The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-05-05
reel and loss. fiE at last sohbHes as
though Us heart resH sYst 4 TOeld
burst into a msaad hrhS tears sIton
the shore anI o,,,iyf fAr0 lit< wre.Cfel

reel and loss. fiE at last sohbneA as
though its heart voAU erst & woeld
burst fnto myrad ltrny tears NItDn
the shore and pour femlits wresoked
bosom the seaweei and driftwOod and
tilun it LUIS esthtrd.ih the journey.
That wave never saw the sun. But
I've looked again, The sea was like a
mirror. as clear rs crystal. l could see
the pearly pebbles. and there in It's
heart l could see the sun. HI. pure
hearted waters lay all day lens and
looked into the face OF the suit. Hap
rs. blessed are the pure. the single in
heart. for they shall see Col" TN
The man WHO has q supreme desire
10 please God. he Is purs.y Ha may
have temptation, be may stumble, he
may fall. but he rises again, and heNfs
farther ahead \ shanre TO confess e.
but I once played football. the barbar-
ism OF college. I've seen a man fail
and slide four times as far as lie could
so without falling. He's a pure man,
though his clothes are covered with
CRIME. The man whoiis pure ia heart
shall see Him that is Invisible. The
man who serves God shall Zee Him. bp
Happy are the peacemakerS for they
shall be called the children Of God
God is n peacenaker. and hath reoono
ciled all things unto Himself. And
now the man who makes peace SHAH
be called His son. He has passed
through the school. nnd has Alarmed
poverty and mourning and mercy ami
singleness OF heart. and now ne is
taken into the family of God as Moses
was taken into the family ot Phafaoh's
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There is one other "blessedni spoken
hy Jesus. lt is found IN the compara.
tive form. cit is more blessed TO give
than 10 receive" Ii makes more for
happiness 20 give than 10 get. When
self is The centre there is no happiness.
But when selfis forgotten there is hap
pinessl at its height. when a mari
knows lie has nerves he cannot be
happy. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks that
happiness can be ruined by-a sensitive
stomach. The happy man is he who
not knowing that he has nerves or
stomach cares for the other man.
This is tile call 60 self.sacriiices How
utterly intolerable this world would be
IL every one lived for himself, Happily
this cannot be. and the altruism lies az
the bottom OF family and social life,
But there are different kinds OF sacri-
fee. There IL the sacrifice OF self 10
self. of the lower 10 the higher, of the
passion 10 principle. There is the sac.
rifice of self for Others. and there is
the highest sacrifice, that is, of self TO
God. Do we talk OF Joy in these
things? Most people think OF them as
a disagreeable sort OF necessity. May
be we see that this necessity serves n
useful end. But 10 rejoice In them!
To take up Our sacrifice with n song,
that seems out OF the question. That
is the dream of the poet. ll tl.Ut .r1 ,4i
Giving is blessed, because IL is most
like God. He has need OF nothing but
just TO give. The glory OF the gospel
is n happy God, but He gave His Son,
He might have stripped heaven OF its
angels and ii would not have irnpover.
ished Him. The only gift that He
could feel was the gift OF His Son.
And that was what made IL i'm happy.
God Himself could not be happy if lbs
had withholden this greatest gift.
That was the law which, Jesus de.
ciared. 1t makes more for happiness
10 give than 10 get The whole life OF
Jesus was giving, but the happiest mo.
ment was that last. when He snid:
Father. into Thy hands | commend
My spirit" and lie had given His life
for q ransom. s .l nu sH .It.
In these simple words. then. find
the whole philosophy OF salvation, OF
happiness and Of heaven. II map
mourn for his sin, hc shall be com
forted and an infinite peace shall dry
his tears. II a man hunger FOR right
ness, ne shall be flied. II he striveto
serve God with a single heart. lie shan
sec Hin. II He DO the work of God
and live at peace, he shall be called
the child OF God, and if be seek for
chances 70 pour out his life in service,
he shall find heaven about him on
every side. And this is the secret Of
happiness