Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-16
4 CHEERFUL HEART
BEST Of ALL
MEDICINE
A SERMON ON HOW
TO KEEP LIFE SWEET
Rev Hugh A. Cooper Draws
Helpful Thoughts From Text
Laid Down in the Proverbs,

Keeping sweet was the subject 81
. particularly helpful sermon deli.
vcred Yesterday IN The First preshS-
terrain church by Rev. Hugh a
Cooper. Mr.. Cooper took for his tex
Proverbs 17:22, a Cheerful Heart 1.
y Good Medicine" The sermon fol-
lows.
The word "cheerful" Is wisely sub
atitutod for the word merry as II b.
found In the authorized version. Mirth
IN It's modern sense SAVIOR Of JOllitN
and suggests something that Is out
wHrd and temporary while cheerful
ness Is rather a disposition OF the
heart The people who are raised 20
transports of mirth are often the first
to fan into depth Of melancholy.
Nirth IL like the lightning, breaking
occasionally through the clouds. while
cheerfulnesF may bee made perennial.
That people are not more constantly
cheerful Is their " fault. II ~
largely a matter Of the viii. On these
sunshiny days q man can walk in the
sunshine or go into a dark cellar and
hug his miscries. There are many
who dofthe latter Choerfulness " the
normal condition. When the Ills OF
life ake such hold that we cannot
throw them of. We have what thu
physicians call m~elancholia. Thous-
snds Of people are IN asylums who
would not BE- there II they had wllled,
like Mrs. Wiggs. Ia be checrtui.
Cheerfulness Il q good medicine ana
when We fail to take II regularly we
Win soon be looking for somcthinh
stronger. though not nearly 80 effet-'
tive.
Gods word has a message along
this line. There Is not Ia the Bible
one discournging sentence II II sat-
urated with the gospel of good cheer.
Nature tctches the same lesson There
are more bright days in the calendar
than dark ones-ln New Mexico ten
10 one. Nature clothes herself ~
Enudy eelors. No mother would allow
her daughter 20 adorn herself In coz
ors as deem as nature adorns hfrself.
whether Ia spring br autumn.
Though you may not have though'
~, am speaking on Il religious
thcuae There Is no better test of true
religion than cheerfulness, There o.
no Religion In a long face, thougp
there " a good irrcligion 4 mar who
has The genuine article IN religion
will not N sick with the blues i've
da,s In the week. HC Will not he -
Soul when YOU meet him In the store
or street that you viii Vince ln spite
of yourself. You can tell a Christian
by The length OF his face every time
~ Dr mrs has said. Character Is
revealed by cuticle." But Dr. Hiiiis
borrowed the thuught. for Job saia
four thousand years ago. "MA
wrinkles are witnesses against me-
You can toll a Christian also bN th,
tome of his Voice as h, says Good
Morning." The true Christian don't
efunf out the salutation as " he be-
grudgcd H.
some people would have us hoiievo
that Jesus christ never smilrd mol
sudlbly laughed. ! do not believe tai.
The %unwritten life al Christ b. much
longer than the written II cannot bee
licvc that ~. who added joy TO other-
on va man.. festival occasions did no,
10Th smile and laugh. The devil would
be glad 10 have us believe SO 10 he
could thereby make the church seem
more somhcr Than 10 g. The church
81 q. Institutions needs the medicine
which solomon prescribes, \ prime
qualification FOR workers In thc church
md SUNDAY school ~ chcerfulness W.
not only need sweeter women ~
girls. but sWcrtcr men aud boys. A
hoy who is full of cheer and interests
himself IN his fellows can double tn"
membership of his class very soon
The trouble ip one Gloomy Gus can
Just as quickly start a Coutagiun of ia
dicerence. The winsomc girl woulc
soon nil her class 10 overlooking II u
sftrc not for the sour girl who soon
drives them out. theeriulueSs ~ =
good medicine for the church and
Sunday school II ~ a good medicine
also for the elders and trustees. The
HIM a trustee should do " he
10 impression that the church is wei
nigh bankrupt and the preachers GOAL
bin De- empty. What Do the people care
for 10. ministers coal bin. what they
Dr. success. Better give the peo-
pie 10 understand that gospel stock isI
$1,000 a..H ~ HH..am n.aHH o. I'm.
the honorr of church support prcr-
mt aud eternal they'd better get in
% the ground nooI
On addition to the suggestion OF the
81 there are "a few secrets ON Keep
mr sweet" which 1 shall give an0
which I am sure. ~ YOU viii only
heed. you viii thank me Tor.
lot there be- faith In God o. faith
"a your fellow man The man who Z
loes not believe in 200 and that lie I
80 hip eternal Friend ear never 10
ruly happy. J cannot elaborate this
There must De faith also in our
"a ln the last thirty days 4
want 80 This klud hiss KILLED Ia score '
4 bankers and driven thousands OF
fen and Women tu b verge or
Tnbelitf o. the worlds great
whether in society. business
y religion iu New York state the,
dHN. thY wife of o. bank cashier
ticuhourd her husband 90 end home
lmc medicine H. ono uf th, children
as sick. This cashier called o. mes
boy. gave him THE medicine
following him Goo tnr door uf on. "
aux. SAID NHu. ruu som. men g.
ho at that moment Dl1uDcd Geo ns bod
eslua heard fht word run HuC .
efiur thr auNi.tr Thought tH,te Was
run on thr hank snH uut nod their N'
ienar fu t-uuaruufuur lnrH was a i'
pm ono that hauk was DHmHUlleu O. 4n
ifs door. m Nas unt tnf bank al
.ult. hui fhr fHult uf b. duuhtlua "a.
o. wua H want OF faith. q.
Another secret of Keeping sweet 4. v.
luuh for the good off Nfr Nu man 81
~o bad but fhat he has some gouf r
This b. frur even OF the Ia
1871 m would ht 81 good thing To So
Int of ouI deacuns and ,Idrr- had 4.
eft his patience and persistence ea
NO task D. sa uuUungeniN that 10 Ti
ag mol b. mads pleasant We y.
member that thr great thing lu ufe III
not the kiu uf Nnrk wt do ~ the =.
nunnf 81 u which ue accomplish. .
b. grcat thing in life A. Whal We ~
=. n does not consist in doing
u 10 ~iriug n t. NOT thr name w. ~
ave made or the urccs 80 calitH. ~
hich Ns have achieved. but D. =
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ltlsf utai usuaiiF rntsfrA The man -
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