, 1874-06-29
aWeot; thsy ali affirm that i,aptjinoss Ia CON.
dillon or fGagDr q eYtufbnno -

t"' ~ W aeo gu It's dotatls aud oxplntn ali ttH
s"s We are r., oil permitted to go far enough to
being; belnqg7tho great acoon,p.nInaant of I that
yailed ysa1Ie a., existence which oolnos down
death Ia everywhere; tlero are bright, s,in.ioy.
inK insects that, 1t is sad 1.-Two hut for day, but
s.iilo their day laBts 1t is luppy, full OF sun
ehino aud Hporttve activity. Yllora would aeom
T. 70 n11it1ng in tho ae9:h Of Tho brute kingdom
u tho author Of pleasure. and not OF suffering,
ior death comes without long foroboding. It is
not 10 tt'o irrational wnrla SORROW but only a,,
eng, II tho 1plon1oral inject lives but for day,
tnas dav 10 all tnyiul; 1t involyoa no apprelon-
elof1, anu passes hwny without rogrota.
1t IL When NO approach man We find Tho
Troublesome r. exception to. tho law Of happnos !,
lnoh te lac lact ct sorrow becomes 30 large that it
tue question rhotLor God ia tlo crontor Of
i'appiuosA, and Nhethor indeed Ito implios
blaaaednoas., Man doos not come to hin grave
,,lnconsolously, as como tho brute world. not
on, and marches along rs a king Of tcrrorH for
years IN tho path before us, Coming to lurnap-
1ty We confoss we 500 through glass darby.
and tue shining OF tho morning stars, mid tic
al npnt Of the aons Of God for jov seem a picture
came to this globe Yet III tho faco Of all earths
SORROWS Wo shall say What Bosms 10 bo tho truth
about human happiness. Unablo to solve nli
Questions, lot ~ group together what factB we
usn upon this thono Which so..dooply concer1ls lis
hl1 0" 10
First, do ne not SEQ great general tendency
10 happlnesa so 81 cut as to make suffering ns-
sumo gu tho part OF An exception ? There ta some-
thing worry snggostivo of n God Of Happiness
norance tho same playfu1uess which you find IL
the. little ohlld of eyory comfort Of mind or
body. We nlay possibly bc shedding too many
Tears over the nisfortuaea Of yesterday for whilo
n 1Nfrfb<H fk,A H. IL.
mud, indood, all antiquity with Our our
tours OF COMMUNICATION. tioso far.of times
did all for the most part laugh and sing and eil.
1oy deeply tho yoars ovor which We plaoo trb-
aing and dance In their houses where now wo
s aGo Grumblod COLUMNS and old, pictured walls.
Tho ladies who went to tho Crock and Roman
plays under tho bright skies Of those beautiful
laaaa went III Nglit-heartodness that simply
which beams up the human faee IN our nino-
teonth century boamed alao III the first coutury.
and i must lave been almost as pale and sweet
IN old Babylon as in our "Garden CITY," 1t is
mg it,, to appreciate our own times and 10 ea
but We think very hastily upon q subject OF hnp.
plness II wo suppose it to Ia discovery of our
times. We DO gloat wrong to the Fathor OF tho
human human family II wo fail to SEQ the Joy He las
Tho laughter which makca our homes ocllo and
our hills ring In june mado tho homes lappy
when Homer saw them, and made tho hills ro-
SOUND "hon Judoa's girls ran In pursuit Of wild
evening they touched tholr harps. No oue ago
or genvtation Gun nlouopolizo either God or hI-
manitY. This book Of Job shows ,1B lhero Was
grand poetry before Milton or Tounyson, AZ tle
writings Of all antiquity show us th9t thore was
fore Bacon aud Mill. 30 we may conclude be-
yond doubt that all around III the land Of the
Chasdeea and tho olasaice thoio flowed the same
va Wayo OF happiness that lavos cur own shorea
The wave WAS not 30 pnre or SO deep, but there
it lay, spa king and beautiful for the human
kenrt was the same, and the sano God was
It ls = great misfortune that the past
las kopt 10 racord Of anything but ila
aorrows. = .3' All We know Of tho Chaldeoa
aud this is falr specimen of all history, All
wo knoW OF Babylon " summed l1p In tho &C.
couns OF ttH sieges md final doom. All wo aro
Taught about tho Jo is their laws for criminals,
nEnd their religious forms, aud thoir final ovor-
throw: Athens aud Komo acnd US tho account |
Of their oalamitios. Egypt askH us to look only |
q Yer ruins, nn,i weep there for pity; hut there
Is 20 page Rnywliore to which We may turn and
where JOB latnented, and in tho great empires
II their Long. brilliant centuries. Suppose asl |
YOU know Of the United 6tatos were contalnol
u q life 0! Elijah LoYejoy. You would feel that |
US = must have been land of most abtect wretch
4ehco no history Of our country remained except
that involved IN tile history Of John Brown. Ok
:cuted for attempting M insurrectioll. TO tho8o
,ar OH renders th1a would appear an age without
sss tres q 's spfisx asser' 1at EtA'qt It
II tls kind Of history we must read when wo
You'd study tho past, We do not hoe CAatoo,
1Ct ouly JOB. We do not 500 Dabylonia, but ouly
y, 3elshazzar's feast, and the vast overthrow or
PALACES aud hanglng gardens. That world Of
4applncss which God grants hia children every
yhero, in all ages, III wholly withdrawn from
Ent by historians, who love ouly the record Of
,!ate eyents aud Of e.lamtips porhaps tho
he hoart to despise tho far past, aud to supnoao
bat all that ia golon belongs to tho future, We
leou not speculate hero. yhis we know, that
ne nus meant happiness all along tie human
'atuway, ana thas, as great general rule. laugh
heir dear place in the hearts OF humanity wher-
Vor those hearts have known the puHo.boats OF
nss l1e. Even ihb galloy-slayos sung at tAojr
'ars, and 80 evenly tlows tile stream Of content
he Aing "ore any hRpp!er than big sorvaut, and
he wise nan any moro bleasoa than cliid,
Lot III a!ludo now to tho exceptions III this
Ieat casa. T4o case ia 80 great that it requires
w yoiame on Ieth9F iaan hrief DISCOURSE we eau,
= full treatment Of the themo: Tie sorrow
lat comes INTO tlls world to croatllro of happj-
eHa from God OF happiness may srs!ain Home
cry grroat though mysterious relation to a
iiBher, LaRpipca4 1Yat beyond. AZ flo pnin We
i nnderwont AZ chool-chnldren, studying wlon
was to ua less desirable thau pay, aud sitting
q prlson'hquRe when tho day wRs glorious
thoat, brought pleasure aftorward, and now, in
10 education those long days brought, becomes
al1ae Of the honor aud ponce Of our middle life, so
lany OF the ills Of all timea bear sono ectual
'!ation to the moral, and ara ntilI acting ~
'Aoolmastore. Of the soul There arc many in
;ailcas y Which tue curtain drops at last. and
former days are only tributaries emptying into
10 Btroa,n OK subsequent oontentmont or auo-
'aa, swelling ita volume.
But the great exception Of human hsnpluess
found In tho phouo,nenpn OF death. 70
'ooncilo the fact Of death with tho cluraotor Of
creator OF Joy, aud With tho proposition that
IAN IL . happy bcing, is iutleed difficult. Death
not tue same phsnomonon IN the rational ind
ratoq9t worlds. Ip the ratlnnal world it IL
WAys toresoen % coming. Il Is not 10 man as
the brute, as4ddon, unexpected termination Of t
t9' put put it Hes al"ava before man not sudden
Qrlu dies, indeed. but it knnwR notllinn 81 /