The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-06

coM6 ana uv0ak tn0 rope snht binds them
and cary thom out TO sen. then they will
made. 40 the ship knows the full Joy for
which n ship WAS made whom che trusts
herself. to the open sen and with winds over
her and waters under her. learns her v
sta a !it n: y Wh%s,n a o:so va: drawing nssr
friends that his. greatest Joy was In the re-
friendly offices HI. had done for othols. 10
SEQ them easy and happy by his means
made him truly 20. Mare Antony when
ont tha. he had LOST all except what
he had given away. In this love OF God
and service OF man IN found tho true iov
that Christ bequosthes.
Joy 10 commanded ~ a Christian dntv.
The toxt says, .Ne'thor be ys s%orrowiul,"
says. ."That uay JOY might remain In you
and that your Joy might bs full" Nove--
theless some man will say, II am to some
extent q creature Of circumstance; l can
not control my emotions OF Joy or sorrow;
according to conditions | must be sad or
glad" hut there stands tho command,
"Rejoics." The emotions are largely I'M.
dor the power Of volition. The duty of iov
70 on the. Same plane with love to God.
You thiuk on his perfect character and
your moral nature responds. You dwell on
his boundlsss goodness and love and your
az AS0OpNs IN Ny MI bS u -
you osn train yourself to look on ths bright
side Of life. This will fill the heart with
constant Cladnsss. You pan 90 and stand
IN the light or in tina shadow. You may
dwell on tho tokens Of divine love; the
heavenly possibilities Of human kind; the
or you may think Of solf--its faults and
failings. Imagine the wreck OF society that
must soon crayh-brood over life's ills. dis
appointments and sorrows. A man finds in
this world about what he is prepa cd to
find. Carlyle said: Newton and Newton's
verses. though the covering on tho rstinn Of
the eye was the same" II you are a good
%neighbor you will ind good nsighbors. II
In your heart is Light and cheer you will
find a world to match. The divine glory is
hidden from the murmuring sou by
faith in God and faith in man and know
edge OF human privilege in Gods world
You mny overcome = natural tendency to-
wards gloom aud fill the soul with light.
ColeridRe says. in lines addressed to .
Christian lady:
70. pure OF heart, thou ncedst not ask Of mo
What and wherein it doth exist
Ibis light, this glory. this luminous mist
J oi' 1 ns .ns11a1 Ian. nna i ss. IT. ns.a1 g.! po Sisrn
Life and iife's aHi uenco cloud It once and shower.
Joy, lady, 10 the spirit and the p over
That wedding natu ro to us gives in DOVER
A now earth and n Lew heaven"
Sueh joy has power. 1.-The joy of the
Lord 10 your strength" We have a work
to do, a race to run, q GROWN to be won. W.
need bright hoLe. bounding life, glad
hearts.
The joy of tho Lord il protection in the
hour OF temptation. II is like the legends
magic shield. invisihle; in its crystalline
purity it stands b.fo.o the tempted heart
and turns away the dnrts OF evil. Docs
temptation appeal to fear? Tbs gla mess
In the soul gives answer. Does il lure with
questioned worldly p,easure? Tho heart is
full and has no further need.
1t banishes the crude and unjust charge
that religion Is expressed Ivy long-facsd
sadness. You sometimes sec q surface sor-
row, where underneath is Joy. Some good
people can only ses the sal side OF life;
youth shuns them. Their CONTACTS has no
rover. The true expression Of Christian
life will cha III an ! attcGcs, as the magnet
draws the steel. The most happy people
on the Garth ato tho loyal sons OF Col. No
one extracts suoh good from this world of
outs as the true Oh istisn disciple. The
becomes sstiated; seltishnoss becomes
stsgnant and has no lower to enjoy
what its greedy hAnds have gathered. The
one whose life il spent in making others
1oyfnl Is opsn and Responsive TO every Gift
OF God. Christianity, with its cure for the
dark stain of sin. with its balm for wounded
spirits. with its new. fresh litc f. ON above,
means JOY, aud that religion has strength
that produces dee. and lasting Joy in hu-
man souls.
1t gives support in the struggle of lifo.
You have heard the old song that IL sad
heart tires in n milo. 1t the mind rests in
tranquil gledncss work will DO easy. endur-
ance sussa1ned, so row benrable, trials not
hard. David sHia: "ltes.ore unto ms the
Joy OF thy salvation and uphold me by thy
s stsssg.s sp,5.s; t b1tn vsy will and teach s,0A
nefs shall be converted unto thee"
Tho reason why all mon have not this SOW
ere!gn JOY aud are not made strong thereby
i. because they fail to seek il where it can
DO found. 1t 10 not i'll fortune, not III luck,
but IN tho soaPs relationship with Christ.
There Is always something lacking o: what
We wish to mako our happiness com plets.
You often sec rank and pr!ncely domain
possessed bJ ono who endures tho most ex-
c'uciatinG pain. and vast wealth piids tho
%splendora OF an unhappy home. The EN-
peroT liberius on his island throne was not
at pcacp. He was the most powerful of
living mon. the absolute. u%ndispusel, deifed
ruler OF oil that was fairost and richest in
the Kingdoms OF the world. Farrar
says there was no control Of his power.
no limit to his wealth. no restraint
upon his pleasure. He selected for himsslf
u home on one OF the lovsiicst spots on tho
ea.th's surface. under the shadows of a
slumbetinG volcano, upon nn enchanted
!slet III ono OF the most softly delicious
%clirnates in the world. From that homo Of
pleasure he Writss to the Roman senate,
May all the gods aud coddesses destroy
NE worse than l tsal they u Q daily de.
stroying me. If l know" Rarely has there
boon given to tho world a mors overwhe!m-
ing proc. TINT its best gifts shall turn to
dust and tho most colossal structures of
personal splendor and renown are no more
durable barriers against the intoads of
misery, than IRE the babes sanuheups to
stay tho mighty march Of the ocean tide.
1t tbs people want pleasures that will be
untouched by the troubles OF life, let them
come to CHRIST, who feeos the hungry soul,
who gives rest TO the heavy laden, who i'm
parts his JOY to men. Contrast Tberius
with an aged fisherman whom / once saw
on the coast Of Maine. Tho Christian F., co
pie said, If you want inspiration, 20 down
around the point two miles and see an old
snint-s3-past toll. nearly bent to thu
ground. He had lived Il protane, godlesslife
for eighty years. when lie was converted to
Christ. since, there had not hesn Il mo-
rnent of gloom. Ills time was spent in de-
votion--rsadipg the Blb.e. singing hymns
and telling or the wonderful mercy that
On led him into the vineyard at the elev-
enth hour. l found him singing. In a log
cabin of two rooms. mud heard the glad story,
old but oyes fresh, from his own exultant
lips. There were no carpets, no plastoted
walls. q few board chats. Il rough board
table and narrow entry. 1t WAS the vic
torious energy of q Christian soul, rising
abovs condition. / thought OF Goethe's
magic lAmD on the tub!c-yheu linhted all