Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-20
THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS.
Or. TAtMAGs,S SEVENTH SERMON TO
THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.

Woman Happy" His Subiect-The Chief
Aim Of LIE should u. .-fuine..--Nis-
takes OF Vonng People.
BROoKLYS, Feb lD-This morning the
| Rcv 4. De Witt Talmage, ID. D., preached
tn. seventh OF his series of ''Sermons To the
Women OF America, with Important Hints
to Men" The opening hymn bryins:
Then l.: our songs sh,uns,
And every tear L. dry.
Ee'r. marching through Iansnuels ground,
To iairer worlds on hig,I
d.. Tslmsse took for hts text the follow
ing words: ''She that h,eth in pleasure is
dead whils she liveth." Hs said:
The elitor Of . Boston newspaper n few
days ago wrote, asking me the tsrss Ques-
tions: What is the real to happiness" and
Ought happiness be tho chief aim Of Lief"
Ny answer WAS: The road TO happiness Is
tho continuous effort TO iaake others happy.
The chief aim of life ought to be usefulness,
not hanpiness, hut happiness always follows
usefulness" This mornings text in q strong
wsy s'ts forth the truth that q woman who
SEEKS in worldly advantage her chief enjoy
n,nt will come 10 disappointment and death.
''She that llveth in r-AIiie Is dead while she
liycth.r
Ny friends, Won all want TO be happy
You have had a great many recipes by which
1t Is pr'p"e~i {" sivs y''a satisfaction SOLID
satlstacIon AT times you fael thoroush
unrest. S"u know as we'll Older people
what 1t is 10 he iepressei. As dark shadows
srnetimtS fall upon tis geography OF the
school girl aS on the pa''e Of the spectacled
philosopher. havo seen as cloudy days IN
MAY ns In November Theie are no deeper
signs bres'het by the srandmo'her tnSn ny
Ii" granddaughter. eTfect tho PP,Aar
impression that f'"ris are haPFier IN child
hH'i and youth than they ever w'il ne aSain.
II W" live Alright. IN. Older the bapPier- Inc
hap,icS' woman that l ever knew was
Christian "ct"S-,si1an: her haT white a.
white c'uid h. ths sunlight "t heaven, late
III Tn. afternoon, g,hiins the peaks of SNOW
/ aavet" say :" a great many OF the Young
IrSpie mar IN" most ini~'rabi- tlhe sou ar"
ever {" nav" Is JUST now Rs S"d advance
IN lie, a. You come "ut INTO Tue "orid ana
hav" your head and heart all fuii oil g""h,
honest, pfactir5i CHRISTIAN WORK. theh Sou
VIII Emo" what 1t Is !" hsin 70 lie haPpS.
There are eio>'' VINO "ouii nave US 'ehe'e
that III" Is chasing thistT-iown ana Srasp!nS
hrbSi's- We have not tounh -. 10
many OF Us N has ten discovering disnohds
larger than the k"hin"or, and think that
our Joy VIII continue =" increase until h"'h-
in- short "f the everlasting Juhlee "i heaven
Wi! b" able To express H.
H"rat" "r'en"nSh, at the cl"~e OF the
hari'st HE man ever hT''s-the iie "i an
AMERICAN arfist-wr"te; Il d'n1 "nht 10
ieav" tf's world nnlu give some sisn thA',
born by I'D" crs"e "i ""i IN 'his e'nh' l nave
found HE" lie a very cheertui thinS, anu
not the dark and bitter thing with which my
carly prospects were o'o'ief
Albert barnes, the ,"sn 'hris'ian' Eho"n
the world over stood IN his puipit IN fhila-
deirhia. at ~ or ~ years 'i age ana SAID:
rms world Is 80 very attractive 10 me, am
very sorry shall have I" leave IT
Eii"" that solomon SAID soui" very oo"'-
roas things ab"ut TINS ~Sid, and three Times
declared: vanity al varifies, all is van
ny supp's' II was ietereSe !" tn'-e
times IN hts carver ~n"n MS seven hunhred
wives almost p-s'crHsthe life out OF him but
would rather tnrh l" he -'t'scriItion ne gave
after his CONVENTION, Wien he says Ia another
p!ac@: "tier ways ara ways OF lietasantftSss,
ana ali her pains arr ltsoe - TaASn-
able 10 expect It VIII be 70. Ibs longer the
fruit hangs on the trts, the riIer and more
mellow II ought TO grow You pant one
gram ~ corn snd II viii sehd up SAX WIN
two ears, eacn having nne hundrsi ann ni's
grains, ~ that "ne gram piahs@si "iu Pro
dace rihsfe-ni hundred Srsun Ana "Sn'
not the lnipiantati"n oi gram ot 'hrraiah
princlpie IN y"a'hiu sni "sVetop n'oe
large crop "i siadntsss on tartn, ehl W nAl-
vest "i eserhai joy n hesFen' near me-
then. While di-"urse upon s"ine !" 'ne ni,-
taxes which young isSpEs make III resafu 70
happiness. ana point out % 'he young women
what l consider y" b" the source OF cotnpie'S
satisfaction
And, III the hrst place. ADVISE y"n nos 20
build your happiness mon mere social posi-
ton. Persons NJ your age, looking on upon
life. ara apt 20 think that II by some stroke
of what Is called s"S luck. you couid arrive
IN an elevated and affiuent position, little
higher than thai III wnich ."d mas called you
to live, y"u would bs c''npieteiy happy In
finite mistakel lhe palace moor OK Ahasuerus
!, r'd ~'th the ni"sa OF >"snu broken heart.
There have been n" more ssalnins tears wePt
Than tn"Se winch c"uIsed the cheeks oil
Josephine. II the SOB H unhappy woman
E"'i III IN" great ci't'-s ''nid nresak tnr"uSh
the tapestried wall, that sob would come
along your streets to-day IKE tue siinoon OF
the desert. Sometimes 1 nave heard IN the
rustiins "f the robes on the city pavement
the hiss OF IN" sadeis thar followed
IN the wake You nave come out
from YOUR home, and You have looked
up at the great hons., and coret
life under those arches. when, perhaps, at
that very moment, within That house. there
may have been th" "r'nsinS OF hands the
start ~ horror ana the very agony OF bell.
knew such q "n-. Her fathers house was
plain, most Of 'ne people who came there
We're plain; hut, by change in fortune such
es sometimes comes a hand had b-en 'hered
that iet her INT" brilliant sphere All the
n"IShhoi> congratulated her upon her grand
prospects; hut what an exchange. On her
side 1t was heart iuii OF generous impulse