and attractive place on earth
end whatever is expended to make it such, is
expended wisely and economically. No man is
Qualified for the first offices Of an educator at
Home or elseW here who is not hiibitually cheer
4fui. Reyerencel is essential quality of char
aoter, but it is a mistake to exact it by gruff
austeritJ. Nothing can be more grotesque, for
example, than the enactlnents for respect which
prevailed at Y ale College during the last centu
ry. when the wearing of a hat by Freshman
was interdicted by statute; and the exact meas
rre in rods was specified at which obeisance was
Ia be made to that specimen of the nauttoR IN
paruo-a college officer. Respect, reverence, are
not to be compelled by big wig and elongated
fsces and assumed dignities; they must be Civ
en- focheerfm worth, as flowers open themselves
to the sun. If it were proper, we could de-
scribe soAle of the grave mistakes which were
made in his lleHae- by that great ms tsphyscian
4.-of MhDm any family or any country might
be proud Jonathan Edwards His biographer
informs us that his children were not expected
9to keep their seats in his presence that he ate
frssn a silver bowl set apart for special
reverence, and that his features seldom relaxed
from the one expression of grave austerity. If
that great and good m IN had been more cheer
fnl at heart, some disastrous rilsults probably
never would have occurred ,-s.55.-
COB BLESS THAT BRIGHT SUNNY
If We speak of the mistakes of good and pi-
Gus men, what shall | say by way eff comInen-
ding that sweet ehecrfulneSs by which good
and cheerful WON difuses the oil of glldness
in the proper sphere of home The best spe
ciInens of heroism in the world were never ga
zetted. They play their role in common life.
and their rev. ard is not in the admiration of
Bspeetators, but in the deep joy of their own con-
ss,iosls thoughts. 1t is easy for housewife to
But let me tell you what is greater and better
Amid the wetriness and cares of life; the trou-
3 bies, real and imaginary, OF a family; the ma
NY thoughts and tolls which are requisite to
make the family the home of thrift, order and
comfort the varieties of temper and cross lines
oof taste and inclination which are to be
found in large household Ito maintain heart
full of good nature, and a face always bright
with cheerfulness, that is perpetual festivity-
] do not mean mere superficial sinlper which
has no more character in it than the flow of
brock, but that exhaustless patience and self
control, and kindness, and tact, which spring
from good sense and brave purposes. Neither
ii it the reflection of prosperity-for cheer
fulness then is no virtue Its best exhibition is
in the dark background of real adversely. At
fairs assume gloomy aspect; poverty is how
ering about the door; sickness has already en-
tered; days OF hardship and nights of watch
ing go slowly by; and now you see the triumphs
of which speak. When the strong man has
bowed himself and his brow is knit and creas-
ed you will see how the whole life of house
hold seems to hang the Trailer form, which,
with solicitudes of her own, passing it may be
under the sacred primal sorrow of her sex,
has an eye and an for every one but herself,
suggestive of expedients, hopeful in extremi
ties, helpful in kind words and affeetonate
smiles, morning, noon and night. the medicine,
the light, the heart of a whole household.
God bless that bright, sunny face, says many
heart before me- he recalls that of
ther, wife, sister, daughter, who has been to
him all that my words have described.