Sharp County record., 1888-03-08
TALN4GE'S SERMON.
Seventh Sermon Of the Series 70 L-e
Women Of America
isTV7rat Can lud What Can Not Make
woman Eappyr-Tle Home Circle
Mere Social Position Does Not
Insure Happiness,

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For the seventh discourse OF his ser-ss
90 -hs women Of America. &c 'ne Brook
.vu raberuacIs, Rev. T. Dewitt Ll-uaga
took for ais sUti0c5: ''WLaG Lan anL
Wha6 Cuu y0G Make j Woman HAPPY
His text was;
She thai Eva1h IN pleasure IS dead while she
-ive-h.
Es said:
The editor Of ] Boston news paper 3 lew
tavs ago wrote asking ne the Eerse Iuas-
rIOus. sTLa5 IS the road TO LappI1asst"
and: Ought happiness De the chief ann oL
ffsp' NV answer vas: The road 20
GapDtress IA the continuous effort 20
make others happy. The cl-et aim Of
life ought 80 BE- usefulness. not lapp--
ness: but happiness always follows lse-
s-Iuess.1 This morning text N L strong
way sets forth the truth thai woman
who seeks IN worldly advantages Ler chief
suf0vueut, viii come 20 Lisappo inEme15
and death.
She that --veIh Il 1-elsure IS dead W1--7 5H7
-7e1h.
Nv friends. YOU al want TO De happy.
You have had q great many recipes by
which Ii is proposed TO give you 5a5is-Ec'
riCu-sgIid satisfaction. II times you -aeL
a -hgr0u-h unrest. You know Is we'll Is
older people what it is TO be Depressed.
As dark shadows sometimes taL upon the
geography Of the school glri Is N the
Uars Of tie spectacLed philosopher. -La7s
a. q. .- TT-~- IN m.
Der. There ire no deeper signs OreaILsd
BY the Erauln0 tLer than By the grand.
taugnter. 7 correct the popular impress
sion that people IRE happier n childhood
and Youth than they ever will De again.
# We live Alright. the older the happier.
The lapDIesG woman 11aG 5var
knew was ] Christian ICECgeUarLau;
her hair WI 1e rs white could be: the
sunlight of Heaven late n the afternoon
gliding the peaks Of snow. : have 70 say
TO q rrea5 uGnv Of the Young people that
the most miserable time Iy0u are ever TO
have is Just now. As YOU advance III -LIa- As
YOU come QUE INTO the world and have
your head and heart lLL full IF good.
honest. practical Christian WORK., then
YOU viii know what ID IS TO begin 20 be
hapuv. There are those who would have
US believe thai life .s chasing thistle
down and graspiug bubbles. We have
nO5 found it so. To MANY Of Is .5 las
been discovering diamonds larger 5han
the EOuin00r, and think 1ha5 our Joy
viii continue 90 increase until nothing
short Of the everlasting jubilee Of Heaven
viii de able to express it.
E0ratiO GreeuOugh. 1t the close II the
Lardes life 4 man ever -LTes-5he Life Of
an American GrtIsC-wrUrs;
81 don want to leave 1LIs world until
7 give some sign that. born By the grace
Of God IN this land. LLavs found life 90 5e
a very cheerful thing, and not the lark
and bitter thing with which ny early
prospects we're. cIOuded.'
Albert Barnes, the good Christian
known the world over, stood n his pul pit
in Philadelphia. I5 seventy Or eighty
years OF Ige. and said:
This world IS SO very attractive 20 ne,
7 am very sorry shall have to leave tt.'
know that Solomon said some very
cf0ior0as 51iuEs about Ihi5 world. and
three times declared. ''VauIdy Of 7ant,
ties, all S 7anity.' T suppose it vas q
reference TO those times u his career when
his seven hundred wives almost pesCersd
the life OUT Of 1im. Bu5 Z would rather
turn to the descrip ti0u he gave after his
conversion, when he says IN another
place;
Her ways are ways Of pleasan5uess,
and all her paths ara peace
1t is reasonable TO expect il viii be-
so. The longer the fruit bangs on the
tree. the riper and more mellow it ought
TO grow. You plant one grain Of corn.
and IL will send I'D . stalk vi Ih two ears.
saCn having 35J grains, SO that one grain
planted will produce 1900 grains. And
ought not the implan5aGIOu OF q IRA IN Of
Christian principle IN youthful soul
develop INTO ! large crop Of y.adusss on
earth and TO j harvest II eternal Joy n
EaaTen2 Hear ne. then, while I lis .
course UPON some Of the mistakes WHICH
young people make n regard 10 LaDDt-
ness, and point OUT to the young women
what I consider 10 be the source Of COM
plets satisfaction.
And. Il the first place. 7 advise you not
10 build YOUR happiness upon mere scociaL
position. Persons At your age, looking
of upon Life. are apt TO think that If. by
some stroke Of WHAT'S called good luck.
you could arrive n IN elevated and If
fluent DOS i5i0u. I little higher than than
IN which God has called YOU TO Live. you
would be completely happy. Infinite
n1istHkei The palace dOor OF Ahasuerus
IS red with the blood Of Vlsl5i's broken
heart. There have been 10 more sCald-
ing tears wepJ than those wu1Cl coursad
the cheeks Of JOseplIne. II the 500 Of
unhappy w0manh0od IN the Eread cities
could break through the tapes drIsd walls
1hgL&GS FFsFlJT asE5s. along TogE -z5-ae a
to-day Ike the SIMEON Of the
desert. Sometimes I have heard
in the r1s5lilg Of the robes on 5ne city
pavement the hiss Of the addars that fol-
lowed IN the wake. You have come out
from your home, and you have looked Ip
nc che -radt house. and c0vst a life under
those arches. wien. perhaps. a5 that very
moment. within that house. there NAV
have been the vriugiug 1t hands. the
start OF horror and the very agony OF
b ueIL
All that this world can 10 for YOU II sill
YER n gold. IN Administer plush. IN
G0beliu tapestry, n wide halls. q l0r1Iv
acquaiu5ances hip, viii not rive v0u tine
1eu-5hoUsandth par1 OF grain OF solid
a5lsf1cti0u. An English -0rd, moving
IN the very highest sphere, vas one lay
found seated with his chin Iu his hand
anu his elbow on the vIudOw-sIL. locking
OUT 1nd savIugs