The Portland daily press., 1896-11-07
HOW TO LIVE HAPPILY.
Rev. B. Fay Mills Tells Of the Great
Elixir.
WHICH WOULD MAKE EARTH 4
PARADISE.

He Tells What People to Invite to Recep-
tions-How Business Should Be Re-
formed-Many Anecdotes.
A large audience gathered at City hall
last evening to hear Rev. B. Fay Mills
lecture on fThe Milk of Human Kind
ness" It is nows nearly two years since
Mr.. Mills conducted the memorial reviv
al meetings here. That he Is not forgot
ten was attested By the large and cordial
audience last evening.
When Mr.. Mills appeared on the stage
he was accompanied by Rev DIR. Fem,
Revs. Messrs. Luce, Pratt and Ayres.
In introducing Mr.. Mills. Dr.. Fem
called attention to the fact that at p. ,n.,
on Sunday Mr.. Mills would speak on the
Armenian question. and that, if arrange
ments could be made, revival meeting
would he held in City hall Sunday eve
ming.
MI. Mills was received with applause as
he began to speak.
He said that he was glad to be in Port
/
were pleasant, sthe organization under
whose auspices he came was most
worthy,a the ubject on which he was
| to speak, "The Milk of human Kind
ness" was Oh Of the highest import.
| In school and college we were taught
that self interest was the law of nature;
that war was not only necessary evil,
but also good promoter of patriotism.
In she business world we learned that
every man was to take care Of himself
and let the devil take the hindmost
And when we entered the sanctuary we
were told that tho first object was to
save ones own soul and get out of the
misery AS best oDs could. You have
heard of the old lady who said that she
had heard that man was around
preaching down eternal damnation; but
as for herself, she hoped for better
things.
The law of self interest is law of the
world.
| The law of love is the great principle
| of the right life. We ore living in days
of wonderful advantages, mechanical,
intellectual, moral and spiritual.
Social conscience is great development
of the present time. In the. last ten Or
twenty years society has become CON
scious of itself. The value of the indi-
vidual was the great thought of early
christ ian1ty; bnt it has taken eighteen
hundred years for It's Development.
The socializing OF the individual, the
development of him in relations of help
fulness to his fellows. Is modern result,
beginning about one hundred years ago
with the French revolution and Ameri-
can independence. That man is per-
feet man who shall live in perfect rela-
| tions with his fellows. The lecturer told
the story Of the bad woman who went
to hell. She wanted to get out very
much, and finally the senior imp told her
that he would liberate her if she could
point to one good deed that she had
done. After much thought she recalled
that she had once given carrot to
neighbor who was poorer than she. She
had no sooner said that than a carrot
appeared, let down by an invisible hand.
The woman seizsd the carrot, and the
invisible hand began to lift 1t. As other
denizens of hell saw her escaping they
seized her by her arms and skirts, and
they in turn were seized by others. until
a long line OF people were being lifted
out by the one carrot. The woman,
looking backward and seeing how many
were coming, was afraid the carrot would
break, SO she cried out: "This is my
carrot. /" No sooner had she said it
than the carrot broke and the woman
and all the others fell back.
All hell would be taken away and we
should have heaven right here if we
would practice loving-kindness. The
most wretched man Is selfish man.
This world is not bad place to live If
you know how to do it.
Loving kindness Is the one thing that
would make this world paradise. You
have never done generous, self-sacri-
fcing act that you have not reaped salts
faction in many fold from it.
The world has to love you IF you love
the world. Whenever we make real
Investment of kindness 1t reacts on our
selves. How many of you really enjoy
being angry with peopleP How many of
you stingy people enjoy being stingyP 1t
Is the most perfect hell to be in anger or
meanuess.
| Alexander the Great said the happiest
day in his life was not one of the DAYS
of his great victories, but when he
plunged into the river. to. resue common
soldier.
Tho way to save man is to love him.
Zaccheus was one Of the most disrepu.
table tax gatherers and oppressors in
Judea. But when Christ invited him
to come out of the tree, tho unexpected