Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-24
Observation-Disclosures.

In what do these consist How may
they be attained? What is the secret?
With reference to this subject there arc
"many men of many minds" The diversity
of opinion among men is as great as their
physiognomical expressions. There arc
no two exactly alike; nor do any two
think precisely alike on all points. Each
seeks enjoyment; all desire happiness.
Many man lives in his propensities, and
seeks enjoyment in their qualification. lie
rises no higher than his appetite and SEN
sual nature. Ills chief gods are wine and
women; next to these come the love of
lucre and Of place. He seeks money and
position, not 50 much for their use as for
the love of them. In the pursuit of one or
all of these he forfeits his health, his
morals, AMI even his hope Of heaven.
Still, he seeks njnymCnt-happints His
chief error consists in the fact that his
phIosoMy is all wrong; he has not yet
learned that one's highest happiness consists
IN making others hnppy. He Graves sym.
pathy for htmxelJ instead Of seeking to be-
stow sympathy on others. His purely sell
fish aims must inevitably end In failure.
Suppose he acquire the wealth of the As.
tors, Stewards, or R0thschilds; suppose
he inlul re in inordinatc attcction-docs
this bring real enjoyment or enduring hap.
piness3 No, no; up to this point OF his
existence he has not risen above the teach
ings Of the heather philosopher who said,
"Do unto others as others do unto you.
lie is yet to come up to the higher plane
Of Chrisi'5 teachings, which We're "DO unto
other as We aoo"ld that others should Ito
unto you" In this, and in this alone, we
have the secret of real enioyment-true
happiness It is further illustrated in those
words So often spoken, so little practiced
ut is more blessed to give than to receive. "
When mankind is educated up to this
high standard, there will be less self in
diligence and more selt-sacrilce, and the
highest happiness. What enjoyment can
be more exquisite, what happiness more
complete, than is realized by the teacher,
preacher, and bcnefactor, who puts others
in the way of self-imprdvement and
growth in grace, and who relieve the
sutf rings OF the unfortunate? Is it not a
source Of real enjoyment to Mr.. Peter
Cooper when he meets house full of
thankful hearts who express so much graf
itude for the privilege he has afforded them
for acquiring knowledge through his no.
Bile Institute? Win not his last hours on
earth, yea, his very departing, be made
glorious and happy by the grace vouch-
saied TO the godly? Reverse the picture.
Here is a close fisted, mean and selfish
rich man. lie has earned little or moth
ing by personal labor or excrtion. He
has become rich, perhaps, by selling wits
KY and tobacco, or by specializing in
stocks; by shaving notes or by distress
ing the poor whom circumstances placed
in his power. All these things are lawful !;
but are they expcdient? do they bring
happiness? The physician who relieves
physical suffering enjoys exquisite sensa.
tions. The wise counselor, who advises
the way out of difficulty, enjoys the fact
as much or more than the client. The
merchant who supplies real want. at
rate satisfactory to all concerned, enjoys
the act. The mechanic who makes ma
chine or crects useful structure for the use
of others, is compensated almost as much
by M0nks as by dimes and dollars. The
artist who produces picture, piece of
statuary, or anything enjoyable, can never
be paid in money alone. 1t is the thought
Of miuistcring to others enjoyment that
he is made happy. In the same way we
might 60 through all the different human
pursuits, and we should find that the
highest happiness in each consists of the
ultimate desire to nuke others happy Yer
lily cit is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive" Let us thank God for the blessed
privilege of "doing unto others as we
would that others should do unto u.s.
Phrenological Jozr7,az.