New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-17
SERMONS WORTH READING.
Y.
THE TRUE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
PRACTICAL SERMON BY THE. REV. 8. s. SEW
ARD, THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF

Messiah, and the Church OF OF 'onh "O D"r'fN
pastor is the Rev. s. S. Seward, who Is nephew Oh
s,a,.rv ssv.n Mr. Seward was born In Mend
ham n / and his fathers family are all flcSoS-
terians He won't to California when young man
and after studying law was admitted 10 'e vol
While I'm California he accepted the New-Church i".h'
During the Civil War he served iouf years !" ,''
army and after his return he decided to study Tor
The ministry and so entered the New Church school
of Theology in Boston. He was first settled IN
Poughkecpsie He spent FIVE years as pastor IN
Brock ton Mass, four years in Wilmington, Delaware
and he has been pastor Of the Church OF the New
Jerusalem years. His text yesterday morning
WAS Luke vi. So, Give, and 1t shall be given unto
you: good measure pressed down, and shaken To-
gether, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom" lie said in substance:
The attainment Of happiness is one Of the chief OBJ
sSe e h 81 saI good They make it the object
OF search. But, contradictory as II may SEEM hsppl
m effect. not a cause II IS the result or outcome
Of certain mode OF life. II Is not given quantity
that can te transferred from one hand another It
Is not anything that can be found nor a Wben mem
fulfil the conditions upon which alone II can e o
rallied Happiness p . Sap eeVe o De who nec such
life and makes happiness the direct ann OF hls en-
might a man attempt TO reap without sowing, or to
hs o soS TiSsqa SSHS without Gb direct
making use OF the Al VIII remember lhG
find happy and put his shirt he would ido be
sneb man that he had no shirt The story not
simply amusing. II teaches a profound lesson -
nstcts us that thec IS no snc6 nihg as Ug nS
obtained by purchase and that he who sets out with
no other aim in life than 70 secure happiness must
necessarily fail OF his object
HOW TO FIND TRUE HAPPINESS.
This leads us to remark that the only way to find
happiness IS not search for II, but rather to dcspse
It as an aim life, and sometimes 10 court the op-
posite. Pleasures lie thickest,' says the poet
where no pleasure seems The SAFEST pace,
said father to his son when lie ehnso"
in the army is the place where duty leads The
wisest plan In any trying emergency is that which Is
simply right and just, matter how contrary u may
ness lies not in our own choosing. but in the way Of
trustncss and obedience In other VOLS b TP in
selfdenial not in doing our Own avs nor IN mo b
our own pleasures nor In speaking our %N our own
ife but in laying 1t down not in finding but III seen
ing; not in fruitlon but IN endsavor MOI III Ell IN
performing uses. In order TO find happiness we must
Ne must put the acquisition OF happlness-an desire
for IT for that materas far as possible OUT o o. %u
elm in life than the discharge of offices ana the Iui
filing OF obligations .., oou ,.orc, e. loads
through hardships and dangers As Heaven can De
found CDy by ps anno sie Ul
cepi by the way Of spiritual death And as Is vl' ni
easily found AS Heaven lies all around rs not OILY
from us only by thin partition which REQUIRES but ,be
onenag Of our spiritual sight to pcnes' ay 50 , me
Within our reach II we will but open hearts to
ca hns but by 10 The be den ss al Gp
affairs Of daily Me- The universal Law Is stated d6
pressure. pressed down, and shaken together and
running over, shall men give into your bosom mo
Gg S S, a s ne 's & la that Rad Is pGs
hich he rfli of
which must be kept at the lover end in 9 fo,
sS, that E so3 on So to s he 9RP
order Of his being thai he can s55 Gta 9f Ra that al
Influx implies and CONVEYS What the true order I'd , OF
human e IS is mPoiSGe o for s us al eT ea1. 10 pr
1 ess Of i Se 'P HOY %d '3 %h o' hsreo
ss RS T Te sm SP or GGSpa life OF Of
obedience to the MaSterWi make himself, as It We're;
cannot fa to Experience tic thr happiness which
such influx must necessarily carry win II: HEREIN
lies the secret OF happiness. IL Is due not 10
outward form and circumstance, not TO power s or
possession not to ANYTHING We have n or can nave srn
I've in harmony with The laws Of Divine order as
eoPpmanSments. We shall abide in my love even as
have kept my Fathers commandment and abide in
NO HAPPINESS IN sELFIsHNEss.
Although we may never have thought much about
It, all know this IS true the moment our attention
is called to it. Not Of us has ever been made
truly happy by any selfish Qualification No man.
the other hand. has ever performed truly IN
selfish deed, hoping for nothing again., without re-
ceiving his rewarl. 1t may have been a simple thing
in tseli-a cup of cold water only in the name Of a
disciple and The reward may not have been Iooked
and YET has brought FSsGS Ina s de of
true Of whole lifetime spent in unselfsh service
take more pleasure in the little we have done for
others than in the great things that we have accom-,
plished for ourselves is moi the giving more
pleasant 10 remember than the getting? Is not the
little that righteous man hath better than the
We have all known and hOnored, has voiced this
truth How marvellous it Is, she says sy when
What pleasant paths they are What wonders they
i lead sdn. AND %S on a snd on s S simply sad G
we find that the path leads up TO oar 1eai ola
as thossh there S lay but one way to our goal and that
road Of our own hewng out: as though TO tlrn from
aud how various HIS ways are, and how often the re-
nunciation only could have led us from tedious
up much; but ! have gained much more even OF
the very things that have denied myself ',,.. 81,
this truth. The law prevails also IN the otAer
world. In Heaven, We are taught. the angels love
raired to do on earth. but more than themselves
and the consequence is that each communicates his
angel loves himself in the least. he yet stands, as
were as ne centre ana target or e 70 T n oi
conceivable. But in society, on nc other hSSn n,
can be no such communication and happiness as
this, but only the greatest dlscoid aud misery.
The rewards Ol heaven are just as much rewards
as tie rewards OF earth There is Just as much selfish
ness I'm working for the the other. IN what
respect is that whose chief purpose IN his re,
llgOus life ~ for himself crown OF eternal
glory better than the man whose highest aim Is the
accusion Of earthly honors7 Does not the one look
The aggrandizement Of self as much IN MS reils on
as he olhcg ia MS ire gOn! II We examine lhcir
motives, they not the same in each case Vt IL
any difference does it not lie In favor OF nm
who makes 10 prelence Of an exalted motive ra.ner
religion 10 his own advancement? Can there be any
thing worthy of condemnation than such utter
perVerssn Of the truths VI eternal life this can
we imagine greater crime against High Heaven than
thus 10 take advantage of the Divine goodness ana
mercy TO secure own happiness What wonder
thet many who seem otherwise AL that we cOuld
ask desire should split on this rock May II not
be that the se!fshneSs that turks f. our rel iOn
is the true explanation o. mu % az at OF our failure
to.1fza 10 int fpf.r ham ues nd