The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-23
SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
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night. The Hand Held uas teg ".
Nj Ho.n read as introductory 20 his
s~ruen selections from she first
Second ana s~eifsh chapters # Eccser
satstew The subject Of the sermon
vas Solomon Before the Feot.
llehfm He xAle that the b-ook ~ 10
eiesB@stss represents th. experience
Of soIomon's life. and his coneluv.
ions from the same after b. had
tried everything that the human
heart suggests In order 10 find hap.
pinsaa This IN what all men aud
women are striving foF. one seeks
It In Wisdom. another 80 miYth.
another in power. another ia wealth
another IN lust. Many paths have
been tredaen by human feet paths
which the travellers yainiy hoped
would lead 20 the glad garden OF
couteutment, Solomon tried all
these, followed every path until II
led him to the junsles Of despair.
Tonight. az We view him. he ap-
pears rs great actor. playing many
parts in the drama Of life. The cur
tain rises. and Solomon as man Of
knowledge aud OF wisdom Is before
Ms 4 vast multitude with cap and
gown are seeking happiness here.
Parents who have missed content
ment In life say III | had but drank
from the Spring Of knowledge JOY
would have filled my life" and they
send their offspring 10 what they
believe 10 be the foundation OF
giadncss Solomon was wise in more
that goes to make up human wisdom
than any other man of his day. His
power for wisdom reached foreign
lands and pilgrims came from afar
to behold 1t. But sorrow rankles in
the heart and the curtain falls upon
the wise man in tears because he
failed to reach his goal.
Another scene is presented. and
Solomon appears as man of wealth.
All. gold is the panacea for every
evil, Dollars drive out demons and
millions bring peace to the troubled
soul, Men and women make a mad
rush for fortune and follow the will
the boys of death. Everything, home
and friends and conscience and char
acter and God. are laid as sacrifices
upon the altar of gold. Solomon had
il in wild abundance and with 1t he
had misery and torment and the cur
tain falls before a desolate soul.
Try the home The home does Iii
men and women above the filth O
depravity when the home is what !
! should be- Solomon's mistake wa
in thinking that palace and ground
and furniture and gaudy trapping
and elegant equipages constituted
/ home He brought his material iron
many nations: he built a glittering
gorgeous arch-way from one noun
tain side to another, across the Tyro
pean valley; he erected palace that
was resplendent in the sunlight; he
filled it with all that money could
buy; gardens We're filled with the
choicest flowers and delicious fruits.
What more could the heart OF man
long for? Certainly JOY will fill every
room of the palace, streams OF glad
ness will flow through the garden
and contentment will reign in the
heart of the happy possessor OF II all.
But he whom the world calls the
child of fortune looks upon IL all
with an aching heart and cries van
ity of vanity; all this is only vanity.
The speaker then depicted Solo
mon as man of Power and led ms
hearers TO the tomb of the great Ma
poleon under whose martial tread
all Europe had trembled. Upon The
splendid tombs of each of these men
were written in letters invisible 10
many but reality TO them IN HE,
the words "All is vanity.
The next scene showed solomon as
seeking happiness in what is called
the charmed circle Of Wine, Women
and Music. The stage was maeniil-
Gently dressed. the actors were
arayed. the wine. spark
ling in every drop. flowed like slE-
ers OF waters. the music was delir-
fously beautiful, the jewels sparNled
in the lootlighrs. the observers .p-
plaudvd ro tho echo of tte eHarmiu-
vision. while tens 1t thousands -a-
Wed the chief actor uud wished rU.f
they could exchange places With Bins.
hut De- himself ttter he ausW -ff
rsaiit, of 30 aIl ew .u To- Hu'r ...
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would bgiuE Cou.Duwsn'
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ubo -ay "lf Q could hatr vfsf So.o-
mon bad. 3 ku0v aoHId aaFr
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ana multitude of others NtN .rarr-
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