Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-07-27

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WHERE TO LOOK FOR HAPPINESS.
| find Nero growing on a throne
1 find Paul singing in dungeon. |
find King Ahab going to bed at noon
through melancholy, while near by is
Naboth contented in the possession of
a vineyard Haman, Prime Minister
of Persia, frets himself almost to
death because poor Jew will not
tip his hat; and Abithophel, one of
the greatest lawyers of Bible times,
through fear of dying. hangs himself
The wealthiest man, 40 years ago, in
New York, when congratulated over
his large estate, replied: "Ah! you
don't know how much trouble ! have
in taking care Of it" Byron declared
in his last hours that he had never
seen more than 2 happy days in all
bis life | do not believe he had seen
II minutes of thorough satisfaction
Napoleon | said: IL turn with dis
gust from the cowardice and selfish
ness of man | hold life horror;
death is repose. What have suffer.
ed the last 30 days is beyond human
comprehension" While, on the other
hand,to show how one may be happy
amid the most disadvanta yeous cir
cumstances, just after the. Ocean
Monarch had been wrecked in the En-
glish Channel, steamer was cruising
along in the darkness, when the cap.
tain heard song, sweet song, COM
ing over the water, and he bore down
toward that voice, and found it was
a Christian woman on q plank of the
wrecked steamer, singing to the tune
of st. Martin s.
"Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me TO thy bosom fly,
w lille the billows near me roll,
While the tempest still is high"
The heart right toward God and
man, we are happy. The heart
wrong toward God and man, we are
unhappy.
EARTH GLoRIEs PASS AWAY.
OF how much worth now is the
crown of Caesar Z? Who bids for il
Who cares now anything about the
Amphicty onic Council or the laws of
Lycurgus Who trembes now be-
cause Nerxes crossed the Hellespont
on bridge of boats? Who fears be-
cause Nebuchadnezzar Numbered at
the gates of Jerusalem :? Who cares
now whether or not Cleopatra mar
ried Antony? Who crouches before
FerdinaEI, or Boniface, or Alaric ?
Can Cromwell dissolve the English
Parliament now? Is William, Prince
of Orange, King of the Netherlands ?
No; no! However much Elizabeth
may love the Russian crown, she
must pass it 10 Peter, and Peter to
Catherine, and Catherine to Paul aud
Paul to Alexander, aud Alexander TO
Nicholas. Leopold puts the German
scepter into the hand of Joseph. and
Philip comes down off the Spanish
throne to let Ferdinand go on. House
of Aragon, house OF Hapsburg, house
of Stuart, house of Bourbon, quarrel
ing about every thing else, but agree
ing in this: The fashion Of this
world passeth away" But have all
these dignitaries gone? Can they
not be called back | haye been in
assembIages where ! have heard the
roll called, and many distinguished
men have answered. II should call
the roll to day of some of those
mighty one who have gone. Won
der if they would not answer | will
call the roll | will call the roll Of
the kings first: Alfred the Great !
William the Conqueror Frederick
II! Louis XVI.! No answer.
will call the roll of the poets: Robert
Southsy! Thomas Campbell ! John
Keats George Crabbe! Robert
Burns! No answer. | call the roll
of artists: Michael Angelo ! Paul
Veronese William Turner Chris
topher Wrenl No answer Eyes
closed. Ears deaf Lips silent.
Hands palsed. Sceptre, pencil, pen,
sword, put down forever. Why
should we 10 ok for such baubles 2
CONFINEMENT IN CHRIST.
Again: / remark that the religion
of Jesus Christ is the grandest infiu-
ence to make man contented. In
demnity against all financial and
spiritual harm 1t calms the spirit,
dwindles the earth into insignii
cance, and swallows up the soul with
the thought of heaven. o ye who
have been going about from place to
place expecting to find in change of
something to give So
lace to the spirit, l commend you,
this morning, to the warm hearted.
earnest, practical, common sense re-
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"There is no peace, saith my God,
for the wicked" and as long as you
continue in your sin vou will be mis-
cradle. Come TO Christ. Make Him |
your portion, and start for heaven,
aud you will be happy man-you
will be happy woman.
Yet, my friends, Notwithstanding
all these inducements to spirit of
| have to tell you this
the human race is diyided
into two classes those who scold
and those who get scolded The car
penter wants to be anything but
and the mason anything
out mason, and the banker any
hing but banker, and the lawyer
bnt lawyer, and the min
ster anything but a minister, and
every ybody would be happy if he were
,nlv somebody else. The anemone
wants to be sunnower, and the ap
Die orchards throw down their bios
SONS because they are not tall cedars,
ind the scow wants to be schooner