The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-06-05
Random Thoughts.
Communicated.

No one should ever be at a los,
foC something to speak or write
about in this world Of activity am
knowledge. The universe is full o.
lie, ami ric! fields Of thought arr
inexhaustible.
! MOnstrous vice as we'll rs the
fair..st virtues are equally emblaz
Oned as fit subjects for the ambition
Of man. In youth everything is
taken for good which bears the
sembIance Of virtue, an,! the gen
er:ll aspect OF things is one OF
gaudy attractivcnPsS. But age
knows from experience that the
beautiful appearances OF good ale
often but the ski:lful coverings of
evil. The true and the untrue
present themselves ever before liz.
ana We are lief: to choose which We
shall follow. The untrue is the
most attractive. and always has
the greatest following.
The end to which AL enterprise
and labor tends is happiness, and
this condition is generally thought
to be attainable only by accumula-
ton OF wealth. This is untrue
doctrine, hut one which is univer.
sally practiccd and followed with
the greatest tenacity. Let your
minds eye rest Oh the great PIANO
rama of life, and view it well, and
see men struggling for happiness,
some in one direction and some in
another. but all striving for the
same things. Looking at this
picture it is hard to realize that
happiness is the good of all ambi-
ton, the aim of every cxer..ion.
The farmer tolls in the fields of
the cotton and corn until he wears
his life away, because he thinks III |
this course to reap the highest
premiums for his labor, aud thus
attain unto Il ''morc perfect state
And so it in with the lawyer and
the architect, the doctor and the |
mechanic, and the men of every
pursuit and calling. Dnt few have
ever gaiaed the prize in this race
and none do who follow the teach.
ings OF untrue doctrine, aud live
with their hopes and joys miners.
ed in greed Of gold.
There is no happiness herc-we
mean real, genuine happiness
feeling which has no want and
knows no discomfort. This is a
fact it were better all should know;
for it would subduc envy and sci
flshness, and increase spiritual
strength.
1t may be that the sembiance OH
happiness in others, and the I'M
Eathomless desires of the heart for
something grander, gives vitality
10 life, and buoys the soul to meet
the surging pillows of time. BE
his as it may, there is constant
onging IN the heart for some thing
more, something seemingly just
reach; and you imagine
others have it, and because you
ave not, your discomfort becomes
more irks0me and harder to bear.
But if you will look we'll into your
WIN life, study your own nature,
our wants and necessities, you
Fill understand the experience of
Tiers, and appreciate the maxim,
hat, "aV is not gold that glittcrs., !!
If you are toiling day after day, ]
nxiously awaiting the attainment
f certain thing, as the result Of
ither physical or mental labor. {
chewing in that you will be happy. i
our hopes are doomed to disap. :
What there is of han.
iEess is a thing of to-day: it has !
o reality except ~ the present, $
happiness is not the heritage of :
'ortal man-it may be a recon. ,
ense to the Christians soul when :
passes "Over There here. G
n earth: it is the most deceptive 4 =
nd hollow bubble that gli:ters in y
&c pathway of men. But with =