New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-02

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I TO OURSELVES THREE WAYS OF Ac-
DURING cHEERFrLNEss
The Rev. John L. scudder preached yesterday
,norninc in the Jersey City Tabernacle. taxing 'o'
his text Proverbs XIV. Is: ~ merry heart Is con-
tnual feast He said. in part:
THANKSGIVING dinners come but once a year, anu
are more or less expensive. but here is a feast COS
Ing little and running through the twelXemonth' y
cheerful soul Is perpatet!c banquet HIS mirthIu.
onss is delicious and his ringing laughter Is the
best Of sauce. Blessed comioriers these merry
,bGn? Cheerfulness is cardinal virtue ana a.
much 10 be sought after as honesty or chastity II
rearh OF all II they will put forth the necessary
effort to obtain it, We owe Il TO ourselves, az IL
raises rs in the scale of manhood and enables us
10 work better. live longer and get more comfort
out OF life And ii is duty We one our neign,
a better table for our friends than for ourselves
There is distinction between cheerfulness anu
he has the real article within him and II bubbles out
OF him like petroleum from an oil well. The poet
Goldsmith was such character. but sidney Smitn
was inclined to melancholy, and he fought agains'
It until he became one of the cheeriest OF mor,a,s
waited what the other possessed by birth: There Is
M Se arc God v hsRns we
Mi up with molasses and lose our sourness Arti1-
cultivation OF cheerfulness change us into VERT
table angels. but this comes not without persistent
There are two classes of disagreeable people in
this world whose presence Is not edifyng The frst
and want everybody they meet TO take sip They
take morbid delight in making themselves and
to worry about, they manufacture ARTIFICIAL ones,
and their mills never shut down; They grind out
lust about so much misery. whether the market Is
brisk or dull. Such people remind me OF old rusty
pianos that have not been tuned for years IS They
can he evoked from them. Play on any key and you
evoke nothing 6ut 1ange These are tne ones VINO
Remseves DO most Of the bowling They whine and
Scli lint hey do
The second class of disagreeables are cross and
grabbed and make MS feel az II we had been rubbed
with sandpaper. These are the begerents, the
fauit-finders and the scods These people do not
much spirit for he good Of the community. They
like vesse.s Of hot water constantly SUFFERING
Inflammation. They always ready to give their
neghbors good, square piece OF their mind ana
gifts There is more less of the tiger in us all.
but business. under God is to tame him and TO
Now let me give You several receipts for cheerful
The first is OF phySioogical character IL -
this; maintain your health Nineteen-twentieths OF
the crossness and gloomness Of life are due 10 a
neglect OF sanitary regulations. We bring these
cherries MOODS upon ourselves by daliihs 10 I'VE
God would have us. We are suffering punish
ment for the violation of physical laws, and the
best way to stop the punishment Is to quit SHINING.
Simple diet sufficient sleep fresh air and plenty Of
pness and SqR %TTf are cos
The second receipt is OF philosophical character
power to avert OF control II our troubles are ineyl-
table and distressing. let MS bear them heroically
to do. Let us not exaggerate them, and by
brooding them make them appear worse
than they really The joys Of life outnumber
the sOrrows. aud must look at things in their
right proportion. If, in pucking rose. a thorn
pierces your finger, do not fling away the and
declare the world Is full OF thorns Put the rose in
your buttonho.e and parade that
We should school eyes to the pleasing
sights in lie and eject saddening thoughts from
minds by giving time and attention to use
ful occupations. busy person has little time for
mournfu meditation
The third receipt is OF religious nature. II We
put trust in God and believe he will do what IL
best for us. shall lose many of our heartaches
and by initiating the Master. by going about and
doing good shall forget many of troubles
while mnistering 10 the wants OF others Selfish
people always suffer the most. but those who help
others never fail to bless themselves. True Chris
tans are the happest people on earth. In losing
their lives they find them. and they look forward
with hope TO the life that is to come.