The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE.s SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject; What Can and What Can
not Make a Woman Happy"

Ihs editor OF Boston newspaper few
Gays ago wrote, asking me the terse ques-
tleiis; . " hat Is the road to hapninessi' and
Ought happiness be the chief aim Of iife.n
ny answer was. The road to happiness is
. lle continuous effort TO make others happy
The chief aim Of Life ought 70 be usefuless
not happiness but happiness always follows
ussfulnessLH This mornings text In a strong
: way sets forth the truth that q woman who
seeks in worldly advantage her chief enjoy
meat y II come 20 disappointment and death
spe that liyeth in pleasure Is dead while she
By friends. YOU all want to be happy.
You have had a great many recipes by which
Il D proposed 10 give you satisfaction-solid
satisiarten- At times you feel a thorough
unrest You know as well as older people
what Il Is 10 be depressed As dark shadows
sometimes fail upon the geography Of the
school giri as on ths page Of the spSctacled
philosopher. have seen as cloudy days in
Hay Is IN November. There are no deeper
signs hTeathed by the grandmother than by
the granddaughter. Icorrect the popular
impression that people are happier in child
hood and youth than they ever will be again.
II We live sright. the older the happier. The
happlest woman thst ! ever knew was a
Christian ocsogenarian: her hair white as
WHIT could IL; the sunlight Of heaven, late
N the afternoon. gliding The peaks OF snow.
hive 70 sly 10 great many OF the yonns
people that the most miserable time you are
ever 70 have IS just now. As you advance
m life, ~ you come out into the world and
have your bead and heart all full OF good,
honest- practical Chistian work, then you
VII know what IL Is 30 begin 10 be happy.
/ There are those who would have Us believe
that life IS chasing this.ledown and graspinic
( bubbles We have not found it So To
T many Of Us Il has been discovering diamonds
I larger than the kohinoor, and think that
our Joy VII continue to increase until moth
ing snort o. theeverlasting jubilee OF heaven
Nlll Be- able 10 express II.
Horatio GreeaOugh, at the close Of the
hardest life man ever hves-the life Of an
American artist-wr0te: II don't want to
leave this world until give some sign that,
horn by the grace Of God in this land have
found lfe 70 be a very cheerful thing. and
not The dark and bitter thing with which my
I early prospects we're clonded7
Albert Barnes. the good Christian, known
[ the world over, stood in his pulpit in Phila-
de.ph-a, at 20 or 50 years of age, and said:
This world Is 50 very attractive TO me, am
very sorry shall have 20 leave it.
know that Solomon said some very dolO-
rcus things about this world, and three times
declared. Vanity OF vnnities, all is van
ry- ] suppose il vas a reference 10 those
/ times in his career when his seven hundred
wives almost pestered the life out Of him But
would rather turn to the description he gave
after his conversion, when he SAYS in another
/ place. Her WAYS are ways Of i..,ss-Santness,
and all her paths are peace Ii is reason
abe 10 expect il VIII be 50 The longer the
fruit hangs on the tree the ripper and moro
mellow i ought TO grow. Yoa plant one
grain Of corn and il viii send up stalk with
two ears, each having nine hundred and fifty
grams, - tbat one grain planted will pro-
cuce nin-taen hundred grains And ought
not the implantat.oB OF a grain OF Christian
principle in a youthful soul develop into a
large crop Of gladness on earth and 70 hnr-
- -. 81 =. II
tbes, While ldiscourss upon some OF the mis-
takes which young people make in regard to
heppiness, and point out 10 the young women
what consider 70 be the source of complete
satisfaction
And, IN the first place, advise you not TO
build your happiness upon mere social posi-
tlol- Hers0ns at your age. looking of upon
life, are apt 10 think that. II by some stro Ike
q hat IS called good luck. you could arrive
a AZ elevated and afiiuent position. little
higher than that in which God has called YOU
70 I've, you would be completely happy. In
finite inistake The palace floor Of Ahasuerus
Is red Nifh the blood Of Vashti's broken heart.
There have been 10 more scnlding tears went
than thnse which cours-d the cheeks Of
JoseThine. II the sob Of unhappy won an
hood in the great cities could break through
the taTs.srried wall. that sob would come
along your streets today Ike the simeon Of
The desert Sometimes have heard in the
T1stlrg Of the robes on the city pavement
the hiss Of the adders that followed
N the wake You have come out /
from your home. and you have looked 4
up a. the great housa. and covet a 4
lie under those arches, when, perhaps. at /
tha. very moment, within that house. there !
may hare been the wringing Of hands. the
s-arr q horror and the very agony OF hell I
knew sa.ai q ona Her fathers house was
plain. most Of the people who came there I
were plain; but, BY a change in fortune such I
a. s0nletimes comes. a hand hid been oferei I
that Led hrr into 4 brilliant sphere. All the (
neightors congratulated her upon her grand 1
FrrsTects. Tut what an exchanged On her I
side il was a heart full Of generous impulse 1
and Eiferfioa- On his side II was a soul dry 4
and aithened IS the stubbie Of the field On 4
her side i WIS a fathers house. where God \
Wa h1ucned and the Sabbath light flooded 1
tie rooms with the very mirth Of heaven
On his slde u was a gorgeous residence, and
the c5ming Of mighty men 20 be enter
tainei there. but within II were revelry and
codiessness- Hardly had the orange blossoms
81 the marriage faast lost their fragrance than
the night q disronteut began to cast here and
there IL shallow. Cruelties and unkindnesSes
changed all tho-e splendid trappings into
hoiios mockery. The plafters of solid silver,
the easkets Of pure gold, the head dress Of
CLEANING diamonds were there: but no Col,
no peane. no kind words no Christian sym
patty The fesfal music that broke on the
car-iTes ear turned cut 70 be a dirge. and
tie wreath IN the plush was a reptile coil.
and he upholstery that swayed in the wind
was th@ wing Of 4 destroying angel, and the
bod drop en- the pitcher were the sweat Of
everlasting despair. Oh. how many rival
-les and urhnppLnssses among those who seek
m social life their chief happiness. Il mat
tn not how ine you have things, there are
Other rserp.e who have them finer Taking out
your watch 70 TIL the hour Of the day. some
one vii correct your tinepiece BY pulling
out watch more richly chased and jeweled.
hide ir a carriage that cost you $500 and be
fore you gei around the park you wHl meet
with one that cost s2,o0O- Have on your
wall picture By Copley. and before night
you vii bear Of fone one who has a picture
fresh from the studio Of Church or Bier
sladt-
All thst this world can do for you in sill
Ter, IN god. in Administer plush, in Gobelin
tapestry. in wide halL, in lordly aeqnhint-
annee1ir. Ell lot give you the ten-thOu-
sz1ndth part Of grain OF solid satisfaction.
The English lord moving IN the very highest
sr,here. was ono day found seated with
hs rhi1 on his hand and his elbow on the
window siIl looking out and saying: ..Oh.
wish could exchange places with that dogr
Mere social position viii never give ha7pi- ,
ness TO a womans soul have had wide and
continues observation and tell the young
women that they who build on mere social I
PISTON tbeir s1uIs immortal happiness are ,
building On he sand
Hiiffts- that a young woman expends the
Y st1ess p, her early life in this unsatisfac-
ierr l-.HEgle and omifs the present oppor- {
tunify q nsefulness IN tie bone circle. what I
m sake
70 sTlrrlY a. the years roll around that
kaule IN shich you now dwell will become {
eKtlnef- Th- parents Will be gone, the prop
.rtY vii 20 INTO other pO1sass.on- you your
III VII h In other relationships. aud that
lnuls Which. onlY 4 year ago, was full Of I
aonzs ataiation. sili he extnguished. When {
ihEf period CONS Ycu Eill lock back 20 see 6
= bat you did. or what you neglected 70 do 10 {
De way n making home happy. IL will be I
10 late 70 correct mistakes II you did not 9
rnooth the path q your parents toward the
qrub II you did not make their last days
fright and happy. II you allowed your !
younger h-o-her 20 ~ oct into the world,
ilhaiioHad bF Christian and sisterly infiu-
n7ss. II you allowed the younger sisters Of :
lour family 10 come up without feeling that !
here had been Christian example set them
ID your par there will be nothing but bit 7
erIs-ss a lanlentati0n That bitterness will
= Increased By all the surroundings u that
inn,s; By every chair, by every picture. by !,
b. old time mautel Ornaments, by every :
hing you can think Of as connected with !,
bat bone. an these things will rouse up !
s1nirirv memories Young women have .