The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27

| hopelessly into the abyss OF sorroN
and suffering.
/ Happiness is not alone limited t
present existing conditions but ma,
i've in the memory of past expert
ences, in the hope of the future "a
we'll as in the possessioa~Of its pres
>eht reality. In the ;ripeness of nj
experiences, in the wealth of hi
possession and in the richness OF hi
fgIorious expectations the truly up
right and pure of heart may draw
from many fruitful and helpful
sources thoughts that carry JOY anc
gladness to the heart.
Life presents in many phases
strange mingling of sorrow and hap
piness but not always in the same
| proportion one with the other. Win
some sorrow seems to darken I'M
measurabIy their lives while in
others happiness and joy stand out
as the greater predominatlng char'
acier. This world is not the Beulah-
] Dd,
Where the flowers bloom forever.
Aud the sun is always bright"
There are often heavy crosses to
bear and burdens ofttimes press
hard upon US. Deep cares and
many perplexi,ies beset us and their
grimacIng presence haunt our path
way at every step.
Our views of life and the expert
ences in which these views are
formed have much to do in inf1uenc
ing and shaping the nature and quail
ity of our happiness while jewellers
in this earthly home. Where shall
we look for happiness and how may
we find it? We seek it with anxious
care, but it eludes US and we fad it
not. Where we had most expected
to find it abundantly it is not there
The poor in their hard toiling for the
bare necessities of life looking upon
the glitter and gorgeous display of
wealth with longing wish for lis ease
and comfort may some INES be led
to feel that to be rich is to be happy,
but material wealth within itself
cannot bring happiness. The invalid
praying for the restoration OF his
health thinks if he could only once
more be we'll his happiness would be
but the well and strong
4 not always happy The business
nan, bending his whole energy to-
ward the success Of some enterprise,
hiDks if he can only succeed he will
lave found happiness, but Business
cannot alone satisfy
he soul and he finds there is still
lacking. These are all
much desirable conditions of life
md may be the means for great
comfort and enjoyment, but alone
hey are powerIess to satisfy the
leart and bring happiness to the
oul.
Though life here on earth may not
De all sunshine, neither is it all
hadows. and for this glad reality we
honld rejoice and he thankful. We
nay not always be upon the heights
under the. golden sunbeams CLEAN"
md into the dark valley of gloom
We may be forced and the ghosts of
loubts and fears haunt our foot
tepS as we YEARLY g!ope along
ONE unseen pathway; dark clouds
# sorrow may overshadow us, but
lbove US the star of hope" is still
Inning and leading US on and some
line, somewhere the frightening
clouds will break away and joy and
,ladness will come into the heart
again.
Our natural and acquired DISPOSE
ions also exert great influence in
he formation and condition Of our
happiness and the proportion it
bears to our sorrows Our moods are
20 often changeable, our dispositions
Uncertain and our incIinations con
rary to the spirit of true happiness
aud we SO easily let 60 the things
hat could alone have brought US real
happiness and cling to the things
hat hold for us only disappointment
md sorrow. Our pleasures are per-
'is:ent Il their perverseness and OBJ
'tinacy in leading us! on in mistaken
ways. We are constantly changing
harmony into discord, magnifying
laimportant trif1es into imaginary
Of great proportions, and
we cannot understand why happi-
ness is so hard to find.
We are so often poor philosophers
aud our reasoning faulty. In our
for happiness we too often
I'll Nv some W ll-o' the visit, which
can only lead us farther and farther
into the entanglements of confusion
and deeper marshes of sorroW and |