The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-15

capable OF serving is not capable OF
JOY. Any man who wears upon his
helmet "Ich Dien" will soon have =
crown and kingdom.
Since sll clouds have silver lin
ing and every dark shadow a bright
side, for there would be no shadows
IL there were no sun. II any one would
be happy, he must took for the bright
side. ltAnay be his duty. unlike the
sun dial. 10 mark other than the
bright hours. but he will not be wise
unless he adopts the motto OF ven-
erable English bishop. Serve God
and be cheerful" IL is hard 10 per-
suade some people 10 be Christians
when IL rs seen that occasionally the
most unhappy and most disagreeable
people pose in n community as Chris
tians. One of the first things true
religion does for people is 20 make il
possible for people 20 live with them.
IL may be probable that fault-hnding
and complaining people will escape
purgatory, but IL is certain that those
who have 10 live with them do not.
l am sure God has a special crown
Of beauty i'm heaven for those people
who are compelled 10 live on earth
with disagreeable people.
In possessing Christ as our life
and our truth and our way, We have
a specific for the worlds unrest and
care and sure prescription for hap
piness. He was n wise and skillful
doctor who. when one OF his patients
described 10 him her symptoms,
wrote this prescription for her: Go
home and read your Bible for an hour
every day." I notice that somebody
Is proposing that the Office of priest
and physician he combined | should
have no objection If there could be
corresponding doubling Of time and
capacity. There is no doubt that
soul sickness is the cause Of much OF
the worlds ailment. Christ came 10
heal the worlds woes, and the bur-
dens of humanity contemplate that
men shall be wise enough 10 accent
divine help i'm carrying the loads
which would not have been laid upon
the race without Great Burden
Bearer. II must be remembered that
true happiness is a celestial exotic, as
Sheridan sings:
True happiness is not the growth OF
earth,
The soil is fruitless If you seek II
there:
'Tis an exotic Of celestial birth,
And never blossoms but in celestial
air.
Sweet plant OF paradise! It's seeds
are sown
In here and there breast OF heav-
enly mold.
It rises slow and buds, but ne'er was
known
To blossom here-the climate is
too cold
And however Bobhie Burns may
have failed TO fulfill in his own pa
thetic career the theology OF his
songs. it was not because his lips or
his lyre lacked the true gospel or
happy and useful living:
It's no in titles nor I'm rank;
It's no in wealth like London bank,
To purchase peace and rest.
It's no I'm making muckle mair,
It's no in books; it's no in lear,
TO make us truly hlest.
II happiness hae not her seat
And centre i'm the breast,
We may be wise, or rich, or great;
But never can be blest.
In the advent the angel said he
brought good tidings Of great JOY.
David sang long ago, Happy Is that
people whose god is the Lord" The
Christian religion has set the world
to singing. Christianity is truth set
TO music. Sin and death go out OF
the world when Christ and life come
in. A little boy understood his father
TO say that children should be brought
up in-the fear and ammunition" or
the Lord. There is an old classical
adage that Every lover Is a SOL
der" Horace dedicated TO his
favorite deity his Tyre, his torch and
his bow. So If we would be happy
we must be useful; knights Of tho
Cross, armed with the shield Of faith
and the sword OF the Spirit, and girt
with the truth according to Jesus
Christi