Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-22
TIMELY SERMON.
Dr.. Talmaee Discourses on Comfort
for the Discontinued.
Happiness L. Not In the Pursuit of Wealth
Few Are Ever satisfied With the
Riches Gained Life Is Hard
Struggle. lint Righteousness
Finds Plenty of Reward.

II we leave to the evolutioniStS to
guess where we came from, and To the
thcologians to prophesy where we are
going to, we still have left for consid-
Grafton the important fact that we are
here. There may be some doubt where
the river rises. and some doubt about
where the river cmpties. but there can be
no doubt about the fact that we are sail
ing on it. So am not surprised that
everybody asks the question, lis life
worth living?'
solomon, in his unhappiest moments.
says it is not. Vanity" 'vexation of
spirit" mo good" are his estimate.
The fact is that Solomon was at one
time polygamist. and that sourcd his
disposition. One wife makes a man
happy; more than one makes him
wretched. But solomon was converted
from polygamy to monogamv, and the
last words he ever wrote, as far as we
can read them, were the words
mountains of spices. But Jeremiah
says life is worth living In "A book
supposed to be dolcful. lugubrious. and
Scpulchral, and entitled "Lamcnta-
tions." he plainly intimates that the
blessing of merely living is SO great
and grand a blessing that. though man
have piled on him all misfortune and
disasters. ne has no right TO complain.
The ancient prophet cries i'm startling
information to al. lands and to all cent
urics. wherefore doth Il living man
compiain?'
y diversity of opinion i'm our time as
wei. as in olden time. Here is a Young
man of light heart and blue eyes and
sound digestion. and generous salary.
and happily afiancrd. and ON the yyav
L. become a partner in n commercial
firm of which hc /, AN important clerk.
N-iz him whether life is worth liviny.
H. w.ll laugh i'm your face and say.
''AcS. yes. vc,, Here is man who has
come 20 the fortics. lie is mt the tin
toy of the hin of life Every stem
has Been q stumble and bruisr
The people hc trusted have turned out
uc~,rtcr>. and the money ne has hon
est.v made he has been cheated out of.
His nerves are out of tune. He has
poor appetite. and the food ne does eat
does not aSSimilatc. Forty miles
climbing mp the hin of life have been
10 him like climbing the Mattcrhorn.
and there are 40 miles vet to 20 down.
and descent Is always more dangerous
than ascent. Ask him whether life i
worth living and ne win drayvl out in
Shlvering and lugubrious and appalling
negative. No. no. no.
How are we To decide this matter
righteously and intclligcntlv? You
Will find the same man vaScillatino,.
osclliatlng in his opinion from deicc-
ton 10 eNuberancc, and If he be very
mercurial in his temperament il will
depend very much on which way the
wind blows. If the wind blows from
the northwest and you asl; him he will
say Yes, and if il blow from the
northeast and YOU ask him ne will sax.
NO. How are we then to ret the
question rightcOuNlv answered? sup
pose We call all nation, t1r,thrr
in great convention ON the
eastern or western hcmisphc~, and
let all those who are in tho affirmative +
say Aye" and those who are i'm the
negative say No. While there would F.
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