Arizona republican., 1900-12-03
CHRISTIAN CoNTENTMERT
The Brightest Ray of Heaven Per
 mitted to Fall on Earth.

quest of many hearers the following extracts have been made from it:
 When it rains too much or too little, the blues" become ep:demlc. People act as though there would never be an- other day of sun CT cloud. Fret Not Thyself'' would be a good motto framed and hung in many a home and business house, and on every gate post Of numerous farms.
 some people seem to think the hap piness of all eternity depended on a goSu harvest this year, whsn bountifuI crops will not be mentioned in heaven. Chrlst's idea was, not to lay up treas ures in the earth, for it will not be counted at the judgment
 Why should we fret when all nature seems so happy? The beautiful spring. time, the joyous birds. the chirping squirrel, the laughing water the tin4- ed flowers, the saffron clouds. the gold en grain, the biushing fruit, all teach that our creator desired and intended his creatures to be happy.
 There is no fret" in nature. A fret ter is a sore-footGd, 6dsobeGient lag gard who refuses to march to the mu- SIC or nature. He is like a oaged bear. always snarling. When the fretter comes to breakfast, he comm ances: What stuff for coffee. What is the matter with the children? Can't you keep them quiet? We never have any thing half cooked. Who can expect to keep cut of the poor house with such shameful meat bills, bakers bills, gro- cers bills and bills all the timer"
 When a woman gets to fretting hap piress becomes a das5rter, for never vet was a woman known to use her tongue by halves. She sees SD many who live in better houses than ner own. seys ladies who wear better silks anl more exquisite" bonne.s and who have more pin money. Tls first gush 1f her grief is T wish I wa, dead; l don't see what l ever married for, any way. Everybody is better off than I am.' She forgets her promise to take him for richer or for poorer anI eorget- ting, ruins lome by rretling
 It is l4alG for some people 10 stand the good fort!nz of their nvisAhurs. some sinner cf their acquaintance is prosperous, which makes them sad. Their trouble is, they always look or the uphill side. If 'ahey would look on the GOwn-hiH side they would find hundreds below them, e. g., the blind, the deforTed, the crazy, the drunkard the criminal behind the bars or those who filch their living from the garbage barrels of the city,
 When We think of it, Many people would be happy as larks in our posi- tion.
 After all, it is the heart that laughs or weeps Brooches, diamonds, rings, silks, brJadcloth and the latest fash ions alone cannot produce happiness. A silk bandage may look prs tty, but it will not remove the virus from the wound. Our happiness depends large ly on ourselves.
 Borrowing trouble! Who is out that he needs to borr,cw? What nonsense to borrow a great load of trouble an1 run about with it like a porter with heavy trunk on his back, locking for place to lay it down. At last the bur den crushes the carrier. Borrowing trouble causes people to loose present blessings. If this harvest is good they see indications that the next will not be; or if they are we'll they worry lest they will be sick. If the weather is good now lhey shlke in fear of next weeks cyclone. Some are even now figuring on the problem of how som We must starve on account of the in crease of population.
 Pleasure trips often have the pleas ure eliminated. We once listened to lakes, lest she should lcse her trunks
 
 thieves" She did not lose it. A good engine escapes no steam except to turn the wheels, otherwise it could not do so much nor so good work.
 Frebting is an escape valve that wastes mental, moral and physical Ltrength.
 One of the divinest secrets Of a hap py life is the art of extracting comfort and sweetness from every circum- stance. someone has sad that the hab- it of looking on the bright side is worth a thousand pounds a year. It is a wand whose power exceeds that of any fabled conjurer's to change all things into blessings.
 Those who take cheerful views find happiness everywhere.
 The multitude prefer to walk on the shady side of the ways of life.
 One writes Of the luxury of woe.' and there would seem to be a meaning in the phrase, paradoxical as it may ap- peas.
 There are those that take to gloom. as a bat to darkness, or as a vu,i@ure to carrion They would rather nurse misery than cherish a joy. They al ways find the dark side of everything, if there is a dark side to be found.
 On the other hand, there are rare spirits who take cheerful views of life. They look at the bright side They find some joy and beauty everywhere If the sky is covered win clouds they will point out to you the splendor ot some great cloud bank piled up like mourtains of glory.
 When the storm rages, instead CT fears and complaints they find an eN- quisita pleasure in contemplating IF gra-Ieur and majesty.
 in the most faulty picture they hnd some bit of beauty which charms them.
 In the most disagreeable person they discover some kindly trait or some bud
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