El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

Text; Feel. 12i Is, "Let US hear the
conclusion OF the whole matter; fear
God, and keep his commandments; for
this is the whole duty Of man. "The
True Aim Of Life or Mans Highest
Good
81" BE chief end Of man." so Pres
byterians are taught from
4 their infancy, 'is to glorify
God, and to enjoy him forever" 1t IS
the business Of all creatures, animate
or inanimate, TO glorify God. God says
TO all. Thou art my servants, in thee
will I be zIorified." The full corn IN
the ear. the ripe, luscious fruit hang-
ing from tWig or Flne5 the DeduIlLu4
rainbow, arching the neaVehSf ING
stately mountains and the umplo
streams, yes, and man at MS pest "
an elorifving God because they are
fulfilling their God given mission.
HAPPINESS, genuine enjoyment, IS the
thing that men most desire anu Iiti9
desire is not only natural DuL leSlu-
mate as we'll But, what IS the true
way of happiness and the certain
means Of obtaining IT. An, IhaI S CHe
question: After pursuing ms inquiry
among those things which men CON-
monty seek after, Solomon announces
this as his final conclusion, that IN
real gOdliness and lie OF true re-
ligiOn is summed up not only the uuty
of man but his highest happiness
LET MS hear the conclusion Of the
whole matter" he says. There IS no
guess work or speculation about IT; his
conclusion is reached after ripe anu
varied experience.
How vastly people differ IN their
opinions as to the true aim IN Ire, or
that which constitutes the highest nap
piness. There are mult1tudes VINO say
.. --,H 10
Is the only thing worth seeking for.
All their efforts and ambitions turn
that way. So intense is the craze FOR
pleasure on the part Of modern society,
that leaders in church and state have
felt constrained to call a halt and to
warn the multitudes agaist the new
paganism-" Let US eat drink and be
merry is the philosophy of many to-
day. But after trying and testing
every form of pleasure known to men,
Solomon raises this mOurnful cry,
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity" And
many a man today who has fallen INTO
compelled to keep up the terrible
pace" sends back the moUrnful cry,
There's nothing in it; it's the pace that
kills"
Many Crave Fame and Wealth.
Again, there are those who say that
fame and power are the highest source
of human satisfaction But we read
that VIM. Pitt, the favOrite Of king
and people, the man WHO sway Gu an
empire, died of q broken heart. And
a still greater multitude are saying
that wealth is the supreme object of
life In one of his books count Leo
TOlstoi tells the story of a Russian
peasant who was promised all the
ground he could walk around from
sunrise to sunset. And he tells how at
the rising of the sun the poor peasant
started on his long journey for the
coveted land. He saw the waving
trees in the distance and he said, they
shall be mine" He saw a glistening
lake beyond the trees and he said. Il
viii take that in too" He saw fertile
plain beyond the lake, and he said, Il
will make that my own" But when
he had gained all these he looked up
TO find that the sun had passed the
meridian, and now he must bend every
energy to reach the starting place. The
sun dropped lower and lower as he