The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-01-25

\ lnnnte lund Of material with which ~
1 please. Its affections are full Of sweet
I ness its wit. taste. imagination are patent
i engines cf pleasure. Butit is just us strong
to produce happiness. Making people hap.
| py Is not an uninportant thing. Our Lord
did inul,itudes of things to
SMOOTH AsrERITIEs
and TO produce amiable feelings il tllose
around Him. While llcwns inspiring men
I to noble an1.itiun aud living liz iiIi-
cd lis life with tLoasaad llne siladiugs Of
/ goodness. Lis example i quoted bcse ior
our limitations.
Men find the lower side Of their natures
easily brought into play. We contend With
the world through our lower passsvIis We
drudge by these. We arc unable to ronsc
ourselves - excite ~ -nurSelTaz nnF hnsfer
nstnres. Men are feeble aud liable to
Dwell IN low, chilly fogs. 70 fret aud de-
spair. The uBdcrtonc ii human life is We
/ ~ snd. The most Of households 10 no;
ring with cheerful voices like well tuned
instruments. but arc full u querulousuess,
cropping aud drudgmg. sicn whom We ike
sparkle upon us rhd We sparkle back. but
in the riaia there is more sadncSs and gloom
than brightness aud joy. Noa il Is tyt oui
6uty simply 10 believe ii
AIlisToRicAL GosfEL.
soeicty is full all around us of men who's.
likes average yery little sweetness. II i
for Us to seek TO make them happy. Thi'
we are ready eii0ugh to DO ii We Maut 10 az
them. But the command i todo il beney.
olcntly, 10 ~ carry ourselves that the Vi.
bratiyns If Our hearts shall bring music from
uuf neighbour. Ii il Is in the power Of nici
to rouse others 10 hope, eliec.fulacsi and
good nature. iIIcn this i Christina daty,
Some men move through liic ike baud y
music through the streets, filing tue ail
with melody tlcy are like orchards ii Uc-
tober, filling tue whole region with bounty
and sweetness. II is nOunworti.y ohjest d
life to iiil tie atmosphere u others with th,
brightness that tley cannot make them
selves. There il stiIl remnant IL stole
ism among good men. alen fcui that hap
pines is well enough, but belongs 20 tlesur
face: they aim to make men better, aud le
happiness take care Of itself But much .
the
wRoxU rx THE WORLD
springs from unhappiue.s. III general
happiness il favorable 10 virtue and norali
ty. aud unhappiiicss i favorable 20 sin. 4
man Gays; ..My duty Is 10 be honest ahs
Just, aud not u be tickling people PALM
to make them laugh" But you have NJ
business 70 bear your honesty and justice
il such say ns to make Others unhappy
0fall creatures no one has better right 4
! be hedgehog than hedgehog; but j. b
d good neighbour How many men trca,
careIessly among the sensitive nerves .
other men with 10 excuse but that tlroy be
Iieye IL being straight forward out an,
OUT You say that rvughness is besn
than
MAcifIAyELLfAS yAnSIsII.
But why have oishers Why not be jus
right. Why thrust out uncut nails b
scratch. We are not u liberty 10 pleas
for the sake of panjoring to The bad il
! mems charactcr--to feed malice, nyafic
(. and uimanly appctites. Blessed are th
happiness makcrs-they who take ava,
friction aud smooth the cares Of life an'
shine ou gllsi with cheer. blessed az
those whom God has equipped with wit, an
bumor and gay iinaginations; they ar
God torch bearers through the gloom Z
!. life. Until the world weeps less LET ther
: be more Imagination to cover tile reality
I blessed arc they to whom people cone !
: disaster. Blessed are they around whoI
!. children flock. You must overcome da
= !, by day the pain bearing qualities 81 obst
Iuacy. arrogance, sneefing, criticism. Il
not that you do one great thing, but il